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’
Ultracold matter Research update Ultracold atom takes a quantum walk Observation could shed light on the crossover between quantum and classical mechanics Read article: Ultracold atom takes a quantum walk
Soft matter and liquids Research update DNA sorts carbon nanotubes Liquid chromatography used to separate metal tubes from semiconductors
Telescopes and space missions Research update Thunderclouds accelerate cosmic electrons Physicists explain how gamma rays are generated in clouds Read article: Thunderclouds accelerate cosmic electrons
Surfaces and interfaces Research update T-shaped probe exposes protein elasticity New microscope technique identifies flexible regions of proteins Read article: T-shaped probe exposes protein elasticity
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