20 years on from the isolation of graphene, over 150,000 graphene-related patents have been filed. Yet despite early promises of integration into semiconducting and photonic devices, the biggest applications to date have been in energy storage and polymers. This article analyses graphene commercialization over the past two decades and discusses the role of graphene in applications towards net-zero carbon.

A model of voters, based on the Ising model, gives an explanation for why elections are often so close.

In 1924, Ernst Ising thought he showed a simple model for ferromagnetism couldn't work. 100 years later, that model, now named for him, is used across all of physics.

This month, we say farewell to our founding Chief Editor, Iulia Georgescu and greet our new Chief Editor, Nina Meinzer. We also thank our first Advisory Board members (2023–2024) and welcome our next Advisory Board.

A paper in Royal Society Open Science presents an Ising-like model to describe changes in land use.

A paper in Nature Electronics reports a proof-of-concept Ising machine with all-to-all connectivity.