Plastics go metallic
A new method can make polyaniline films with all the hallmarks of a metal
Spray-on silicon makes its debut
Scientists find way of making electronic devices using silicon from solution
Surface plasmons squeeze light
A new class of waveguide could overcome one of the biggest obstacles to photonic circuits
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Towards entangled-photon LEDs
Quantum dots emit entangled photons with vastly improved efficiency
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Keeping cool with oxide films
Scientists discover an effective form of cooling using electric fields
The importance of staying clean
Ultra-thin layers of silicon can conduct -- but only if clean
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The visionary who sparkled
The brilliant mind of J D Bernal
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Ferromagnets and superconductors make negative-index materials
Physicists have discovered a new type of negative-refractive-index material
Ions trapped on a chip
New microscale traps could allow many qubits to be integrated in a workable quantum computer
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Pseudogap puzzle for superconductors
Experiments on magnetic materials cause headache for theorists
