Transport properties Video Vox pops: the spin on electronics Physicists tell us what's hot in spintronics Read article: Vox pops: the spin on electronics
Personalities News Canadian theory institute honours Stephen Hawking Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics names new building after the Cambridge physicist Read article: Canadian theory institute honours Stephen Hawking
Transport properties Research update Entangled electrons do the splits Superconducting 'Y' junction could enable solid-state tests of non-locality Read article: Entangled electrons do the splits
Transport properties Research update Electrons flow forever in metal rings Curious quantum effect is verified Read article: Electrons flow forever in metal rings
Transport properties Research update Physicists pin down graphite’s magnetism Answer lies in defects between layers Read article: Physicists pin down graphite’s magnetism
Transport properties Research update ‘Supermicroscope’ shrunk down to lab-size Laser-generated X-rays could blast away synchrotron facilities, claim researchers Read article: ‘Supermicroscope’ shrunk down to lab-size
Transport properties Research update Graphene works as a highly sensitive mass detector Easy readout from one-atom-thick resonator Read article: Graphene works as a highly sensitive mass detector
Ultracold matter Feature Of gluons, atoms and strings An unusual alliance between physicists who study ultrahot plasmas and ultracold atoms is yielding intriguing results – and may even lead to an experimental test for string theory, as Read article: Of gluons, atoms and strings
Ultrafast science Research update Plasmonic laser puts the squeeze on light US researchers claim world's smallest semiconductor laser
Transport properties Research update DNA scaffolds could make nano-circuits New 'DNA origami' technique could boost electronics Read article: DNA scaffolds could make nano-circuits
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