Optical physics Research update New metamaterial switches handedness on demand Artificial chirality-switching structure could boost terahertz devices Read article: New metamaterial switches handedness on demand
Soft matter and liquids Research update Waves of migration could help heal tissue Ultraslow oscillation plays role in how cells move Read article: Waves of migration could help heal tissue
Transport properties Research update Quantum-dot mixture could boost solar cells New structure extends the lifetimes of charge carriers Read article: Quantum-dot mixture could boost solar cells
Soft matter and liquids Research update Bouncing droplets simulate Zeeman effect "Walkers" could boost Bohm interpretation quantum mechanics Read article: Bouncing droplets simulate Zeeman effect
Surfaces and interfaces Research update No-touch technique to measure softness Nanoscale fluid flows used to probe thin films Read article: No-touch technique to measure softness
Imaging Research update Dark-matter filament spotted Astrophysicists detect extra, invisible mass between galaxy clusters Read article: Dark-matter filament spotted
Particles and interactions Research update New boson sparks call for ‘Higgs factory’ Former CERN boss Carlo Rubbia outlines vision for muon collider Read article: New boson sparks call for ‘Higgs factory’
Particles and interactions Research update It’s a boson, but what sort? CERN physicists digest implications of historic discovery Read article: It’s a boson, but what sort?
Particles and interactions Research update CERN discovers Higgs-like boson But is the new particle the Higgs as we know it? Read article: CERN discovers Higgs-like boson
Superconductivity Research update Space–time crystals on the horizon How to build a crystal that is ordered in time as well as space Read article: Space–time crystals on the horizon