Plasma physics Research update New look for ball lightning Rydberg atoms may explain cohesion in ball lightning Read article: New look for ball lightning
Optical physics Research update Hollow fibre carries megawatt pulses Optical physicists have made a photonic-band gap fibre that can transmit megawatt pulses
Transport properties Research update Nanowires line up for plastic electronics Researchers have made cost-effective high-performance thin-film transistors using nanowires and nanoribbons Read article: Nanowires line up for plastic electronics
Quantum optics Research update First light for one-atom laser Novel device pushes laser physics to the limit Read article: First light for one-atom laser
Metrology Research update Silicon joins race to redefine the kilogram A new measurement of the Avogadro constant could allow the unit of mass to be defined in terms of atomic and fundamental constants
Optical physics Research update Bose-Einstein condensates break temperature record Physicists have cooled a gas of sodium atoms down to less than a nanokelvin Read article: Bose-Einstein condensates break temperature record
Microscopy Research update Carbon dating confirms origins of biblical tunnel Geologists have used radiometric dating to confirm the age of a water tunnel mentioned in the Bible Read article: Carbon dating confirms origins of biblical tunnel
Nuclear physics Research update Edward Teller dies The “father of the H-bomb” died yesterday at the age of 95
Surfaces and interfaces Research update Gold lights up biological cells Biophysicists have developed a new optical technique to image proteins
Soft matter and liquids Research update Biomolecule behaves like a wave Wave-particle duality has been seen in the largest objects yet Read article: Biomolecule behaves like a wave
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