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Photographs and SEM images of cotton fibres (a) (b) before and (c) (d) after dispersion

Supramolecular biomass foam removes microplastics from water

Photo of an experimental aluminium-ion battery sitting on a shelf and attached to electrodes at either end

Conditioning prepares aluminium-ion batteries for real-world use

Pre-cycling smooths out problems with solid-electrolyte interface, helping devices last longer

How the UK Metamaterials Network supports scientific and commercial innovation

Network leads Alastair Hibbins and Claire Dancer are our podcast guests

Research headlines

An optical microscope image of the new transistor, which is made from semiconducting vertical nanowires of gallium antimonide and indium arsenide, and a close-up of the vertical nanowire with scale arrows showing that the wire is only 7 nm in diameter

Vertical-nanowire transistors defeat the Boltzmann tyranny

New gallium antimonide/indium arsenide transistor is more energy-efficient than silicon-based devices

Physicists close in on fractionally-charged electron mystery in graphene

Topological flat band may account for fractional quantum anomalous Hall effect recently observed in pentalayer moiré graphene

Sound-absorbing mechanism of triboelectric fibrous composite foam

Triboelectric device reduces noise pollution

A fibrous composite foam employs the triboelectric effect and in situ electrical energy dissipation to absorb low-frequency sound waves

A nanoplatelet, shown as a yellow block of material, with hundreds of blue, worm-like ligand structures attached to its surface

Nanocrystal shape affects molecular binding

Flatter nanocrystals are unexpectedly good at getting ligands to attach to them, which could have applications in electronics and biomedical science

A scanning electron microscope image of Au3+ extraction and reduction by the graphene oxide/chitosan sponge. The Au3+ appears as a yellow blob stuck to a pink-tinged, lumpy background

Eco-friendly graphene composite recovers gold from e-waste

New graphene-biopolymer material extracts gold ions 10 times more efficiently than other adsorbents

A bright white wave peak passes through spheres of red and blue arrows pointing outward, resembling spiky hedgehogs

Orbital angular momentum monopoles appear in a chiral crystal

Experimental observations at the Swiss Light Source could advance the development of energy-efficient memory devices based on "orbitronics"

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Noodles of fun as UK researchers create the world’s thinnest spaghetti

At 372 nanometres, the “nanopasta” is not for consumption

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Venkat Srinivasan: ‘Batteries are largely bipartisan’

Energy storage expert Venkat Srinivasan discusses the pros and cons of different battery technologies and the motivations people have for adopting them

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How to boost the sustainability of solar cells

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Liquid-crystal bifocal lens excels at polarization and edge imaging

Applied voltage adjusts intensity at twin focal points

A spider's hook-shaped fang with a strand of silk fibre laid across it

Spiders use physics, not chemistry, to cut silk in their webs

New work resolves a longstanding debate and could aid the development of new cutting tools

Quantum material detects tiny mechanical strains

Sensitivity of vanadium-oxide-based device breaks previous record by more than an order of magnitude

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noncontact atomic force microscopy and computational modelling was used to determine the structure of the aluminium oxide surface

Aluminium oxide reveals its surface secrets

New non-contact atomic force microscopy images shed more light on the "enigmatic insulator" aluminium oxide

Pele’s hair-raising physics: glassy gifts from a volcano goddess

Volcanic hairs and tears reveal a wealth of information about what lies within lava

To boost battery recycling, keep a close eye on the data

Real-time analysis can drive improvements that benefit manufacturers as well as the environment, says Kalle Blomberg

Individual silk protein molecules, or “silk fibroins” (blue), are deposited on a graphene surface surrounded by water (green and red spheres) and grow into an atomically precise 2D sheet

Silk-on-graphene films line up for next-generation bioelectronics

Researchers have grown a uniform two-dimensional layer of silk protein fragments on a van der Waals substrate for the first time

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