More reliable measurements would help operators decide when to safely retire ageing craft
Read article: New fuel gauge for spacecraft could keep satellites active for longer
Large-area low-noise structures detect faint visible light
Read article: Organic photodiodes rival silicon devices
New design reduces electron “leakage” in quantum cascade lasers and could bring terahertz imaging into wider use
Read article: Terahertz laser leaves the lab
New device offers 16 levels for synaptic connections
Read article: Graphene-based memristor is ideal for artificial neural networks, say researchers
Stereo-polarimetric compressed ultrafast photography device takes up to 100 billion frames per second in 3D
Read article: Ultrafast camera breaks 3D speed record
Transparent, micron-sized conductive fibres can be integrated into wearable devices that measure the amount of moisture that leaks through a face mask
Read article: 3D printed fibres make efficient respiratory sensors
Suppressing long-lived triplet excitons enables devices made from quasi-2D organic–inorganic material to continue lasing for over an hour
Read article: Triplet control prevents ‘lasing death’ in perovskite lasers
One-way water-vapour device could cool down aircraft components and computer chips
Read article: Thermal diodes bridge the gap
Electron spin current is generated without the need for large external magnetic fields
Read article: Spin valve uses coupled quantum dots and tiny magnetic fields
New device could act as an “optical spanner” or wrench to control physical objects
Read article: Metasurface laser produces super-twisted light
