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Structure and dynamics Research update Diamonds are not forever A new form of carbon is harder than conventional diamond
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Read article: Just add salt Nanomaterials Research update Just add salt Adding a pinch of sodium chloride helps physicists to make better magnetic nanoparticles
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Read article: Atomic crystals go 2D Transport properties Research update Atomic crystals go 2D One-atom-thick materials created
Superconductivity Research update Superconducting nanowires pulse to a new beat Devices made with DNA templates exhibit novel forms of resistance oscillations
Soft matter and liquids Research update “Smoking” grass leads to nanotubes Researchers in China have reported a novel way to make carbon nanotubes
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