Transport properties Research update Negative refraction ‘could trap rainbows’ Effect could lead to better optical storage devices Read article: Negative refraction ‘could trap rainbows’
Transport properties Research update ‘Wormholes’ could be made from exotic materials Theoretical device could create a magnetic monopole
Transport properties Research update Single spins controlled by an electric field Breakthrough could simplify spintronics
Structure and dynamics Research update New magnetic sensor could probe the brain Portable device operates at room temperature
Transport properties Research update Negative-index material modulates light Optical modulator could soon break speed record
Ultrafast science Research update Laser reveals new type of magnetic ordering “Ferrotoroidicity” could be exploited for hardy data storage
Transport properties Research update Nobel prize recognizes GMR pioneers Albert Fert and Peter Grünberg scoop physics prize Read article: Nobel prize recognizes GMR pioneers
Transport properties Research update Carbon-doped magnetic semiconductor is a first Magnetism endures above room temperature
Transport properties Research update Quantum spin Hall effect glimpsed in HgTe Edge conduction seen in insulator Read article: Quantum spin Hall effect glimpsed in HgTe
Structure and dynamics Opinion and reviews The magic touch A one-to-one with Ulf Leonhardt Read article: The magic touch