Quantum mechanics Research update A faster way to better quantum computers Decoherence is measured in a jiffy Read article: A faster way to better quantum computers
Superconductivity Research update Microchip ‘bus’ links up quantum bits Devices bring quantum computing on a chip one step closer
Telescopes and space missions Research update NASA’s Dawn rises with the Sun Probe will investigate bodies in the main asteroid belt Read article: NASA’s Dawn rises with the Sun
Particles and interactions Research update Wolfgang Panofsky: 1919-2007 Particle physicist and SLAC founding director dies Read article: Wolfgang Panofsky: 1919-2007
Transport properties Research update Quantum spin Hall effect glimpsed in HgTe Edge conduction seen in insulator Read article: Quantum spin Hall effect glimpsed in HgTe
Planetary science Research update Gas-giant chaos will remain a mystery for now Current observations not good enough to predict future orbits Read article: Gas-giant chaos will remain a mystery for now
Earth sciences Research update Physicists discover new layer in Earth’s mantle Layer marks the transition of spin states in iron Read article: Physicists discover new layer in Earth’s mantle
Superconductivity Research update Single-photon microwave source fits on a chip Device brings quantum communication one step closer
Soft matter and liquids Research update Sticky walls slow mixing Baker's map stirs syrup Read article: Sticky walls slow mixing
Surfaces and interfaces Research update Electron microscope breaks half-Angstrom barrier Combined TEM and STEM sets record Read article: Electron microscope breaks half-Angstrom barrier