Editorials in 2018

Competitive technologies to produce electricity through the direct interaction of water with certain materials are now emerging.

We are asking authors to use alternatives.

The enticing playground of van der Waals structures offers new ways to engineer and manipulate excitons.

The proposal for a reporting checklist for papers published in the area of nanobiomedicine is an opportunity to rekindle a conversation that started six years ago.

Research on nanotechnology applied to agriculture should focus on understanding the aspects in which the small size can really make a difference.

Number of citations in academic papers is not always a good measure for the influence of applied research papers.

The 2018 Kavli Prize recognizes scientists working in the field of basic biology and reminds us of the importance of fundamental research for uncovering the technologies of the future.

We celebrate Feynman’s work as scientist and communicator on the one hundredth anniversary of his birth.

Artificial molecular machines are scientifically satisfying structures.

Colloidal quantum dots can provide important information on electrical activity in neurons despite the difficulty of in vivo experiments.

The demonstration of room-temperature ferromagnetism in an atomically thin layer broadens the prospects for device applications of 2D van der Waals materials.

Applying a method commonly used in microbiology provides a new way to study the interaction of nanoparticles with environmental samples.

A new surface functionalization method opens the way towards high-performance organic electronic devices on flexible substrates.

Interdisciplinarity highlights the uniqueness of nanoscience.

Scalability and cost efficiency should intensify research efforts in DNA nanotechnology.

We introduce an advisory panel to develop content on the relationship between technology and society.