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Structure and dynamics Research update Supersolid’s existence remains in dispute Bizarre hybrid of solid and fluid continues to baffle.
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Read article: Hubble to get new lease of life Telescopes and space missions Research update Hubble to get new lease of life Space Shuttle astronauts will, after all, extend the life of the ageing Hubble telescope
Read article: Mobile-phone network reveals the ties that bind Data acquisition and analysis Research update Mobile-phone network reveals the ties that bind Statistical-mechanical study of mobile-phone use suggests that casual aquaintances keep social networks together
Read article: New particles turn up in the US Particles and interactions Research update New particles turn up in the US Fermilab physicists discover two new baryons
Stars and solar physics Research update On the case of the “missing” helium Computer simulation of low-mass stars could explain the shorftall in the measured amount of helium-3 in the cosmos
Read article: 3D solar satellites blast off Stars and solar physics Research update 3D solar satellites blast off A NASA mission with a unique view of the Sun will improve predictions of violent space weather