Read article: Frustrated liquid crystal film makes continuously rotating soft engine
Supramolecular structure carries on rotating thanks to spontaneous symmetry breaking
Read article: Graphene resonators can stand the heat
Carbon-based electromechanical devices operating at over 900 °C would work in harsh or extreme environments
Read article: Lasers go to the dark side
Dark-mode resonators provide low-profile, high Q-factor, tuneable lasers
Read article: Tiny traps bring quantum magnetic memory under control
Nanostructured superconductor traps tubes of magnetic field to store information
Read article: Plasmonic nanoparticles boost light emission
A novel approach to produce embedded plasmonic nanoparticles in a semiconducting layer could improve the efficiency of solid-state lighting
Read article: Perovskites promise cheaper X-ray detectors
New sintering technique offers a simpler way to produce large-area detectors that perform comparably to state-of-the-art cadmium telluride devices
Read article: Camera combines graphene and quantum dots
Device can detect light from infrared to ultraviolet
Read article: Flash Physics: Flytrap robot catches prey, doughnut-shaped ‘planets’, EU dishes out £55m for UK physics
Today's selection of need-to-know updates from the world of physics
Read article: Nanotube sensors promise smarter performance tracking
Sensors made from carbon nanotubes could offer a superior alternative to current activity tracking technology
Read article: Researchers see inside integrated circuits at high resolution
Manufacturing highly complex, nanoscale electronics is one thing, but how can we then image them to check what we’ve made?
