Table of contents
February 2008, Volume 4 No 2 pp81-156
About the coverEditorial
A tangled web we weave - p81
doi:10.1038/nphys841
Full Text - A tangled web we weave | PDF (123 KB) - A tangled web we weave
Thesis
Learning from bacteria - p83
Mark Buchanan
doi:10.1038/nphys842
Full Text - Learning from bacteria | PDF (122 KB) - Learning from bacteria
Books and Arts
Nothing ventured - p85
Peter Rodgers reviews The void by Frank Close
doi:10.1038/nphys843
Full Text - Nothing ventured | PDF (157 KB) - Nothing ventured
News and Views
Cosmology: Inflation alive and well - pp89 - 91
Michael S. Turner
doi:10.1038/nphys850
Full Text - CosmologyInflation alive and well | PDF (364 KB) - CosmologyInflation alive and well
Subject Categories: Astrophysics | Particle physics
Adaptive optics: Scattered focus - p91
Ed Gerstner
doi:10.1038/nphys851
Full Text - Adaptive opticsScattered focus | PDF (234 KB) - Adaptive opticsScattered focus
Subject Category: Optical physics
Compact X-ray sources: Towards a table-top free-electron laser - pp92 - 93
Kazuhisa Nakajima
doi:10.1038/nphys846
Full Text - Compact X-ray sourcesTowards a table-top free-electron laser | PDF (208 KB) - Compact X-ray sourcesTowards a table-top free-electron laser
Subject Categories: Other physics | Plasma physics | Techniques and instrumentation
Biophysics: Cell commuters avoid delays - pp93 - 95
Leonid Mirny
doi:10.1038/nphys848
Full Text - BiophysicsCell commuters avoid delays | PDF (341 KB) - BiophysicsCell commuters avoid delays
Subject Category: Biological physics
Superconductivity: Bring on the real resonance - pp95 - 96
Wei-Sheng Lee & Zhi-Xun Shen
doi:10.1038/nphys849
Full Text - SuperconductivityBring on the real resonance | PDF (149 KB) - SuperconductivityBring on the real resonance
Subject Categories: Condensed-matter physics | Materials physics
Quantum mechanics: Dynamics of entanglement - pp97 - 98
Christian Roos
doi:10.1038/nphys847
Full Text - Quantum mechanicsDynamics of entanglement | PDF (170 KB) - Quantum mechanicsDynamics of entanglement
Subject Categories: Quantum physics | Information theory and computation
Astrophysics: Rings around the lenses - p98
May Chiao
doi:10.1038/nphys852
Full Text - AstrophysicsRings around the lenses | PDF (130 KB) - AstrophysicsRings around the lenses
Subject Category: Astrophysics
Letters
Evolution equation for quantum entanglement - pp99 - 102
Thomas Konrad, Fernando de Melo, Markus Tiersch, Christian Kasztelan, Adriano Aragão & Andreas Buchleitner
doi:10.1038/nphys885
First paragraph - | Full Text - Evolution equation for quantum entanglement | PDF (256 KB) - Evolution equation for quantum entanglement
Subject Category: Quantum physics
See also: News and Views by Roos
Memory-built-in quantum teleportation with photonic and atomic qubits - pp103 - 107
Yu-Ao Chen, Shuai Chen, Zhen-Sheng Yuan, Bo Zhao, Chih-Sung Chuu, Jörg Schmiedmayer & Jian-Wei Pan
doi:10.1038/nphys832
First paragraph - | Full Text - Memory-built-in quantum teleportation with photonic and atomic qubits | PDF (456 KB) - Memory-built-in quantum teleportation with photonic and atomic qubits
Subject Categories: Polymer physics | Atomic and molecular physics | Optical physics | Information theory and computation
Visualization of the interplay between high-temperature superconductivity, the pseudogap and impurity resonances - pp108 - 111
Kamalesh Chatterjee, M. C. Boyer, W. D. Wise, Takeshi Kondo, T. Takeuchi, H. Ikuta & E. W. Hudson
doi:10.1038/nphys835
First paragraph - | Full Text - Visualization of the interplay between high-temperature superconductivity, the pseudogap and impurity resonances | PDF (501 KB) - Visualization of the interplay between high-temperature superconductivity, the pseudogap and impurity resonances
Subject Categories: Condensed-matter physics | Materials physics
See also: News and Views by Lee & Shen
Magnetic flux periodicity of h/e in superconducting loops - pp112 - 115
F. Loder, A. P. Kampf, T. Kopp, J. Mannhart, C. W. Schneider & Y. S. Barash
doi:10.1038/nphys813
First paragraph - | Full Text - Magnetic flux periodicity of h/e in superconducting loops | PDF (535 KB) - Magnetic flux periodicity of h/e in superconducting loops | Supplementary information
Subject Categories: Condensed-matter physics | Quantum physics
Charge fractionalization in quantum wires - pp116 - 119
Hadar Steinberg, Gilad Barak, Amir Yacoby, Loren N. Pfeiffer, Ken W. West, Bertrand I. Halperin & Karyn Le Hur
doi:10.1038/nphys810
First paragraph - | Full Text - Charge fractionalization in quantum wires | PDF (281 KB) - Charge fractionalization in quantum wires | Supplementary information
Subject Categories: Condensed-matter physics | Electronics, photonics and device physics | Nanotechnology
Hybrid single-electron transistor as a source of quantized electric current - pp120 - 124
Jukka P. Pekola, Juha J. Vartiainen, Mikko Möttönen, Olli-Pentti Saira, Matthias Meschke & Dmitri V. Averin
doi:10.1038/nphys808
First paragraph - | Full Text - Hybrid single-electron transistor as a source of quantized electric current | PDF (574 KB) - Hybrid single-electron transistor as a source of quantized electric current
Subject Categories: Electronics, photonics and device physics | Techniques and instrumentation
Noise autocorrelation spectroscopy with coherent Raman scattering - pp125 - 129
Xiaoji G. Xu, Stanislav O. Konorov, John W. Hepburn & Valery Milner
doi:10.1038/nphys809
First paragraph - | Full Text - Noise autocorrelation spectroscopy with coherent Raman scattering | PDF (678 KB) - Noise autocorrelation spectroscopy with coherent Raman scattering
Subject Categories: Chemical physics | Techniques and instrumentation
A compact synchrotron radiation source driven by a laser-plasma wakefield accelerator - pp130 - 133
H.-P. Schlenvoigt, K. Haupt, A. Debus, F. Budde, O. Jäckel, S. Pfotenhauer, H. Schwoerer, E. Rohwer, J. G. Gallacher, E. Brunetti, R. P. Shanks, S. M. Wiggins & D. A. Jaroszynski
doi:10.1038/nphys811
First paragraph - | Full Text - A compact synchrotron radiation source driven by a laser-plasma wakefield accelerator | PDF (623 KB) - A compact synchrotron radiation source driven by a laser-plasma wakefield accelerator
Subject Categories: Other physics | Plasma physics | Techniques and instrumentation
See also: News and Views by Nakajima
Enhanced reaction kinetics in biological cells - pp134 - 137
C. Loverdo, O. Bénichou, M. Moreau & R. Voituriez
doi:10.1038/nphys830
First paragraph - | Full Text - Enhanced reaction kinetics in biological cells | PDF (1,105 KB) - Enhanced reaction kinetics in biological cells
Subject Categories: Biological physics | Statistical physics, thermodynamics and nonlinear dynamics
See also: News and Views by Mirny
Articles
Triplet supercurrents in clean and disordered half-metallic ferromagnets - pp138 - 143
Matthias Eschrig & Tomas Löfwander
doi:10.1038/nphys831
Abstract - | Full Text - Triplet supercurrents in clean and disordered half-metallic ferromagnets | PDF (414 KB) - Triplet supercurrents in clean and disordered half-metallic ferromagnets | Supplementary information
Subject Categories: Condensed-matter physics | Electronics, photonics and device physics | Materials physics
Observation of electron–hole puddles in graphene using a scanning single-electron transistor - pp144 - 148
J. Martin, N. Akerman, G. Ulbricht, T. Lohmann, J. H. Smet, K. von Klitzing & A. Yacoby
doi:10.1038/nphys781
Abstract - | Full Text - Observation of electron–hole puddles in graphene using a scanning single-electron transistor | PDF (1,462 KB) - Observation of electron–hole puddles in graphene using a scanning single-electron transistor | Supplementary information
Subject Category: Condensed-matter physics
Electrohydrodynamic tip streaming and emission of charged drops from liquid cones - pp149 - 154
Robert T. Collins, Jeremy J. Jones, Michael T. Harris & Osman A. Basaran
doi:10.1038/nphys807
Abstract - | Full Text - Electrohydrodynamic tip streaming and emission of charged drops from liquid cones | PDF (1,951 KB) - Electrohydrodynamic tip streaming and emission of charged drops from liquid cones
Subject Category: Fluid dynamics


