Transport properties Research update Electron coincidence spectroscopy arrives on the bench top Surface science technique no longer needs a synchrotron Read article: Electron coincidence spectroscopy arrives on the bench top
Nuclear power Research update Laser fusion passes milestone National Ignition Facility gets more energy out than it puts in Read article: Laser fusion passes milestone
Ultrafast science Research update Powerful fibre laser is cheap and compact Mid-infrared light source could have medical applications Read article: Powerful fibre laser is cheap and compact
Transport properties Research update Electronic whiskers could help robots navigate Life-like structures can detect a gentle breeze Read article: Electronic whiskers could help robots navigate
Ultrafast science Research update Pyramid powers polarizing light source using quantum dots Method could be used to develop energy-saving LCD screens and for quantum cryptography Read article: Pyramid powers polarizing light source using quantum dots
Surfaces and interfaces Research update Heat cloaks hide objects in 3D Thin layers steer heat around large objects Read article: Heat cloaks hide objects in 3D
Transport properties Research update Ballistic electrons go further in nanoribbons Puzzling results challenge conventional model of graphene Read article: Ballistic electrons go further in nanoribbons
Transport properties Research update Does boron-based graphene exist? Experiment says maybe, computer says no Read article: Does boron-based graphene exist?
Ultrafast science Research update Room-temperature quantum dots emit single photons Nanocrystals might be ideal for future quantum-information processors Read article: Room-temperature quantum dots emit single photons
Soft matter and liquids Research update Physicists work out why wet skin wrinkles Lattice of springy filaments soaks up water Read article: Physicists work out why wet skin wrinkles
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