1. Nano Focus: Lifetime variation in giant nonblinking QDs due to switching between neutral and negatively charged states

   • Anthony S. Stender

   News & Analysis 12 September 2012 Pages: 789 - 789

   

2. Bio Focus: Wireless PV retinal prosthesis shows promise for restoration of sight

   • Steven Trohalaki

   News & Analysis 12 September 2012 Pages: 789 - 790

   

3. Nano Focus: Optical confinement modifies graphene transistor characteristics

   • Tobias Lockwood

   News & Analysis 12 September 2012 Pages: 790 - 791

   

4. Bio Focus: Weakly charged cationic nanoparticles unzip DNA

   • Tim Palucka

   News & Analysis 12 September 2012 Pages: 791 - 791

5. India to reopen mining for rare-earth elements

   • Angela Saini

   News & Analysis 12 September 2012 Pages: 792 - 793

   

6. NSF and EC establish collaboration opportunities for early career scientists

   News & Analysis 12 September 2012 Pages: 793 - 793

7. Brazil and China discuss 10-year cooperation plan

   News & Analysis 12 September 2012 Pages: 793 - 793

8. Australia’s synchrotron receives renewed funding www.synchrotron.org.au

   News & Analysis 12 September 2012 Pages: 793 - 793

9. Alta Devices moves out of the lab and into the valley

   • Jessica M. Smith

   Features 12 September 2012 Pages: 794 - 795

   

10. News and analysis on materials solutions to energy challenges

    • Steve Yalisove

    Energy Quarterly 12 September 2012 Pages: 797 - 797

    

11. High-temperature superconductors change the game

    • Arthur L. Robinson
    • James Misewich

    Energy Quarterly 12 September 2012 Pages: 798 - 799

    

12. From materials research to climate change: David Eaglesham assesses the solar energy industry

    • Steve M. Yalisove
    • Arthur L. Robinson

    Energy Quarterly 12 September 2012 Pages: 800 - 801

    

13. Super-capacitors take charge in Germany

    • Philip Ball
    • Yury Gogotsi

    Energy Quarterly 12 September 2012 Pages: 802 - 803

    

14. Energy Focus

    • Tim Palucka

    Energy Quarterly 12 September 2012 Pages: 804 - 804

    

15. Semiconductor nanowire building blocks: From flux line pinning to artificial photosynthesis

    • Peidong Yang

    Technical Features 12 September 2012 Pages: 806 - 813

    

16. From nanogenerators to piezotronics—A decade-long study of ZnO nanostructures

    • Zhong Lin Wang

    Technical Features 12 September 2012 Pages: 814 - 827

    

17. Fighting cancer with nanoparticle medicines―The nanoscale matters

    • Mark E. Davis

    Technical Features 12 September 2012 Pages: 828 - 835

    

18. Smart polymers and interfaces for dynamic cell-biomaterials interactions

    • Stephen Kustra
    • Christopher J. Bettinger

    Technical Features 12 September 2012 Pages: 836 - 846

    

19. Self-folding thin-film materials: From nanopolyhedra to graphene origami

    • Vivek B. Shenoy
    • David H. Gracias

    Technical Features 12 September 2012 Pages: 847 - 854

    

20. Extremes of heat conduction―Pushing the boundaries of the thermal conductivity of materials

    • David G. Cahill

    Technical Features 12 September 2012 Pages: 855 - 863

    

21. MRS seeks award nominations for 2013

    Society News 12 September 2012 Pages: 864 - 864

22. Composite reinforcements for optimum performance

    • Philippe Boisse

    Features 12 September 2012 Pages: 865 - 865

23. Career Central

    News 12 September 2012 Pages: 866 - 870

24. Good reads for the materials researcher

    • Steve Moss

    Features 12 September 2012 Pages: 871 - 872