Nuclear fusion Research update UK physicist takes key fusion post Llewellyn Smith is appointed chair of ITER council Read article: UK physicist takes key fusion post
Mathematical physics Research update Supersensitive Coulomb test proposed Experiment could show photon has mass Read article: Supersensitive Coulomb test proposed
Telescopes and space missions Research update Probe likens young Venus to Earth First results suggest Earth’s twin evolved very differently Read article: Probe likens young Venus to Earth
Telescopes and space missions Research update Proto-galaxies tip cold dark matter Sighting confirms important stage of galactic evolution Read article: Proto-galaxies tip cold dark matter
Constants and units Research update Tiny fridge thinks it’s a motor Nanomachine could exploit Brownian motion Read article: Tiny fridge thinks it’s a motor
Soft matter and liquids Research update Software tracks ‘monster waves’ System could warn seafarers of 30-metre waves Read article: Software tracks ‘monster waves’
Superconductivity Research update High-Tc superconductors plug ‘terahertz gap’ Josephson junctions produce coherent terahertz radiation Read article: High-Tc superconductors plug ‘terahertz gap’
Transport properties Research update Berry’s phase seen in solid-state qubit Breakthrough could lead to robust quantum computers Read article: Berry’s phase seen in solid-state qubit
Optical physics Research update Uranium gives opal its shine Radioactivity points to gem deposits Read article: Uranium gives opal its shine