Ultracold matter Research update Microscope could scan optical lattices Hovering ion may deliver nanometre resolution Read article: Microscope could scan optical lattices
Telescopes and space missions Research update Black-hole eclipse sizes up X-ray source Passing cloud lends a hand Read article: Black-hole eclipse sizes up X-ray source
Gravity Research update Gravity Probe B backs general relativity Satellite may not deliver on accuracy, claim critics Read article: Gravity Probe B backs general relativity
Quantum optics Research update Photosynthesis takes a leaf out of the quantum book Reaction "samples" different routes for high efficiency Read article: Photosynthesis takes a leaf out of the quantum book
Ultracold matter Research update Evidence mounts for Bose glass New state of matter glimpsed in ultracold atoms Read article: Evidence mounts for Bose glass
Particles and interactions Research update MiniBooNE rules out new kind of neutrino Fermilab neutrino-oscillation experiments casts doubt on "sterile" neutrinos Read article: MiniBooNE rules out new kind of neutrino
Stars and solar physics Research update Mild forecast for next solar cycle New model rules out previous prediction that next cycle will be strong Read article: Mild forecast for next solar cycle
Transport properties Research update Spins turn light off A new spin on plasmonics Read article: Spins turn light off
Optical physics Research update Buffer boosts optical integration Infrared light propagates over silicon substrate
Particles and interactions Research update Relativity trick slashes computing times Physicist finds a relativistic short cut