Stars and solar physics Research update Mars attacked by solar wind The solar wind might be responsible for the lack of water on Mars Read article: Mars attacked by solar wind
Structure and dynamics Research update Explosive breakthrough Complete measurement offers new insights into molecules Read article: Explosive breakthrough
Nuclear physics Research update Radioactivity speeds up Placing a radioactive nucleus in a carbon-60 cage can reduce its half-life
Microscopy Research update Microscope focuses on sub-Angstrom scales New "spectacles" boost the performance of scanning transmission electron microscopes Read article: Microscope focuses on sub-Angstrom scales
Semiconductors and electronics Research update Nanotubes feel the force New device exploits both the mechanical and electronic properties of carbon nanotubes Read article: Nanotubes feel the force
Renewables Research update Petroleum under pressure High temperatures and pressures in the Earth's mantle might be capable of turning inorganic materials into hydrocarbon fuels Read article: Petroleum under pressure
Telescopes and space missions Research update Have we seen an exoplanet? Astronomers might have taken the first ever photograph of an extrasolar planet Read article: Have we seen an exoplanet?
Vacuum and cryogenics Research update Tiny writing heats up Physicists develop improved dip-pen nanolithography method for nanometre-scale patterning Read article: Tiny writing heats up
Soft matter and liquids Research update Taking a close look at turbulence Physicists move closer to explaining one of the last great mysteries of classical physics Read article: Taking a close look at turbulence
Nuclear medicine Research update Nanoparticles target tumours Tiny particles of gold help X-rays to kill cancerous cells Read article: Nanoparticles target tumours
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