Soft matter and liquids Research update Light powers artificial membrane Researchers build an artificial photosynthetic membrane using light induced electron transfer
Magnetism and spin Research update Magnets double up Researchers make stronger magnets with self-assembly
Semiconductors and electronics Research update Semiconductor lights up solar cells Physicists in the US and Japan have discovered gaps in what we know about indium nitride
Optical physics Research update Imaging an infant brain Scientists take the first 3-D images of a newborn baby’s brain using transmitted light measurements
Plasma physics Research update Plasma accelerators take shape Researchers use laser pulses in a jet of helium gas in a new approach to particle acceleration
Superconductivity Research update Plutonium is also a superconductor Physicists discover superconductivity in a plutonium-based compound
Stars and solar physics Research update Sunspots come into focus New solar telescope reveals details of sunspot structures Read article: Sunspots come into focus
Imaging Research update Power from terahertz beams Researchers create highest ever terahertz beam by magnetically manipulating electrons inside a particle accelerator
Telescopes and space missions Research update Magnetic meteorites Physicists find extraterrestrial magnetic carbon in a meteorite
Dark matter and energy Research update Evidence for dark energy gets stronger Astronomers produce new evidence using gravitational lenses