Transport properties Research update Laser puts a new spin on light Ultrafast pulses could boost optical telecoms Read article: Laser puts a new spin on light
Transport properties Research update Silicon carbide shows promise for quantum computing Point defects could be exploited as qubits Read article: Silicon carbide shows promise for quantum computing
Transport properties Research update Memristor memory could be used in wearable electronics Device solves problem of "sneak paths" Read article: Memristor memory could be used in wearable electronics
Transport properties Research update Undulator brings ILC closer to reality Positron source could be crucial to future particle colliders Read article: Undulator brings ILC closer to reality
Particles and interactions Research update LHC trials proton–lead collisions Tests could lead to experimental programme in 2012 Read article: LHC trials proton–lead collisions
Biophysics Research update Pressure limits tumour growth Mechanics helps to explain evolution of cancer Read article: Pressure limits tumour growth
Soft matter and liquids Research update Rogue waves triggered by ocean currents Calculations pinpoint origin of fearsome phenomenon Read article: Rogue waves triggered by ocean currents
Planetary science Research update Continents may reflect conditions in the Earth’s core Earth's magnetic field and plate tectonics could share a deep connection Read article: Continents may reflect conditions in the Earth’s core
Planetary science Research update Laser gyroscope measures the Earth’s ‘wobble’ New method would be cheaper and simpler than astronomical measurements Read article: Laser gyroscope measures the Earth’s ‘wobble’
Telescopes and space missions Research update Asteroid has primordial core Space probe glimpses the early solar system Read article: Asteroid has primordial core
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