Soft matter and liquids Research update DNA gives new life to dye lasers Japanese physicists demonstrate a DNA laser
Transport properties Research update Diamond – a physicist’s best friend New results pave the way for diamond-based electronics
Education and outreach Research update Female-friendly physics Women physicists spell out what needs to be done to close the academic gender gap
Particles and interactions Research update Condensate cracks Fermi gas Physicists probe the interactions between distinct types of atomic gas
Read article: Could the end be in sight for ultrahigh-energy cosmic rays? Astroparticle physics Research update Could the end be in sight for ultrahigh-energy cosmic rays? Recent studies suggest that cosmic rays come from cosmologically distant sources
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Climate Research update Climate prediction gets a boost New satellite will track radiation flow across the Western hemisphere
Soft matter and liquids Research update Waves and the sounds of science New research probes the formation of air bubbles in breaking waves
Optical physics Research update Innovations boost disabled literacy Physicists have developed tools to help disabled people to write and blind people to read