Read article: Carbon nanotubes light up Optical physics Research update Carbon nanotubes light up IBM researchers have created an ultrasmall solid-state light source
Read article: Solar cells become thinner and cheaper Transport properties Research update Solar cells become thinner and cheaper Researchers have created a new type of very thin, inexpensive solar cell
Optical physics Research update Double funding boost for Daresbury UK lab receives £11.5m for light source and £25.7m for science park
Optical physics Research update Ruby slows light at room temperature Physicists have developed a new and simple way to produce ultraslow light at room temperature
Optical physics Research update Good news for negative-index materials New research shows that negative refraction does not violate causality
Read article: Silver nanoclusters make logic gates Optical physics Research update Silver nanoclusters make logic gates Researchers have demonstrated a new type of nanoscale computing
Read article: Optical microscopy sets new records Optical physics Research update Optical microscopy sets new records Researchers have produced the highest-resolution ever optical image
Read article: Photonic circuits move a step closer Optical physics Research update Photonic circuits move a step closer Physicists build an ultra-high Q microcavity-on-a-chip
Optical physics Research update Nanowires approach the quantum realm Researchers have made the smallest silicon nanowires ever
Read article: Dyes boost solar cells Surfaces and interfaces Research update Dyes boost solar cells Scientists make a new photovoltaic device
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