Transport properties Research update Isotopic purity boosts graphene’s heat conduction Pure carbon-12 is a better conductor Read article: Isotopic purity boosts graphene’s heat conduction
Quantum mechanics Research update Neutrons revive Heisenberg’s first take on uncertainty Experiment quantifies error and disturbance Read article: Neutrons revive Heisenberg’s first take on uncertainty
Gravity Research update Early supermassive black holes could grow it alone Simulation shows cold gas boosts growth Read article: Early supermassive black holes could grow it alone
Soft matter and liquids Research update Cell softening could promote tumour growth Simulations show how mechanical change promotes cell division Read article: Cell softening could promote tumour growth
Transport properties Research update Nanotube bundles could boost solar cells Material performs the two important steps for generating current Read article: Nanotube bundles could boost solar cells
Telescopes and space missions Research update Kepler space telescope could find exomoons Distant satellites could point to extraterrestrial life Read article: Kepler space telescope could find exomoons
Particles and interactions Research update Copper collisions create much strangeness Discovery backs quark–gluon-plasma interpretation Read article: Copper collisions create much strangeness
Surfaces and interfaces Research update Invisibility cloak gives sound performance Acoustic device provides best cloaking yet Read article: Invisibility cloak gives sound performance
Stars and solar physics Research update White dwarfs eaten in supernova flare-up Type 1a supernova left no survivors Read article: White dwarfs eaten in supernova flare-up
Dark matter and energy Research update Three new maps shine light on dark matter Maps created by studying the gravitational distortion of light from distant galaxies