Semiconductors and electronics Feature A smart approach to smart packaging Flexible, low-cost integrated circuits could transform the market for "Internet of things" devices and packaging on consumer goods Read article: A smart approach to smart packaging
Advanced materials Blog Recognizing the value and values of material science Scientists at the Materials Research Exchange debate the cultural, social and environmental impact of new materials Read article: Recognizing the value and values of material science
Advanced materials Research update Wood-based ‘supermaterial’ is stronger and tougher than steel New material is made by compressing treated wood Read article: Wood-based ‘supermaterial’ is stronger and tougher than steel
Advanced materials Research update Hidden dimensions make broadband metasurfaces By mathematically transforming an entire spatial dimension into a point, researchers have achieved for the first time metasurfaces with continuous absorption spectra Read article: Hidden dimensions make broadband metasurfaces
Advanced materials Research update Sonic barrier quietens traffic noise with origami Flash Physics: need-to-know updates from the world of physics Read article: Sonic barrier quietens traffic noise with origami
Telescopes and space missions News Flash Physics: Metallic space fabric, Standard Model deviation at LHCb, accelerator milestone at European XFEL Today's selection of need-to-know updates from the world of physics Read article: Flash Physics: Metallic space fabric, Standard Model deviation at LHCb, accelerator milestone at European XFEL
Advanced materials Blog Invisible robots overshadowed by metallic hydrogen On overflowing conference rooms and robot claws Read article: Invisible robots overshadowed by metallic hydrogen
Advanced materials Research update Blocking the symmetry of motion First mechanical metamaterial to overcome reciprocity Read article: Blocking the symmetry of motion
Advanced materials Research update New metamaterial enhances natural cooling without power input Thin glass-polymer sheet increases passive radiative cooling Read article: New metamaterial enhances natural cooling without power input
Structure and dynamics Research update Lasers reconfigure the properties of novel metasurface Switchable material can block or transmit particular wavelengths of light Read article: Lasers reconfigure the properties of novel metasurface