Quantum optics Research update Quantum cryptography is coming to mobile phones New technique could offer protection for passwords and other information transmitted using mobile phones Read article: Quantum cryptography is coming to mobile phones
Telescopes and space missions Research update Star’s flicker reveals its surface gravity Surprise discovery could help characterize exoplanets Read article: Star’s flicker reveals its surface gravity
Surfaces and interfaces Research update Chlorine has graphene covered p-doped material could be suitable for integrated circuits on a chip and RF transistors Read article: Chlorine has graphene covered
Ultrafast science Research update New atomic clock sets the record for stability Researchers aim to modify device for use outside the laboratory Read article: New atomic clock sets the record for stability
Telescopes and space missions Research update PAMELA reasserts positron excess New data point towards astrophysical source Read article: PAMELA reasserts positron excess
Telescopes and space missions Research update NASA’s WISE telescope poised for second life as asteroid hunter Probe will be reactivated for a further three years Read article: NASA’s WISE telescope poised for second life as asteroid hunter
Structure and dynamics Research update Neutron study aims to improve HIV drugs Hydrogen-bonding sites, pinpointed by neutron crystallography, could improve antiretrovirals Read article: Neutron study aims to improve HIV drugs
Transport properties Research update Highly sensitive skin-like sensor lights up at touch Nanowire LED array works thanks to "piezophototronic effect" Read article: Highly sensitive skin-like sensor lights up at touch
Complex systems Research update Physicists get to grips with complex systems Results show that putting too much effort into controlling such systems may actually make them uncontrollable Read article: Physicists get to grips with complex systems
Stars and solar physics Research update Shedding light on the masses of exotic nuclides Precise measurements help explain formation of heavy elements Read article: Shedding light on the masses of exotic nuclides
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