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
Mathematical physics Research update What do Einstein, Darwin and emails have in common? Statistical physicists turn their attention to correspondence Read article: What do Einstein, Darwin and emails have in common?
Soft matter and liquids Research update Foam result surprises scientists French physicists observe "anti-inertial lift" in foam experiments Read article: Foam result surprises scientists
Semiconductors and electronics Research update Nanocrystals enhance photovoltaics A new type of solar cell combines the advantages of organic and inorganic designs Read article: Nanocrystals enhance photovoltaics
Particles and interactions Research update Particles come to life Artist produces his impressions of quarks and other fundamental particles Read article: Particles come to life
Structure and dynamics Research update STM reveals molecular first The Jahn-Teller effect is seeen in single molecules for the first time Read article: STM reveals molecular first