Jonathan Agbenyega and Stewart Bland round up the news featured in the November issue of Materials Today. The November issue is available now, so visit www.materialstoday.com to register for your free subscription.

Prof Philip Salmon from the University of Bath spoke to us about using neutrons to study liquids and glasses and isotopic substitution. To find out more about the work Philip performed at the ILL, check out his paper in Phys Rev Lett.

Dr Peter Hosemann from the University of California, Berkeley spoke to us about his work on radiation damage. Peter's work is about to be featured in an upcomin special issue of Materials Today - so be sure to make sure you've registered for your free subscription on the website.

Kirsten Bodley from STEMNET spoke to us about the work of the organization.

Prof Peter Kazansky from Southampton University spoke to us about the optical properties of nanostructured glass. Peter's paper on this topic is now available in Applied Physics Letters.

Prof Paul Braun from the University of Illinois spoke to us about creating a 3D optoelectronic photonic device. Paul's paper on this topic is now available in Nature Materials.

Dr Eleanor Schofield from the University of Kent spoke to us about using a nanoparticle based treatment to preserve archaeological finds. Eleanor's paper on this topic is now available in the July/August edition of Materials Today. Visit materialstoday.com to take a look.

Dr Richard Holliday from the World Gold Council spoke to us about Gold and the role of the council.

Prof Pierre-Alexandre Blanche from the University of Arizona spoke to us about creating dynamic holographic displays. Pierre recently spoke at the Spring 2011 Materials Today Virtual Conference. To view his talk visit www.materialstoday.com/virtualconference.

Dr Admir Masic from the Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces spoke to us about using Raman and Infra-red spectroscopy techniques to study biomaterials. Admir recently spoke at the Spring 2011 Materials Today Virtual Conference. To view his talk visit www.materialstoday.com/virtualconference.