Highlights - 2012

One and a half centuries after its introduction into science, the concept of entropy still has the capacity to mystify. In...
Dipoles are confined in a two-dimensional layer and are all aligned at an angle
Stripes are apparently ubiquitous in nature. They have been observed in a variety of quasi-two-dimensional or layered...
LCN scientists take an important step in developing a material using nano-sized magnets that could lead to new electronic...
In a collaboration with Waseda University in Tokyo, LCN researchers have grown highly boron doped diamond layers only 1nm in...
In a collaborative work between the LCN, University of York and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, scientists have...
A research collaboration including Dario Alfè and Dr. Monica Pozzo of the LCN and Thomas Young Centre at UCL have...
The coloured cells in this overcrowded epithelial tissue are ultimately expelled
The maintenance of epithelial tissue requires a fine balance between growth and cell death. Little is known about the...
We often think of random forces as destabilizing a system from its equilibrium.
The oxide semiconductor transistor is a promising candidate for the next generation of display screens because of its high...