'Tuning in' to a fast and optimized internet

A new filter with the widest tuning span ever demonstrated on a silicon chip could help provide the low-cost flexibility needed for the next generation of high-speed optical networks.

A new technique to trap light at the surface of graphene using only pulses of laser light

Scientists have also been able to steer this trapped light across the surface of the graphene, without the need for any nanoscale devices. This dual breakthrough opens up a host of opportunities for advances in pivotal electronic products, such as sensors and miniaturised integrated circuits.

Valley current control shows way to ultra-low-power devices

Researchers have demonstrated an electrically-controllable valley current device that may pave the way to ultra-low-power 'valleytronics' devices.

New nanoscopic tools to study ligand-binding of receptors

A new high resolution method allows for the first time precise identification and quantification of interactions of a receptor with two ligands simultaneously.

Quantum computer coding in silicon now possible

Strongest possible proof obtained that using entanglement to write executable software code for quantum computers is indeed possible.

Light-driven nanosubmarines built from 244 atoms

Each of the single-molecule, 244-atom submersibles has a motor powered by ultraviolet light. With each full revolution, the motor's tail-like propeller moves the sub forward 18 nanometers.

Ultra-short X-ray pulses could shed new light on the fastest events in physics

Researchers have demonstrated, for the first time, that it is possible to generate ultra-short x-ray pulses using existing technology - and it could open up a huge range of scientific applications.