Biophysics Research update Physicists investigate brain power Israeli researchers have created electrically active networks of neurons in the lab Read article: Physicists investigate brain power
Nuclear physics Research update Bismuth breaks half-life record for alpha decay French researchers have measured the longest ever radioactive half-life for alpha decay
Transport properties Research update Computer models make “super-alloys” Japanese researchers have created a new group of alloys with exceptional properties
Quantum mechanics Research update Caesium violates parity in a new way Atomic parity violation has been seen using a novel optical technique Read article: Caesium violates parity in a new way
Imaging Research update Giant CCD imager snaps first shot The largest digital camera array ever installed on a telescope goes on show. Read article: Giant CCD imager snaps first shot
Biophysics Research update Light flashes investigated on Mir Physicists have come closer to explaining the causes of light-flashes in space Read article: Light flashes investigated on Mir
Transport properties Research update Solar cells become thinner and cheaper Researchers have created a new type of very thin, inexpensive solar cell Read article: Solar cells become thinner and cheaper
Superconductivity Research update Novel crystals form under pressure Researchers have discovered new elemental structures at high pressure
Ultracold matter Research update Gold floats in magnetized oxygen Physicists have magnetically levitated objects in liquid oxygen Read article: Gold floats in magnetized oxygen
Particles and interactions Research update Breaking charge symmetry with nuclei Researchers have detected a rare nuclear reaction that has never been seen before
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