Sources for Physics Topics

Physics---spotlighting exceptional research, an online journal produced by the American Physical Society.
American Journal of Physics, a journal for students and teachers of physics.
Physics News update, a service of the American Institute of Physics that gives information on recent discoveries in physics.
Physics Today web site, the magazine of the American Physical Society, which has monthly reports on new and interesting developments.
Scientific American web site.
Science News, web site of Science, journal of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
New Scientist web site.

Other Sample Topics

Astrophysics

Extrasolar planet search
Long baseline interferometry
Evidence for dark matter
Evidence for dark energy
Microwave background radiation
Large-scale structure in the universe
Evidence for supermassive black holes
Axion detection
Gamma ray bursters and detection
Fast Radio Bursts

Atomic Physics

Quantum Computing
Quantum cryptography
Bose-Einstein condensates in the lab
Atom interferometers
Search for electric dipole moments

Biophysics

Statistical Physics Research in Computational Neuroscience
Molecular Dynamic Analysis using Optical Tweezers
Biophysics of DNA sequencing
Folding of complex biological molecules
Nanopore DNA sequencing

Condensed Matter Physics

Nanostructures; how to make them
Photonics
Spintronics
Squeezed-state amplifiers
Fractional quantum Hall effect
Carbon nanotubes
Graphene
Artificial Atoms
Quantum Dots

Elementary Particle Physics

Evidence for supersymmetry
The International Linear Collider program
Search for proton decay
Search for magnetic monopoles
Neutrino oscillations
Neutrino-less double beta decay
Direct neutrino mass measurement
Muon g-2 experiment
Plasma wakefield acceleration
The Higgs Mechanism

Energy Science

Carbon Photovoltaics and their Uses
Pumped Heat Energy Storage
Controlled Nuclear Fusion
Plasma Technology
Battery technology

Environmental Physics

Feedback mechanisms for global warming
Prediction of earthquakes

Gravitational Physics

The LIGO interferometer
The planned LISA interferometer
The B-modes to look for gravitational waves

Nuclear Physics

Evidence for the quark-gluon plasma
Radioactive nuclear beam facilities
Nuclear reactions in the Sun
Nuclear reactions in a supernova
Super-heavy elements