Superconductivity Research update Microchip ‘bus’ links up quantum bits Devices bring quantum computing on a chip one step closer
Transport properties Research update Quantum spin Hall effect glimpsed in HgTe Edge conduction seen in insulator Read article: Quantum spin Hall effect glimpsed in HgTe
Structure and dynamics Opinion and reviews The magic touch A one-to-one with Ulf Leonhardt Read article: The magic touch
Surfaces and interfaces Research update Electron microscope breaks half-Angstrom barrier Combined TEM and STEM sets record Read article: Electron microscope breaks half-Angstrom barrier
Transport properties Research update Experiment finds graphene’s missing pi Theory is correct after all
Surfaces and interfaces Research update Lensless X-ray microscope fits in the lab “High-harmonic generation” makes small lasers suitable Read article: Lensless X-ray microscope fits in the lab
Ultrafast science Research update Single-photon transistor plans unveiled One photon can control another Read article: Single-photon transistor plans unveiled
Surfaces and interfaces Research update IBM targets single-atom data storage Big Blue unveils tiny technologies Read article: IBM targets single-atom data storage
Surfaces and interfaces Research update Physicist models Spiderman suit Web of nanotubes could capture villains
Nanomaterials Research update Nanotubes guide phonons with ease Heat could be used to transmit data Read article: Nanotubes guide phonons with ease
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