Optical physics Research update Tiny microscope aims for Third World market Device is the size of a penny and could be manufactured for as little as £5 Read article: Tiny microscope aims for Third World market
Transport properties Research update Ballistic breakthrough could lead to molecular logic gates Electrons travel with ease between benzene and platinum Read article: Ballistic breakthrough could lead to molecular logic gates
Ultrafast science Research update Cold atoms could help build ‘spintronics’ transistor Analogue "may help understand problems in real systems"
Ultrafast science Research update Plasmons put laser light on the straight and narrow Tiny collimator reduces divergence of light from semiconductor lasers Read article: Plasmons put laser light on the straight and narrow
Stars and solar physics Research update Simulation points to lightweight first stars First protostars could have been just a hundredth the mass of our Sun Read article: Simulation points to lightweight first stars
Particles and interactions Research update Will first LHC protons be injected within a fortnight? Proton beams will be running round the whole ring by first half of September, says CERN spokesperson
Quantum mechanics Research update Laser beams are entangled in space Breakthrough could allow optical measurements to beat the 'diffraction limit' Read article: Laser beams are entangled in space
Soft matter and liquids Research update Superfluids point to the origin of ‘monster’ ocean waves Researchers say wave energy can cascade towards long wavelengths
Telescopes and space missions Research update Themis reveals the secret of Earth’s auroras Magnetic field 'reconnection' transfers solar energy towards Earth, say researchers Read article: Themis reveals the secret of Earth’s auroras
Telescopes and space missions Research update Motion of exploding stars could shed light on dark energy Cosmologists call for decades-long survey of type-Ia supernovae Read article: Motion of exploding stars could shed light on dark energy