Post by Giulia Pacchioni
As the year draws to an end, physics editors in Nature journals looked back at all the marvelous images they published over the past 12 months, and chose a few of the most beautiful and surprising ones to share with you. Enjoy!
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- Light-controlled 3D motors powered by bacteria, published in Nature Communications (https://www.nature.com/articles/ncomms15974)
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- Semiconductor micro resonators, published in Nature Communications (https://www.nature.com/articles/ncomms14267)
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- Interlayer electron–hole pair multiplication, published in Nature Nanotechnology (https://www.nature.com/articles/nnano.2017.203)
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- Shape-reconfigurable mechanical metamaterial, published in Nature Reviews Materials (cover: https://www.nature.com/natrevmats/volumes/2/issues/11)
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- Artistic impression of multiferroic domains, published in Nature Reviews Materials (cover: https://www.nature.com/natrevmats/volumes/2/issues/3, article: https://www.nature.com/articles/natrevmats20174)
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- Crystal structure of a tetradymite, published in Nature Reviews Materials (cover: https://www.nature.com/natrevmats/volumes/2/issues/10, article: https://www.nature.com/articles/natrevmats201749)
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- Acoustically trapped droplets, published in Nature Communications (https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-017-01918-1)
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- Molybdenum disulfide microprocessor, published in Nature Communications (https://www.nature.com/articles/ncomms14948)
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- Strangeness enhancement in proton–proton collisions, published in Nature Physics (cover: https://www.nature.com/nphys/journal/v13/n6/covers/index.html, article: https://www.nature.com/nphys/journal/v13/n6/full/nphys4111.html)
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- Droplets skid across a surface, published in Nature Physics (cover: https://www.nature.com/nphys/journal/v13/n11/covers/index.html, article: https://www.nature.com/articles/nphys4194)
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- Trajectories within a midge swarm, published in Nature Physics (cover: https://www.nature.com/nphys/journal/v13/n9/covers/index.html, article: https://www.nature.com/articles/nphys4153)
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- Phase transition studied by machine learning, published in Nature Physics (cover: https://www.nature.com/nphys/journal/v13/n5/covers/index.html, https://www.nature.com/articles/nphys4037)
Clickable links:
Light-controlled 3D motors powered by bacteria (article: https://www.nature.com/articles/ncomms15974)
Semiconductor micro resonators (article: https://www.nature.com/articles/ncomms14267)
Interlayer electron–hole pair multiplication (article: https://www.nature.com/articles/nnano.2017.203)
Shape-reconfigurable mechanical metamaterial (cover: https://www.nature.com/natrevmats/volumes/2/issues/11)
Artistic impression of multiferroic domains (cover: https://www.nature.com/natrevmats/volumes/2/issues/3, article: https://www.nature.com/articles/natrevmats20174)
Crystal structure of a tetradymite (cover: https://www.nature.com/natrevmats/volumes/2/issues/10, article: https://www.nature.com/articles/natrevmats201749)
Acoustically trapped droplets (article: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-017-01918-1)
Molybdenum disulfide microprocessor (article: https://www.nature.com/articles/ncomms14948)
Strangeness enhancement in proton–proton collisions (cover: https://www.nature.com/nphys/journal/v13/n6/covers/index.html, article: https://www.nature.com/nphys/journal/v13/n6/full/nphys4111.html)
Droplets skid across a surface (cover: https://www.nature.com/nphys/journal/v13/n11/covers/index.html, article: https://www.nature.com/articles/nphys4194)
Trajectories within a midge swarm (cover: https://www.nature.com/nphys/journal/v13/n9/covers/index.html, article: https://www.nature.com/articles/nphys4153)
Phase transition studied by machine learning (cover: https://www.nature.com/nphys/journal/v13/n5/covers/index.html, https://www.nature.com/articles/nphys4037)