Transport properties Research update Graphene pioneers bag Europhysics prize Andre Geim and Kostya Novoselov recognized for discovering new carbon material just one atom thick Read article: Graphene pioneers bag Europhysics prize
Transport properties Research update Spin-flip speed is pushed to the limit Physicists discover a faster way to store data using spin-polarized electrons
Structure and dynamics Research update Carbon nanotubes, but without the ‘nano’ New structures are 30 times stronger than Kevlar, say researchers Read article: Carbon nanotubes, but without the ‘nano’
Transport properties Research update Stretching the boundaries of electronics Material can be stretched by up to 70% and is still electrically conductive Read article: Stretching the boundaries of electronics
Transport properties Research update Ballistic breakthrough could lead to molecular logic gates Electrons travel with ease between benzene and platinum Read article: Ballistic breakthrough could lead to molecular logic gates
Ultrafast science Research update Plasmons put laser light on the straight and narrow Tiny collimator reduces divergence of light from semiconductor lasers Read article: Plasmons put laser light on the straight and narrow
Nanomaterials Research update Nanotube cantilever weighs up 'Double-walled' nanotube measures mass of single gold atom Read article: Nanotube cantilever weighs up
Soft matter and liquids Research update Viruses get X-rayed New technique generates X-ray diffraction images of single viruses
Ultrafast science Research update ‘Excitonic integrated circuit’ is a first Device used excitons to switch beams of light Read article: ‘Excitonic integrated circuit’ is a first