Radioactivity speeds up
Placing a radioactive nucleus in a carbon-60 cage can reduce its half-life
Read article: Microscope focuses on sub-Angstrom scales
Microscope focuses on sub-Angstrom scales
New "spectacles" boost the performance of scanning transmission electron microscopes
Read article: Nanotubes feel the force
Nanotubes feel the force
New device exploits both the mechanical and electronic properties of carbon nanotubes
Read article: Petroleum under pressure
Petroleum under pressure
High temperatures and pressures in the Earth's mantle might be capable of turning inorganic materials into hydrocarbon fuels
Read article: Have we seen an exoplanet?
Have we seen an exoplanet?
Astronomers might have taken the first ever photograph of an extrasolar planet
Read article: Tiny writing heats up
Tiny writing heats up
Physicists develop improved dip-pen nanolithography method for nanometre-scale patterning
Read article: Taking a close look at turbulence
Taking a close look at turbulence
Physicists move closer to explaining one of the last great mysteries of classical physics
Read article: Nanoparticles target tumours
Nanoparticles target tumours
Tiny particles of gold help X-rays to kill cancerous cells
Read article: Magic clusters double up
Magic clusters double up
Theorists have discovered a new family of clusters with a metal core and silver outer shell
Read article: Floating femtodroplets
Floating femtodroplets
Physicists have built a new micron-sized magnetic-levitation device
