Transport properties Research update Ultrafast detector spies on multiple electrons in quantum dots New device could lead to more efficient solar cells Read article: Ultrafast detector spies on multiple electrons in quantum dots
Quantum optics Research update How to put neutrons into a twist Particle beam with orbital angular momentum could test the foundations of quantum mechanics Read article: How to put neutrons into a twist
Soft matter and liquids Research update Could ‘Schrödinger’s bacterium’ be placed in a quantum superposition? Physicists explain how to bring a famous thought experiment to life Read article: Could ‘Schrödinger’s bacterium’ be placed in a quantum superposition?
Surfaces and interfaces Research update Kirigami solar cells follow the Sun Simple new design cheaply increases solar-cell efficiency Read article: Kirigami solar cells follow the Sun
Transport properties Research update Levitating diamonds could improve motion sensors Hybrid quantum system combines light, motion and spin Read article: Levitating diamonds could improve motion sensors
Structure and dynamics Research update Protein pulling reveals a new way that molecules resist external forces Atomic-force-microscopy study could help in the development of protein-inspired machines Read article: Protein pulling reveals a new way that molecules resist external forces
Transport properties Research update World’s thinnest diffraction gratings made from graphene Ultrathin nano-gratings produce high-contrast interference patterns of massive molecules Read article: World’s thinnest diffraction gratings made from graphene
Ultracold matter Research update Imaging the polarity of individual chemical bonds New variation of atomic force microscopy can observe subtle charge imbalances Read article: Imaging the polarity of individual chemical bonds
Nanomaterials Research update Physicists get a surprise when watching quasicrystals grow Error-correction process maintains complicated structure Read article: Physicists get a surprise when watching quasicrystals grow
Transport properties Research update Buckyballs give copper a magnetic attraction Non-magnetic metals become ferromagnetic when in contact with carbon molecules Read article: Buckyballs give copper a magnetic attraction