Surfaces and interfaces Research update The turbulent life of dolphins Creatures shed their skin every two hours to reduce drag as they swim through water
Particles and interactions Research update SLAC sees parity violation in electrons The Standard Model of particle physics survives another test
Quantum optics Research update Entanglement beats the diffraction limit Three or four photons are better than one or two
Diagnostic imaging Research update Brain scans made easy Lead helmet cuts out background noise Read article: Brain scans made easy
Astronomy and space Research update Tales from the transneptunian sea What lurks in the outer reaches of the Solar System?
Optics and photonics Research update Atoms and light get intimate Quantum mechanics and the single atom
Optics and photonics Research update Beating the diffraction limit Negative-index materials continue to rewrite the laws of optics Read article: Beating the diffraction limit
Gravity Research update Accelerating universe will limit technology Cosmological considerations will place universal limits on computation
Nanomaterials Research update Viruses go from strength to strength New results on bacteriophages could have applications in nanotechnology Read article: Viruses go from strength to strength
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