Understanding the origin of poor performance of silicon nanowires leads to improved efficiency of solar energy conversion

Invisibility cloaks large enough to be “seen” by the human eye possible thanks to the birefringent nature of calcite crystals

Axel Schulz, Annie Powell, Takeshi Kawase, and Nobuharu Iwasawa, are interviewed this month

Efficient generation of H2 with Pt nanoparticles depends on their size, shape and the rate of Pt–H bond formation

The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) will continue to collect data at 3.5 TeV until the end of 2012

New transistor for plastic electronics exhibits the best of both worlds: high stability and good conduction

New method for separation of microorganisms uses microscale electrokinetic technique

A new comic series by Sophie Lin: It's a bad day for glassware in Sophie's lab as they play Survivor ...

Anti-neutrinos ready to be measured at the Double Chooz experiment in the hope of determining the third oscillation parameter

The Official IYC 2011 Opening Ceremony in Paris was an impressive event – have a look at the highlights