Machine learning translates 'hidden' information to reveal chemistry in action

New method allows on-the-fly analysis of how catalysts change during reactions, providing crucial information for improving performance.

Spin-current generation gets mid-IR boost with plasmonic metamaterial

Scientists add plasmonic metamaterials to spintronic devices to enhance spin-current generation from the heat produced in the mid-infrared regime.

Silicon is liberated from Abbot's Flatland

Researchers have found a way to pack various laser-written structures deep inside silicon chips.

Missing atoms in a forgotten crystal bring luminescence

A little-studied member of the perovskite family of materials could find use in a range of electronic devices, after researchers discovered the secret of its strong photoluminescence.

A particle accelerator on a microchip

The largest particle accelerator in the world has a circumference of around 26 kilometres. Researchers are attempting to go to the other extreme by building the world's smallest machine of this kind - a particle accelerator that fits on a microchip.

Single 'solitons' promising for optical technologies

Researchers are a step closer to harnessing single pulses of light called solitons, using tiny ring-shaped microresonators, in findings that could aid efforts to develop advanced sensors, high-speed optical communications and research tools.

Bacteria self-organize to build working sensors

Bacteria with synthetic gene circuit self-assemble to build working device with gold nanoparticles.