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Materials

Trapped light bounces through atomic lattices

UK led team to '3D print' optical fibre

Water filter wins Africa innovation award

Researchers produce 'nano-ribbons' with mortar and pestle

US scientists create 'friction-free' material

Lens turns smartphone into a microscope

Liquid crystal based compound lenses work like insect eyes

Added value: the rise of multifunctional 3D printing

Diamond defect enables magnetic sensing breakthrough

Lightbulb moment for graphene

Mass production method could open up nano-fibre applications

Coating breakthrough holds promise for gold nanorod applications