Transport properties Opinion and reviews Web life: Journal Club for Condensed Matter Physics The venerable "journal club" concept is thriving in the online environment Read article: Web life: Journal Club for Condensed Matter Physics
Transport properties Research update Stretchable graphene transistors inspired by kirigami Japanese art of paper cutting used to make micron-sized electronic and mechanical devices Read article: Stretchable graphene transistors inspired by kirigami
Surfaces and interfaces Research update Metal foams could make promising radiation shields Environmentally friendly foams could be used in everything from space travel to nuclear reactors Read article: Metal foams could make promising radiation shields
Semiconductors and electronics Opinion and reviews Room at the bottom A biography of Silicon Valley's "quiet revolutionary", Gordon Moore, gets Paul Michael Grant thinking about the future of Moore's eponymous law Read article: Room at the bottom
Telescopes and space missions Research update Bountiful buckyballs resolve interstellar mystery C60 molecules might abound in the universe Read article: Bountiful buckyballs resolve interstellar mystery
Semiconductors and electronics Research update Computer-chip features shrink to 7 nm Silicon-germanium and extreme ultraviolet lithography keep Moore's law on track Read article: Computer-chip features shrink to 7 nm
Transport properties Research update Crystal phase-transitions keep babies in third-world countries warm Researchers develop non-electric incubating blankets for use in villages Read article: Crystal phase-transitions keep babies in third-world countries warm
Nanomaterials Research update Graphene coating boosts battery performance Carbon layers allows silicon nanoparticles to expand and contract without damage Read article: Graphene coating boosts battery performance
Optical physics Research update Spectrometer made from quantum dots is compact and low cost Devices could someday be used in household appliances Read article: Spectrometer made from quantum dots is compact and low cost
Transport properties Research update Thin semiconductors go through the Mott transition Research could help build photonic devices from novel 2D transition metals Read article: Thin semiconductors go through the Mott transition
Physics World podcast Explore our two regular podcast series, Physics World Weekly and Physics World Stories