Read article: Funnelling charges to boost solar-cell efficiency
The inverse charge funnelling effect pushes charges to easy collection points in few-layer hafnium disulphide flakes, thanks to strain from laser-induced oxidation
Read article: Light is confined to an atom-wide gap
Graphene-based design could boost nanophotonics
Read article: Vertual brings the linac into the classroom
The VERT training system – a flight simulator for linacs – is now available for proton therapy
Read article: Why aren’t China’s wind farms producing more electricity?
Scientists use US as benchmark to highlight possible causes of performance shortfall
Read article: Plasmonic windows by design
Creating energy-saving glasses and films based on nanocrystals that block all ultraviolet and infrared radiation while remaining transparent to visible light
Read article: Upconverting nanophosphors make good radiotracers
NaYF4 particles could be ideal in theranostic applications and targeted in vivo imaging
Read article: Evidence mounts for Majorana quasiparticles in solids
Ultra-clean observations could lead to topologically-protected quantum computers
Read article: A contrast boost for small-animal PET
Modelling residual blurring in PET images improves the quality of awake small-animal PET
Read article: Sting-jet windstorms more likely over Europe as climate warms
Proportion of explosively-deepening storms with enhanced wind speeds could increase by 60%
Read article: Optical tweezers create a single molecule from two atoms
“Designer molecules” could be made using the technique
