Soft matter and liquids Research update Bursting bubbles drive micromotors Physicists capture Janus particles in motion Read article: Bursting bubbles drive micromotors
Optical physics Research update ‘Fano switch’ for colour displays New device resists photobleaching Read article: ‘Fano switch’ for colour displays
Structure and dynamics Research update How many water molecules does it take to make ice? Cluster measurements could shed light on cloud formation Read article: How many water molecules does it take to make ice?
Quantum optics Research update Does noise improve a bird’s spin-based compass? More insights into how birds use quantum mechanics to navigate Read article: Does noise improve a bird’s spin-based compass?
Telescopes and space missions Research update Huge cosmic-ray observatory set for Siberia First prototypes installed for the $46m Hundred Square-km Cosmic Origin Explorer Read article: Huge cosmic-ray observatory set for Siberia
Mathematical physics Research update Physicists unfold the mechanics of origami Curved-crease structures studied for the first time Read article: Physicists unfold the mechanics of origami
Optical physics Research update First flat lens focuses light without distortion Pattern of nanoantennas eliminates optical aberrations Read article: First flat lens focuses light without distortion
Optical physics Research update Planck’s law violated at the nanoscale "Fluctuational electrodynamics" describes how tiny objects radiate Read article: Planck’s law violated at the nanoscale
Quantum optics Research update Frog photoreceptor counts photons Rod cells show promise for quantum optics Read article: Frog photoreceptor counts photons
Transport properties Research update Graphene offers up another quantum surprise The fractional quantum Hall effect in graphene is different Read article: Graphene offers up another quantum surprise
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