Top 10 Materials News from November 2013

2 December 2013 | Zara Preston

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1.	Understanding how nanoparticles interact with the environment
2.	New paradigm for solar cell construction
3.	A bio patch that can regrow bone
4.	Diamond imperfections pave the way to technology gold
5.	Thin, active invisibility cloak demonstrated for first time
6.	New chemistry
7.	Nanomaterials inventory improved and expanded
8.	Imaging individual carbon nanotubes
9.	New implantable sensor paves way to long-term monitoring
10.	New transistor that mimics the behavior of a synapse

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