Transport properties Research update Nanowire-based electrode could lead to better supercapacitors Breakthrough could mean smaller and lighter energy-storage systems Read article: Nanowire-based electrode could lead to better supercapacitors
Surfaces and interfaces Research update New optical fibre shortens laser pulses the easy way Kagome structure and noble gas work together to create short, powerful infrared bursts Read article: New optical fibre shortens laser pulses the easy way
Surfaces and interfaces Research update How to make tiny 3D flowers and peacocks from silicon New fabrication technique could create brain-like electronic networks Read article: How to make tiny 3D flowers and peacocks from silicon
Surfaces and interfaces Research update Fast-moving glaciers slide more easily Glacier simulator reveals the importance of cavities created under the ice Read article: Fast-moving glaciers slide more easily
Surfaces and interfaces Research update Device cools itself in the blazing-hot Sun Passive system works without the need for a power source Read article: Device cools itself in the blazing-hot Sun
Surfaces and interfaces Research update ‘Quantum reporters’ measure magnetic resonance of one proton Physicists turn quantum problem into an opportunity Read article: ‘Quantum reporters’ measure magnetic resonance of one proton
Surfaces and interfaces Research update How to control magnetic atoms on graphene Discovery could lead to high-density data storage Read article: How to control magnetic atoms on graphene
Surfaces and interfaces Research update Graphene boosts thermal conductivity of popular plastic Laminate material could find use in electronic and lighting devices Read article: Graphene boosts thermal conductivity of popular plastic
Transport properties Research update Material gives up its spin-splitting secrets Unexpected discovery of giant spin-splitting could boost spintronics Read article: Material gives up its spin-splitting secrets
Surfaces and interfaces Research update Shape-shifting vesicles mimic living cells Taking a bottom-up approach to recreating biological complexity Read article: Shape-shifting vesicles mimic living cells
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