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    The Kavli Prize is awarded by a partnership between the Norwegian Academy of Sciences, the Norwegian Ministry of Education and Research and the Kavli Foundation.

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    The 2019 Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been awarded to John Goodenough, M. Stanley Whittingham and Akira Yoshino for the development of lithium-ion batteries.

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    Perovskite materials have become very promising candidates for a new generation of potentially printable and efficient optoelectronic devices. Photovoltaic devices based on hybrid perovskites now achieve more than 20% photoconversion efficiency, and applications in solid-state lighting, photodetection and lasing are soaring. Their optoelectronic and photophysical properties are under intense scrutiny. This web-collection brings together a selection of multi-disciplinary research and comments published in the Nature journals that explores the basic properties of halide-based perovskite materials and their potential for application in optoelectronics, from solar cells to lasers. It serves to illustrate the road to easily processable and efficient devices by presenting both historical milestones and the crucial landmark studies published in the last 12 months in the Nature journals.

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    Magnetism continues to be a rich source of scientific inquiry, with associated technological implications.

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    Following the prosperity of academic research on 2D materials, the field is trying to identify and overcome the challenges for commercializing the lab discoveries.

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    Machine learning has had a significant impact in many areas of science and technology, including life science and medical research.

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    Multiferroics possess more than one form of order parameter, such as magnetization or electric polarization.

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    This collection showcases recent review articles and original research on active matter across a selection of Nature journals.

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    In health and biomedical applications, electronic technologies allow monitoring, sensing and extracting physiological data as well as correcting or supporting tissue function through electrical stimuli. This collection highlights the recent developments in materials science, electronics and biology of bioelectronic devices.

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    Space missions require materials that can function under extreme conditions. In this Focus issue, we highlight the efforts of the European Space Agency to design and test appropriate materials for space exploration, while taking a look at the properties needed for the ambitious Breakthrough Starshot initiative.

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