Transport properties Research update Spin-flip speed is pushed to the limit Physicists discover a faster way to store data using spin-polarized electrons
Mathematical physics Research update Massive young stars defy tidal forces Simulations shed light on star formation near black holes Read article: Massive young stars defy tidal forces
Education and outreach Research update Do citations take the shine off the Nobel prize? The path to Stockholm is not as clear as it once was, researchers claim Read article: Do citations take the shine off the Nobel prize?
Transport properties Research update Spinning electrons make for an unconventional metal Simple exception to Landau-Fermi liquid could provide new route to spintronics Read article: Spinning electrons make for an unconventional metal
Quantum mechanics Research update Entanglement remains a mystery Swiss experiment implies information would have to travel thousands of times faster than light to explain quantum entanglement Read article: Entanglement remains a mystery
Optical physics Research update Camera captures at record rate Researchers unveil system with “unprecedented” image quality, frame rate and frame count
Particles and interactions Research update LHC sees first protons World’s most powerful particle collider passes major milestone towards September switch-on Read article: LHC sees first protons
Particles and interactions Research update The most direct signal of dark energy? A recent analysis of the so-called Integrated Sachs-Wolfe effect could help physicists to understand the mysterious entity Read article: The most direct signal of dark energy?
Structure and dynamics Research update Carbon nanotubes, but without the ‘nano’ New structures are 30 times stronger than Kevlar, say researchers Read article: Carbon nanotubes, but without the ‘nano’
Transport properties Research update Stretching the boundaries of electronics Material can be stretched by up to 70% and is still electrically conductive Read article: Stretching the boundaries of electronics
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