Top 10 Materials News from August 2015

4 September 2015 | Zara Preston

Click on each title to read the best news items:

1.	The mysteries of crystal growth
2.	New form of graphene boasts array of useful properties
3.	Mobile devices powered just by tapping your finger
4.	‘Yolks’ and ‘shells’ improve rechargeable batteries
5.	Gel-spinning improves carbon fiber strength
6.	Researchers find link between wettability and catalysis
7.	Tunable terahertz generation
8.	Birds’ feathers inspire colorful nanoparticles
9.	Plutonium's missing magnetism found
10.	Biomedical implants get into the groove

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