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  • News & Views |

    The latest advances in our understanding of correlated electron systems have implications that range from fundamental physics such as string theory to novel applications including the manipulation and retrieval of electron spin.

    • Leon Balents
    •  & Zhi-Xun Shen

  • News & Views |

    Nitrogen-vacancy centres in diamond are very promising candidates for quantum information processing in the solid state. However, a search to find defects with even more potential has now been launched.

    • David DiVincenzo

  • Interview |

    Coherent synchrotron radiation has revolutionized the study of molecules and materials. Talking to Nature Materials, Gerhard Materlik, CEO of the Diamond Light Source, discusses the many uses of synchrotron sources and free electron lasers.

    • Joerg Heber

  • Article |

    The fact that cells sense and respond to the mechanical properties of their environment is now a well-explored concept, although the mechanism of this response is still unknown. Now it is shown that cells themselves can mechanically manipulate the materials surrounding them by pulling at connective points, providing a feedback loop to influence cell fate.

    • Nathaniel Huebsch
    • , Praveen R. Arany
    •  & David J. Mooney

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