Planetary science Research update How Earth’s wandering poles return home Combination of two mechanisms bring poles back to original location Read article: How Earth’s wandering poles return home
Nanomaterials Research update Nanocrystals produce hydrogen using sunlight New artificial photosynthesis process is very stable Read article: Nanocrystals produce hydrogen using sunlight
Ultrafast science Research update Physicists peek through opaque materials New technique helps to reveal fluorescent objects Read article: Physicists peek through opaque materials
Stars and solar physics Research update Quantum corrections could boost combustion models How to lower the risk of hydrogen explosions at nuclear plants Read article: Quantum corrections could boost combustion models
Metrology Research update Highly charged ions could make better atomic clock Proposed timekeeper will put fine-structure constant to the test Read article: Highly charged ions could make better atomic clock
Telescopes and space missions Research update Earth’s magnetic shield behaves like a sieve Cluster-mission data analysis points to a "porous" magnetopause Read article: Earth’s magnetic shield behaves like a sieve
Surfaces and interfaces Research update Improved diamond-anvil cell allows higher pressures than ever before Scientists generate 640 GPa and push towards pressures at the core of gas giants Read article: Improved diamond-anvil cell allows higher pressures than ever before
Quantum optics Research update Spooky action with twisted beams New research brings macroscopic entanglement a step closer Read article: Spooky action with twisted beams
Structure and dynamics Research update Unexpected ‘ridge’ seen in CMS collision data again "Ridge" could be theoretical form of matter known as a "colour glass condensate" Read article: Unexpected ‘ridge’ seen in CMS collision data again
Structure and dynamics Research update Physicists detect malaria using light and magnets New method is inexpensive, highly sensitive and portable Read article: Physicists detect malaria using light and magnets
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