Nature China highlights the best research coming out of Mainland China and Hong Kong, providing scientists from around the world with a convenient portal into publications drawn from across all scientific disciplines.
Physical chemistry: Crystal gazing
Crystal-to-crystal transformation provides a glimpse into the thermodynamics of solid–gas reactions
Neurobiology: Challenges of a different character
Chinese-speaking dyslexics lack the phonological skills needed to pronounce Chinese characters and the visuospatial skills needed to judge character size
Nanomaterials: Spintronic snowflakes
You can turn aluminium powder, scandium powder and nitrogen gas into dilute magnetic semiconductor 'snowflakes' using an electric arc furnace
Quantum physics: Coherence control
Dynamical decoupling is a promising approach for preserving the quantum coherence of electron spins in solids
