The physics of pasta
Physicists have solved a long-standing mystery about how spaghetti breaks
Read article: Big stars like to feed from dust
Big stars like to feed from dust
New observations suggest that massive stars form through accretion
Foreign atoms trigger superconductivity in carbon
Physicists have made a new superconductor
Diamonds are not forever
A new form of carbon is harder than conventional diamond
Critical breakthrough
Superconductivity has been seen in a metal in a high magnetic field
How the Earth spins
The inner core of the Earth is spinning faster than the rest of the planet
Making ice at room temperature
Electric fields can freeze confined layers of water
Fibres control the speed of light
New approach to fast and slow light could have real-world applications
Read article: Superlens breaks optical barrier
Superlens breaks optical barrier
Making progress in the near field
Read article: John Bahcall dies
John Bahcall dies
The world's leading authority on solar neutrinos has died at the age 70
