Nanomaterials Research update Carbon nanotubes light up on photonic chips Nanotube-integrated waveguide could easily be adapted into optical circuits of the future Read article: Carbon nanotubes light up on photonic chips
Telescopes and space missions Research update Our favourite pictures of 2015 From bursting balloons and fossils under a laser to visions of Pluto and gravitationally lensed supernovae Read article: Our favourite pictures of 2015
Nanomaterials Opinion and reviews Physics in the family Autobiographies of Nobel-prize-winning crystallographer William Lawrence Bragg, his wife and daughter reveal a family life full of science and love, writes Mark Spackman Read article: Physics in the family
Transport properties Research update Quantum-dot films convert infrared photons into visible light New material could lead to better solar cells and cameras Read article: Quantum-dot films convert infrared photons into visible light
Transport properties Research update Quantum fingerprint is impossible to replicate Manufacturing shortcoming is turned into a security opportunity Read article: Quantum fingerprint is impossible to replicate
Nanomaterials Research update Graphene paper goes for a stroll Origami-inspired structures 'self-fold' in response to heat or light Read article: Graphene paper goes for a stroll
Telescopes and space missions Feature Fifty shades of black Jon Cartwright reports on the rival groups creating the darkest substances yet Read article: Fifty shades of black
Nanomaterials Video National Graphene Institute – a video tour Architect Tony Ling outlines the main design features of this new centre for investigating graphene and its applications Read article: National Graphene Institute – a video tour
Nanomaterials Research update Shedding more light on graphene moiré plasmons New work could help in the development of advanced plasmonic circuits for novel optical and optoelectronic devices with tunable properties Read article: Shedding more light on graphene moiré plasmons
Transport properties Research update Chirality affects current flow in graphene transistors Novel findings could lead to new field of 'chiraltronics' Read article: Chirality affects current flow in graphene transistors
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