Transport properties Research update Magnetic recording has a speed limit Experiment at accelerator shows that recording speeds cannot increase for ever Read article: Magnetic recording has a speed limit
Vacuum and cryogenics Research update Gravity Probe B takes off Experiment will check two untested predictions of general relativity Read article: Gravity Probe B takes off
Biophysics Research update Spiders get a grip Microscopy experiments reveal the importance of van der Waals forces for our eight-legged friends Read article: Spiders get a grip
Soft matter and liquids Research update Fermi gases approach superfluid regime Groups in the US and Austria have seen evidence for superfluidity in a gas of fermions Read article: Fermi gases approach superfluid regime
Nuclear medicine Research update Terahertz radiation targets skin cancer New technique could offer non-invasive alternative to conventional approaches
Microscopy Research update Reversal of fortune for Turin Shroud Italian researchers have detected a second face on the famous Shroud Read article: Reversal of fortune for Turin Shroud
Materials Research update Multiferroic materials tower up Combining ferromagnetic and ferroelectric materials
Semiconductors and electronics Research update Organic growth in spintronics New organic era beckons for spintronic devices
Earth sciences Research update Geophysicists turn up the pressure Novel phase transition could explain the Earth's mysterious D" layer