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Ion-exchange bead writes under water

New generic technique requires no substrate to fix ink and works thanks to a phenomenon known as diffusion-osmotic flow

A selection of images drawn in water, including shapes and letters

Quantum anomalous Hall insulator carries current in its interior, not just its edges

Unexpected electron transport behaviour shows how much we don’t know about topological materials, say physicists

Schematic diagram showing a loop of wire, representing the SQUID pickup loop, above a multilayered bar of material

Applied magnetic field flips a material’s thermal expansion

New technique could be an alternative to chemical substitution for regulating the expansion of magnetic materials

Conceptual image showing blue magnetic field lines leaving both ends of a dipole and connecting in the middle

Polar bear fur inspires solar-thermal textiles

New fabric is 30% lighter in weight than cotton and keeps wearers warmer at colder temperatures

Polar bear fur inspires new on-body solar thermal textiles

Sound waves break light transmission reciprocity

New technique could advance optical communications that encode information in the orbital angular momentum of light

Sugar offers a sweet solution for patterning curvy microelectronics

Embedding tiny patterns in chunks of sugar avoids use of harmful chemicals

4D-printed material responds to environmental stimuli

3D-printed structures with properties that change over time could have applications in robotics and sensing

Photograph of 3D-printed objects shaped like beetles. There are four such objects in the photo, two of them coloured red and two coloured green, and they are sitting on a leaf that forms the photo's background

Meta-atoms act like road signs for light waves

Nonlinear dielectric nanostructures could control the flow of light in next-generation devices for information processing and communications

Clathrate superhydride makes new high-temperature superconductor

The material is superconducting at temperatures of 215 K and pressures of 172 GPa

Loopy currents appear in a kagome superlattice

Researchers identify signature of a new electronic phase in a correlated kagome superconductor

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