Transport properties Research update Metamaterials learn to remember First 'memory metamaterials' allow for easy tuning
Transport properties Research update Producing tiny inorganic LEDs in bulk Novel printing process could boost inorganic LED industry Read article: Producing tiny inorganic LEDs in bulk
Transport properties Research update Cloud watching goes hi-tech New device could reveal cloud structure in unprecedented detail
Transport properties Research update Seeing quantum effects on a big scale Researchers propose way to couple a single atom to a mechanical oscillator
Transport properties Research update New form of carbon created Researchers claim multilayer epitaxial graphene could be used for application in carbon electronics Read article: New form of carbon created
Transport properties Research update Plasmonics scores smoothness bull’s eye Pattern templates let plasmons travel further Read article: Plasmonics scores smoothness bull’s eye
Transport properties Research update Nanoscale light source can change its colour Tiny 'free electron laser' could be used in displays Read article: Nanoscale light source can change its colour
Transport properties Research update ‘Nanopillars’ make good photovoltaics Devices built on low-cost, flexible substrates show promising light-conversion efficiencies Read article: ‘Nanopillars’ make good photovoltaics
Transport properties Research update Double helix is an ‘electric slide’ for proteins Simulation suggests how molecules read the blueprint for life Read article: Double helix is an ‘electric slide’ for proteins
Ultrafast science Research update Tuning the gap in graphene Results confirm wonder material's potential for future nano-electronics and photonics Read article: Tuning the gap in graphene
Optics & Photonics Briefing This issue explores lasers and detectors, solar power, medical imaging and high-resolution displays