Particles and interactions Research update New particle turns up in Japan The Belle experiment has discovered what might be yet another new meson
Read article: Nanotubes join the army Nanomaterials Research update Nanotubes join the army Carbon-based devices can be used to detect deadly gases
Read article: Data storage made easy Transport properties Research update Data storage made easy Memories could soon be made of plastic
Telescopes and space missions Research update Ups and downs for big projects Mixed fortunes for physicists and astronomers in the US and Europe
Read article: Mesons violate Bell’s inequality Quantum mechanics Research update Mesons violate Bell’s inequality A fundamental aspect of quantum theory has been tested in a particle-physics experiment for the first time
Telescopes and space missions Research update Mixed messages from the edge of the solar system Two groups analyzing data from the Voyager spacecraft cannot agree if it has passed the “termination shock”
Read article: NMR breakthrough for bone fracture Nuclear medicine Research update NMR breakthrough for bone fracture New non-invasive technique could help the elderly
Read article: The string-theory landscape Quantum Research update The string-theory landscape String theorists have found a way to describe an accelerating universe
Semiconductors and electronics Research update Photonic crystals boost semiconductor lasers Physicists in the US have made a new type of surface-emitting laser
Read article: A new spin on black holes Telescopes and space missions Research update A new spin on black holes The black hole at the centre of the Milky Way is rotating