Transport properties Research update Electronic devices based on single molecules Researchers measure the conductance of a single hydrogen molecule
Read article: Introducing the little Higgs Particle and nuclear Research update Introducing the little Higgs Supersymmetry has a new rival
Astroparticle physics Research update Old star sheds light on creation of elements Astronomers have observed an ancient star containing very little metal for the first time
Particles and interactions Research update First glimpses inside an anti-atom Physicists make first background-free observation of cold anti-hydrogen’s internal states
Mathematical physics Research update Per Bak 1948–2002 Danish physicist who helped to develop "self-organized criticality" dies
Ultrafast science Research update First light for attophysics Physicists have used an attosecond X-ray source to directly measure the decay of an electron cloud in an atom for the first time
Structure and dynamics Research update Molecules power nanoscale computers Scientists have made tiny mechanical logic circuits from cascading molecules
Quantum optics Research update Quantum logic: to be, or NOT to be? Physicists demonstrate a quantum NOT gate for the first time
Microscopy Research update Lasers target hard drugs Laser spectroscopy could be used to detect heroin and morphine
Telescopes and space missions Research update INTEGRAL takes off The European Space Agency has launched the most sensitive ever gamma-ray observatory