Read article: Optical microscopy sets new records Optical physics Research update Optical microscopy sets new records Researchers have produced the highest-resolution ever optical image
Read article: Glass behaves like a metal Structure and dynamics Research update Glass behaves like a metal The similarity between glass and metal fracture has been shown for the first time
Microscopy Research update Molecular dots rise for information storage Scientists make a high-density molecular memory device
Microscopy Research update Nanotechnology is good for the heart Scientists have built a nanoscale device that can detect proteins associated with heart attacks
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
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 NASA names the successor to Hubble NASA has awarded a contract worth $825m to TRW to build the James Webb Space Telescope
Optical physics Research update Innovations boost disabled literacy Physicists have developed tools to help disabled people to write and blind people to read
Read article: Electrons probe single atoms Surfaces and interfaces Research update Electrons probe single atoms A breakthrough in electron microscopy could boost the semiconductor industry
Nuclear physics Research update Mobile NMR leaves the field behind New technique promises to eliminate the effects of the Earth’s magnetic field