Transport properties Research update Metallic material breaks 100-year thermal conductivity record Transition metal nitride conducts heat nearly three times better than copper Read article: Metallic material breaks 100-year thermal conductivity record
Transport properties Research update New experiments on static electricity cast doubt on previous studies in the field Bulk conductivity may have been hiding the dynamics of surface charge transfer, say researchers Read article: New experiments on static electricity cast doubt on previous studies in the field
Education and outreach Research update Dancing humans embody topological properties Choreographed high school students have fun simulating curious phase of matter Read article: Dancing humans embody topological properties
2D materials Research update Graphene-based semiconductor has a useful bandgap and high electron mobility Epigraphene could boost the performance of electronic devices Read article: Graphene-based semiconductor has a useful bandgap and high electron mobility
Transport properties Research update Strange metal is quiet when it comes to shot noise Experiment suggests absence of quasiparticles Read article: Strange metal is quiet when it comes to shot noise
Transport properties Research update Strange metals reveal their secrets Researchers have developed a universal theory that could help explain the odd behaviours of these materials Read article: Strange metals reveal their secrets
Quantum Research update Lined-up quantum dots become highly conductive Semiconducting nanostructures behave like metals when placed in quasi-two-dimensional superlattices Read article: Lined-up quantum dots become highly conductive
Transport properties Research update Phasons boost thermal conductivity of incommensurate crystals Phonon-like quasiparticles could be used in thermal logic circuits Read article: Phasons boost thermal conductivity of incommensurate crystals
Transport properties Research update Vortices appear in an electron fluid First observations of hydrodynamic electron behaviour could be exploited to make more efficient electronics Read article: Vortices appear in an electron fluid
2D materials Research update Undulations could replace twists in 2D materials Computational model shows that growing or stamping layers of material on an uneven surface reproduces novel electronic properties of twisted-layer technique Read article: Undulations could replace twists in 2D materials