Structure and dynamics Research update Hydrogen goes universal The electronic properties of hydrogen are similar in many different materials Read article: Hydrogen goes universal
Biophysics Research update Insects stay cool with thermoelectricity Israeli researchers have found the first natural heat pump in a living creature Read article: Insects stay cool with thermoelectricity
Telescopes and space missions Research update Mars Express takes off The European Space Agency’s mission has been successfully launched Read article: Mars Express takes off
Atomic and molecular Research update New mass for the electron, in theory Theorists are leading experimentalists in a friendly race to find the mass of the electron
Superconductivity Research update Ripples in a superconducting tidal pool Images of a cuprate superconductor could shed light on high-temperature superconductivity
Superconductivity Research update Superconducting wire turns to electrical power Engineers and entrepreneurs are keen to transform the properties of magnesium diboride into profit
Particle and nuclear Research update Big break for charge symmetry Why are neutrons and protons different? Read article: Big break for charge symmetry
Vacuum and cryogenics Research update Scientists spy on growing nanoparticles French scientists have developed a new method that monitors the growth of nanoparticles in real time
Complex systems Research update Viscount Ilya Prigogine 1917-2003 Nobel laureate in chemistry dies aged 86 Read article: Viscount Ilya Prigogine 1917-2003
Stars and solar physics Research update Starquakes shed light on stellar evolution Belgian astronomers continue a 21-year long experiment to study how stars evolve Read article: Starquakes shed light on stellar evolution