Materials news, October 2013

Nitrogen key to increased sodium-air battery performance

Metamaterials for the treatment of depression?

The reins of Casimir

Virtual conference invited presenters announced

Forest waste for cheaper, greener supercapacitors

Photon transport in silicon

Integration of biomaterials with organic electronics

The promise of a new class of electronics

A chameleon in the physics lab

Nano-cone textures for robust water-repellent surfaces

Researchers create guide to titanium alloys for orthopaedics

Researchers at Ohio State and Penn State Universities are building a database of new titanium alloys for medical implants.

Untangling nanotubes to release their potential

'Mix and match' materials fabrication

'LEGO brick' -style studs make solar panels more efficient

A grand unified theory of exotic superconductivity?

Why lithium-ion-batteries fail

Webinar: Integrated AFM-Raman for materials science research

Giant magnetoresistance effect linked to device size

Boning up on dental implants

Nanoscaled tip writes artificial cell membranes

Defining the Graphene Family Tree

Football-shaped particles bolster body's defenses

Graphene enhanced a polymer material keeps gasses in check

Atom-thick carbyne chains may be strongest material ever

Compact, high-power terahertz source at room temperature

Crystal mysteries spiral deeper

Novel ways bubbles form in foam

Major leap towards graphene for solar cells

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2013

New process to extract magnesium

The Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) is developing a process to extract naturally occurring magnesium from seawater.

The Nobel Prize in Physics 2013

The 2013 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

Thanks to everyone that entered the 2013 Cover Competition

3D printing - the greener choice

A 'spectral fingerprint'

Top 10 Materials News from September 2013

Accelerator on a chip