Transport properties Research update Solar cells become thinner and cheaper Researchers have created a new type of very thin, inexpensive solar cell Read article: Solar cells become thinner and cheaper
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
Optical physics Research update Silver nanoclusters make logic gates Researchers have demonstrated a new type of nanoscale computing Read article: Silver nanoclusters make logic gates
Optical physics Research update Optical microscopy sets new records Researchers have produced the highest-resolution ever optical image Read article: Optical microscopy sets new records
Optical physics Research update Photonic circuits move a step closer Physicists build an ultra-high Q microcavity-on-a-chip Read article: Photonic circuits move a step closer
Optical physics Research update Nanowires approach the quantum realm Researchers have made the smallest silicon nanowires ever
Surfaces and interfaces Research update Dyes boost solar cells Scientists make a new photovoltaic device Read article: Dyes boost solar cells
Surfaces and interfaces Research update Novel photomasks make 3-D microstructures Scientists reveal a new photolithographic technique for making computer chips Read article: Novel photomasks make 3-D microstructures
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