Climate Research update Cloud feedback could accelerate global warming Low-level clouds dissipate as temperature increases Read article: Cloud feedback could accelerate global warming
Planetary science Research update Newfound order in the valleys Theory explains why the Earth’s valleys are so evenly spaced Read article: Newfound order in the valleys
Transport properties Research update ‘Nanopillars’ make good photovoltaics Devices built on low-cost, flexible substrates show promising light-conversion efficiencies Read article: ‘Nanopillars’ make good photovoltaics
Stars and solar physics Research update Migrating giants enrich asteroid belt Primitive material sprinkled from beyond Neptune towards Jupiter, claim researchers Read article: Migrating giants enrich asteroid belt
Telescopes and space missions Research update NASA unveils aerial views of Apollo landing sites Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter returns detailed images Read article: NASA unveils aerial views of Apollo landing sites
Dark matter and energy Research update Could Fermi detect dark matter within a year? Space telescope might find signals easier to detect than previously thought Read article: Could Fermi detect dark matter within a year?
Soft matter and liquids Research update Physicists spy on skink swimming through sand Sandfish gets legless in a 'frictional fluid' Read article: Physicists spy on skink swimming through sand
Surfaces and interfaces Research update Flexible fabric that ‘takes pictures’ MIT researchers unveil new imaging technique using stretchy fibres Read article: Flexible fabric that ‘takes pictures’
Education and outreach Research update Fledgling site challenges arXiv server New preprint site appears amid claims that arXiv administrators unfairly reject papers Read article: Fledgling site challenges arXiv server
Planetary science Research update Coasts confirmed as main source of Earth’s ‘hum’ Coupling between atmosphere and solid Earth creates mysterious planetary noise Read article: Coasts confirmed as main source of Earth’s ‘hum’