Seeing quantum effects on a big scale
Researchers propose way to couple a single atom to a mechanical oscillator
Making graphene in a flash
A common camera flashbulb can turn graphite oxide into graphene
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Soap films burst like flapping flags
High-speed photography reveals how punctures expand in soap films
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Exposing the flaw in Planck’s law
A novel cantilever uncovers a tremendous hike in radiation transfer at the nanoscale
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Diamond coatings are branching out
Chris Walker looks at some of the uses of a novel amorphous diamond material
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Plasmonics scores smoothness bull’s eye
Pattern templates let plasmons travel further
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Nanoscale light source can change its colour
Tiny 'free electron laser' could be used in displays
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‘Nanopillars’ make good photovoltaics
Devices built on low-cost, flexible substrates show promising light-conversion efficiencies
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Flexible fabric that ‘takes pictures’
MIT researchers unveil new imaging technique using stretchy fibres
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T-shaped probe exposes protein elasticity
New microscope technique identifies flexible regions of proteins
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