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Substantial reform of science administration in India is needed for the country to increase its global scientific impact.

The 2014 Kavli Prize in Nanoscience has been awarded to Thomas Ebbesen, Stefan Hell and John Pendry for their contributions to the field of nano-optics.

We are launching a page dedicated to education.

Three decades after the first fundamental studies on semiconductor nanocrystals, the materials can be found in a range of commercial devices.

Nanotechnology is an important tool in the fight against malaria.

A series of national initiatives over the past 10 years has created a thriving nanoscience research environment in Australia.

Developing nanotech tools for neuroscience.

The biological machines that operate in cells are frequently a starting point for the development of synthetic molecular motors.

Researchers in organic spintronics consider a more structured approach to the field.

The nucleation and manipulation of individual skyrmions in magnetic nanostructures will be essential in any future skyrmionic device.

The changing face of nanoscience education around the world.

Research data comes in various forms and levels of significance. Finding the best way to share all of the results of a research project can be difficult, but new ways are constantly emerging.

Progress in the field of organic spintronics has, to a degree, stagnated, but what can the community do about it?

Heinrich Rohrer and the scanning tunnelling microscope.

On the twentieth anniversary of two influential papers we consider past developments and future opportunities for thermoelectric materials.

The field of molecular electronics originally set out to build computers, but silicon-based technology is unlikely to be replaced anytime soon. Nevertheless, the field has developed into a highly interdisciplinary endeavour, which could have a variety of ramifications that extend beyond computing.

Graphene has been chosen as one of the European Commission's billion-euro flagship projects and has cemented its central position in European research.

Ideas that originated from particle and nuclear physics are now playing a prominent role in areas of nanoscience and technology.

The nanotoxicology community has numerous ideas and initiatives for improving the quality of published papers.

We are changing our policy on when the received date of a manuscript is reset.