Structure and dynamics Research update Flipping spins, one proton at a time Magnetic properties of a single proton revealed Read article: Flipping spins, one proton at a time
Projects and facilities Research update Los Alamos National Lab narrowly avoids fire Blaze threatened famous science and technology institution Read article: Los Alamos National Lab narrowly avoids fire
Telescopes and space missions Research update Famous black hole confirmed after 40 years Distance to Cygnus X-1 measured directly Read article: Famous black hole confirmed after 40 years
Telescopes and space missions Research update Solar wind sheds light on early solar system Genesis mission reveals differences between the Earth and the Sun Read article: Solar wind sheds light on early solar system
Soft matter and liquids Research update Nanoparticles play at being red blood cells Stealth particles deliver anti-cancer drugs Read article: Nanoparticles play at being red blood cells
Particles and interactions Research update Quarks break free at two trillion degrees Quark–gluon plasma temperature is calculated from theory and experiment Read article: Quarks break free at two trillion degrees
Telescopes and space missions Research update More surprises for the Voyager mission at the edge of the solar system Heliosphere not as we expected, say NASA researchers Read article: More surprises for the Voyager mission at the edge of the solar system
Quantum optics Research update Physicists break record for extreme quantum state Eight photons entangled in a "Schrödinger's cat state" for first time Read article: Physicists break record for extreme quantum state
Optical physics Research update Polariton coupling becomes stronger New result might benefit photonic circuits that exploit light Read article: Polariton coupling becomes stronger
Surfaces and interfaces Research update Introducing the ‘wrinklon’ Quasiparticle helps explain why curtains wrinkle Read article: Introducing the ‘wrinklon’
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