Editorials in 2010

The International Year of Chemistry gives chemists a chance to raise the profile of their subject.

Nanopores and electron tunnelling offer a potentially revolutionary approach to DNA sequencing.

This year's Nobel Prize in Physics can be seen as part of the larger story of hexagonally bonded carbon.

The discovery of buckminsterfullerene has had a widespread impact throughout science.

All scientists should find the time to understand the software packages that they use to collect, analyse and display their data, and share this knowledge with new researchers.

The 'climategate' controversy exposed aspects of the peer review process that are normally kept secret, and has prompted a discussion on ways to improve peer review.

What role do macroscopic ideas and concepts play in the development of nanoscience and technology?

From fundamental physics and chemistry to digital cameras, improved displays and more natural lighting, nanoscale semiconductor structures called quantum dots are having an impact on many areas of science and technology.

Devices of all shapes and sizes are capable of lasing.

Defects in nanostructures have their advantages.

Twenty years after spelling out IBM with atoms, the scanning tunnelling microscope is still going strong.

Gold has many applications in nanotechnology and there are plenty more opportunities to explore.

Graphene could one day be involved in a new definition of the kilogram.

The food industry will only reap the benefits of nanotechnology if issues related to safety are addressed and companies are more open about what they are doing.

We have made some nanochanges.

Research into superconductivity is now firmly in the nanoscale regime.