Diamond Light Source opens its doors for a week-long introduction to synchrotron science
Read article: First ever UK synchrotron school attracts engineers from all over the world
At this week's meeting of the Materials Research Society in Boston, US, scientists from all over the world will be sizing up the latest equipment for materials characterization
Read article: Novel tools reveal material secrets
Optical spectroscopy technique originally developed for the steel industry now offers fast-track analysis of next-generation device structures
Read article: Fast and precise depth profiler delivers thin-film insights
Weyl metals and all their fascinating phenomena are not the only systems for cosmological simulations
Read article: Benchtop cosmology exploits solid-state systems
Three very different experiments explore how ensembles react to rapid changes
Read article: Ultracold atoms quench a thirst for universality far from equilibrium
Over 100 experiments done in just 6 min of freefall
Read article: Rocket carries Bose–Einstein condensate into space
Ricequakes in milk-cereal combo make noise like slowing metronome
Read article: Snap, crackle and dam: puffed rice gives insights into rockfill and ice shelf collapse
Calculations identify the fine balance between different interactions, as well as highlighting limitations to DFT calculations
Read article: Self-assembled molecular layers strike a balance
With an X-ray source 10 billion times brighter than the Sun, Diamond Light Source sheds light on materials conundrums from art conservation and ice-cream to data storage
Read article: Diamond Light Source – when a tool becomes a gem
How time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry is helping scientists understand commercial challenges in materials science
Read article: Creating chemical images, solving industrial problems
