Transport properties Research update Iconic Japanese antenna shrunk to the nano-scale Yagi-Uda antenna adapted for nanotechnology Read article: Iconic Japanese antenna shrunk to the nano-scale
Transport properties News Tiny water desalination device could help aid efforts New technique to create drinking water from seawater Read article: Tiny water desalination device could help aid efforts
Transport properties Research update Graphene photodetector is a first IBM team makes ultrafast device from 'wonder material' Read article: Graphene photodetector is a first
Transport properties Research update Graphene-oxide framework packs in hydrogen New material could be used for gas storage Read article: Graphene-oxide framework packs in hydrogen
Transport properties Research update Enter the ‘thermopower wave’ New way of generating electricity could lead to batteries to power nanotechnology Read article: Enter the ‘thermopower wave’
Transport properties Research update Electrical signals transmitted via spin waves Insulator-based 'spin wiring' could boost spintronics Read article: Electrical signals transmitted via spin waves
Transport properties Research update Superconductors could simulate the brain Josephson junctions would allow rapid simulation of brain functions Read article: Superconductors could simulate the brain
Transport properties Research update Avalanche photodetector breaks speed record New design could lead to optical computers Read article: Avalanche photodetector breaks speed record
Transport properties Research update Junctionless transistor makes its debut First proposed in 1925, device could revolutionize electronics Read article: Junctionless transistor makes its debut
Transport properties Research update Hail the first sound ‘lasers’ Sound amplification by stimulated emission achieved by two groups Read article: Hail the first sound ‘lasers’
Optics & Photonics Briefing This issue explores lasers and detectors, solar power, medical imaging and high-resolution displays