Mathematical physics Research update Search engines are not unfair New web sites benefit from the way that search engines work Read article: Search engines are not unfair
Transport properties Research update Electrons lose their mass in carbon sheets Two teams of physicists have discovered a variety of novel electronic phenomena in graphene Read article: Electrons lose their mass in carbon sheets
Structure and dynamics Research update Doing physics with bacteria Helical filaments spring surprises in liquid-crystal state Read article: Doing physics with bacteria
Superconductivity Research update Einstein paper turns up on arXiv 1922 article was his only paper on superconductivity
Semiconductors and electronics Research update Silicon chip puts the brakes on light A photonic crystal circuit offers control over the speed of light at infrared wavelengths
Telescopes and space missions Research update Tracking down the first stars Signal is seen in the cosmic infrared background Read article: Tracking down the first stars
Surfaces and interfaces Research update Could sound move at the speed of light? Tiny polymer spheres can boost sound speeds by five orders of magnitude Read article: Could sound move at the speed of light?
Nanomaterials Research update Richard Smalley: 1943-2005 Eminent nanotechnologist Richard Smalley has died at the age of 62 Read article: Richard Smalley: 1943-2005
Optical physics Research update Beating the sub-wavelength limit Theorists predict that cold atoms can pass through slits narrower than their de Broglie wavelength Read article: Beating the sub-wavelength limit
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