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    Space exploration offers opportunities for scientific discovery, but the materials we use are critical to its success. Materials that can withstand harsh environments, innovations in materials manufacturing and energy-efficient technologies are essential for achieving viable and sustainable space missions, allowing us to explore new worlds.

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    Although the International Year of Quantum Science and Technology (IYQ) takes place in 2025 to celebrate 100 years of quantum mechanics, it also aims to foster a dialogue between scientists and wider society to explore how they can benefit each other.

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    Universal access to fresh water and modern energy are key to a sustainable and just future. Sorbent materials that capture and release water molecules are at the heart of technologies that turn the Earth’s abundant atmospheric moisture into drinkable water and energy, making these essential resources more accessible to all.

    Image: Image: Jiaxing Xu, Tingxian Li and Hangzhou Sphere Studio. Banner design: David Johnston.

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    The Nobel Prize in Physics 2024 has been awarded to John J. Hopfield and Geoffrey E. Hinton “for foundational discoveries and inventions that enable machine learning with artificial neural networks”.

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    This Collection explores new research directions in the field of moiré materials, including results from global and local probe studies, the use of interlayer hybridization for property tuning, potential commonalities with the physics underlying strongly correlated materials, and the recent discovery of the fractional quantum anomalous Hall effect.

    Image: Image design: David Johnston. Image: Nuckolls, K.P., et al. Nature 620, 525–532 (2023).

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    A collection to highlight an all-too-often overlooked aspect of DEI in chemistry: disability.

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    The 2023 Nobel Prize in chemistry has been awarded to Moungi G. Bawendi, Louis E. Brus and Alexei I. Ekimov for the discovery and synthesis of quantum dots.

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    The Nobel Prize in Physics 2023 has been awarded to Pierre Agostini, Ferenc Krausz and Anne L’Huillier “for experimental methods that generate attosecond pulses of light for the study of electron dynamics in matter“.

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    The 2023 Nobel prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman for their “discoveries concerning nucleoside base modifications that enabled the development of effective mRNA vaccines against COVID-19”.

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    This collection brings together articles discussing how the materials science community can become more inclusive, featuring action points and uncovering systemic problems underlying the current lack of diversity in academia and beyond.

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    15 years ago, topological insulators were discovered, marking the start of a new branch of condensed matter physics.

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    Physics research comes with an environmental cost. It can also have many benefits.

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