Nanomaterials Research update Nanoparticles reinforce steel Japanese researchers have discovered a new way to make stronger steel
Read article: Nanotubes make miniature gas sensors Nanomaterials Research update Nanotubes make miniature gas sensors US researchers have built a low-cost sensor with carbon nanotubes
Semiconductors and electronics Research update New look for nanowire devices Researchers in Germany have made a mechanically robust nanowire transistor
Read article: Nanotubes go their separate ways Nanomaterials Research update Nanotubes go their separate ways German researchers have developed a way to separate metallic and semiconducting single-walled carbon nanotubes
Read article: Nanocrystals double up Transport properties Research update Nanocrystals double up Researchers have made a new type of ‘metamaterial’ from magnetic and semiconducting building blocks
Vacuum and cryogenics Research update Scientists spy on growing nanoparticles French scientists have developed a new method that monitors the growth of nanoparticles in real time
Read article: Carbon nanotubes light up Optical physics Research update Carbon nanotubes light up IBM researchers have created an ultrasmall solid-state light source
Read article: Silver nanoclusters make logic gates Optical physics Research update Silver nanoclusters make logic gates Researchers have demonstrated a new type of nanoscale computing
Read article: Single molecule switches for less Transport properties Research update Single molecule switches for less Physicists make the lowest energy molecular switch to date
Optical physics Research update Nanowires approach the quantum realm Researchers have made the smallest silicon nanowires ever
Optics & Photonics Briefing This issue explores lasers and detectors, solar power, medical imaging and high-resolution displays