Materials news, October 2012

Cost-effective titanium forming

Measuring molecules with the naked eye

Heat-conducting composites for seawater desalination

Desalination plants which convert seawater into drinking water require pipelines made of a special kind of steel or titanium, but Fraunhofer Institute rese

Homing in on tumors

Nano Today Cover Image

Cutting glass to any shape

A new take on the Midas touch

Graphite turns friction upside down

Fish break a law of physics?

3D metallic structures at the nanoscale

Measures movement, at every step

Frontiers in Polymer Science

Optical vortex beams

Can cobalt-graphene catalyst beat platinum?

Preventing cracking in nanoparticle films

On the road to spintronics

Stretching carbon nanotubes

Is sequencing an entire genome in minutes feasible

Photonic gels are colorful sensors

Salt power

Improving nanometer-scale manufacturing

Light might prompt graphene devices on demand

Settling the debate

In the photovoltaic mix

3D structures from a 2D template

Scratching the surface

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry for 2012

The Nobel Prize in Physics for 2012

The single molecule solar cell

Transparent memory a step closer

One glue, two functions

Sticky paper for diagnostics

Controlling graphene nanopores

X-ray laser reveals fast demagnetization

Semiconductor etch without the sketch

Electronics that dissolve in the body

Nickelblock

New record for photovoltaic solar cells

Top 10 Materials News from September 2012