Nature China will highlight 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.
Plate tectonics: Fighting to be on top
Information from distant seismic events is revealing a complex picture of the tectonic plate boundary in southeast China
Metallic glasses: Small and stretchy
Small metallic glasses can be stretched into wires
Hollow microcapsules: Bond issues
Scientists in China have fabricated hydrogen-bonded hollow microcapsules that are stable in a high pH environment
Sonic crystals: Bending sound twice
Two-dimensional sonic crystals show negative birefraction of sound waves
Olfactory system: Mice on the scent
Mice can smell carbon dioxide through specialized neurons in the nose
Metamaterials: Perfect invisibility
A spherical cloak made from a metamaterial could theoretically provide perfect invisibility to all wavelengths of light
