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  • Editorial |

    Researchers and their institutions must play their full part in ensuring that the exciting changes now sweeping France succeed.

  • Editorial |

    By considering the environmental impact of materials through their whole life cycle, materials scientists can help develop more sustainable alternatives.

  • Feature |

    Paulo J. M. Monteiro, Sabbie A. Miller and Arpad Horvath provide an overview of the challenges and accomplishments in reducing the environmental burden of concrete production.

    • Paulo J. M. Monteiro
    • , Sabbie A. Miller
    •  & Arpad Horvath

  • Commentary |

    Concerns about the planet's health call for a careful evaluation of the environmental impact of materials choices. Life-cycle assessment is a tool that can help identify sustainable materials pathways by considering the burdens of materials both during production and as a product.

    • Randolph E. Kirchain Jr
    • , Jeremy R. Gregory
    •  & Elsa A. Olivetti

  • Editorial |

    Opinion was divided about what the global Marches for Science were about. But it's time to abandon the notion that science should be apolitical.

  • Editorial |

    With the launch of the Quantum Technologies Flagship, the European Union is looking to become a major player in the upcoming quantum revolution, reaping benefits both for technology development and wealth creation for the European society.

  • Editorial |

    Nature Materials now requests that all original research articles contain a Data Availability Statement declaring the accessibility of the data and where it can be found.

  • Perspective |

    This Perspective provides an overview of the contributions of materials science to a sustainable energy future, and discusses possible regulatory paths to support this transition.

    • Steven Chu
    • , Yi Cui
    •  & Nian Liu

  • Editorial |

    Materials research has long been highly active in China and could offer advanced technologies to boost the economy.

  • Editorial |

    British and European science shall each benefit from continued UK membership of the European Union.

  • Commentary |

    Long commercialization times, high capital costs and sustained uncertainty deter investment in innovation for advanced materials. With appropriate strategies, technology and market uncertainties can be reduced, and the commercialization of advanced materials accelerated.

    • Elicia Maine
    •  & Purnesh Seegopaul

  • News & Views |

    Surfaces with slippery asymmetric bumps significantly increase water droplet condensation and shedding.

    • Manu Prakash

  • Commentary |

    The Paris agreement on climate change represents an important step in the design of a new global framework for the mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions. Energy efficiency and renewable energy are keys for the success of this ambitious agreement.

    • Dolf Gielen
    • , Francisco Boshell
    •  & Deger Saygin

  • Editorial |

    The Innovation Forum on Quantum Technologies aims to help academics start technology companies.

  • Editorial |

    To aid the reproducibility of published results for photovoltaic devices, from now on we will ask authors of relevant manuscripts to complete a checklist of key technical information that must be reported.

  • Editorial |

    For authors who have published in this journal, success rates of getting manuscripts peer-reviewed and published do not correlate with submission history or academic seniority.

  • Editorial |

    The ongoing European Union fiscal crisis has taken its toll on research and innovation across several member states. A number of initiatives aim to boost technological innovation as a tool for increasing wealth.

  • Interview |

    Richard Murray of Innovate UK explains to Nature Materials how innovation derived from research findings can boost the production of wealth.

    • Maria Maragkou

  • Interview |

    Costas Fotakis, the Greek Alternate Minister for Research and Innovation, explains to Nature Materials how he plans to improve the country's research and innovation landscape under the constraints of austerity.

    • Maria Maragkou

  • Editorial |

    The outcome of the UK election leaves science challenged on at least three fronts.

  • Editorial |

    In the nuclear industry, safety considerations rely on our ability to understand and control the behaviour of the relevant materials over a range of length and time scales.

  • Interview |

    The incident at Fukushima Daiichi brought materials in the nuclear industry into the spotlight. Nature Materials talks to Tatsuo Shikama, Director of the International Research Centre for Nuclear Materials, Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University, about the current situation.

    • John Plummer

  • Editorial |

    This year we will offer the option of double-blind peer review and introduce a reproducibility checklist for life sciences articles that helps authors adhere to data-reporting standards.

  • Editorial |

    Scotland's independence debate saw too many scientists absent from the public square.

  • Editorial |

    Density functional theory, invented half a century ago, now supplies one of the most convenient and popular shortcuts for dealing with systems of many electrons. It was born in a fertile period when theoretical physics stretched from abstruse quantum field theory to practical electrical engineering.

  • Commentary |

    Neutron science has been a remarkable success story for European research. For this to continue, scientists need to be prepared to forge new networks and technologies.

    • Dimitri N. Argyriou

  • Editorial |

    Winds of change blow through research centres and universities operating in the Middle East.

  • Interview |

    Jean M. J. Fréchet, vice-president for research at the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), talked to Nature Materials about the achievements of this institution since its foundation in 2009 and its contribution to shaping research attitudes in Saudi Arabia.

    • Luigi Martiradonna

  • Commentary |

    The Middle East is rich in human and natural resources, but many of its countries need a cultural and scientific transformation to reach worldwide recognition in education, research and economic productivity. Several institutions are making a positive impact, kindling hope for a successful 'science spring'.

    • Ahmed H. Zewail

  • Commentary |

    With its strategic location and firm commitment to investing in research, Luxembourg has ambitious plans to become a significant player in the international research arena.

    • Jens Kreisel
    • , Ludger Wirtz
    •  & Marc Schiltz

  • Editorial |

    Freshly re-elected, there seem to be few radical changes ahead for Angela Merkel's government. Her politics have been successful, but will Germany's neighbours start to benefit too?

  • Editorial |

    French research requires a deeper reform with a vision — instead of limited organizational changes that do not provide a new competitive impulse to further develop research capabilities.

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