Materials news, November 2012

Nanotech device mimics dog's nose

Nanoscale rainbows

Need to filter water?

Flower power to produce platinum

Claw machine

Pushing the boundaries of electron microscopy

Materials Today Virtual Conference: Nanotechnology

Simplifying heart surgery

These bots were made for walking

Controlling heat flow through a nanostructure

Optical conversion

Cheaper and safer batteries

Strain tuning

Using rust and water to store solar energy

New power generation technique

Introducing the postdoc free access program

Touch-sensitive plastic skin heals itself

Portable device enables RNA detection

Materials Today 2012 Cover Competition

Threading DNA through a nanopore

Capturing carbon with trapdoors

Stem cells + nanofibers

Butterfly wings inspire high-tech surfaces

Laser the size of a virus particle

Sensors for the real world

XG Sciences and Oak Ridge develop titanium/graphene composites

XG Sciences, Inc, a supplier of graphene nanoplatelets, has launched a joint programme with US-based Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) to develop a tit

Electron microscopes with a twist

Crystals for efficient refrigeration

Cell connections

Polarized x-rays reveal molecular alignment

A boost to silicon-based batteries

The first all-carbon solar cell

Electrodes in action

Low-resistance connections

Top 10 Materials News from October 2012