Behind the Paper
The real stories behind the latest research papers, from conception to publication, the highs and the lows
A billboard announced a carbon program
A program announced by a highway billboard caught my (Jeremy) attention, but would it catch the interest and commitment of forest landowners? And given the diversity of land and landowners, who would commit?
Fields of Data: Mapping Vulnerability in Bengal's Rice Belt
Subrata Maity, Satiprasad Sahoo and Ajit Govind
Subsecond optically controlled domain switching : The Backstory
Barium titanate is a photoferroelectric material where light modulates ferroelectric properties. We show that removing substrate-induced strain while retaining the imprint effect lowers the domain wall energy barrier, which enables light-assisted polarisation switching in freestanding membranes.
