Read article: Fingernails store personal information Ultrafast science Research update Fingernails store personal information Japanese researchers are using femtosecond laser pulses to write data into human fingernails
Read article: Bottoms down for quarks Particles and interactions Research update Bottoms down for quarks Particle physicists have observed a rare process
Read article: Exotic meson challenges rules Particles and interactions Research update Exotic meson challenges rules New particle sets puzzle for theorists
Read article: Swimming around in circles Surfaces and interfaces Research update Swimming around in circles Researchers learn more about the behaviour of E. coli near solid surfaces
Read article: Crash exposes comet’s inner secrets Telescopes and space missions Research update Crash exposes comet’s inner secrets "Deep Impact" has successfully crashed into comet Tempel 1
Structure and dynamics Research update How do solids melt? Colloid crystals shed new light on the transition from solid to liquid
Soft matter and liquids Research update Magnetic surprise for liquids Magnetic moments come and go in Mercury and other liquid metals
Read article: Europe beats Japan to ITER prize Nuclear fusion Research update Europe beats Japan to ITER prize Massive fusion experiment will be built at Cadarache in France
Ultrafast science Research update Plasma accelerators move on Lasers take electrons to record energies for table-top devices
Particles and interactions Research update New limits for exotic molecules It is not possible to make a hydrogen-antihydrogen molecule
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