What forces shape the membranes of the biological cell? A computer simulation indicates that it is the concerted effort of many proteins, mediated by the lipid bilayer that forms the membrane matrix.

For most of its existence, a superfluid droplet leads an essentially innocuous, classical life. But intense scrutiny reveals that the birth of such droplets is a turbulent and unpredictable quantum affair.

Do we understand the violent and cosmologically significant stellar explosions known as type-Ia supernovae? Yes and no, as astronomers participating in a conference in California agreed.