Extra 700 million people could live in arid regions by 2100
Using PET and MRI to predict recurrence probability in glioblastoma patients could allow increased radiotherapy dose delivery to high-risk tumour regions
Drop-tower experiments hint that universal rules describe colliding granular matter
Computer simulations could help predict toxic blooms
Water vapour from irrigation is too low down to boost warming but emissions by aircraft could become problematic
New “magneto-ionic” technique could help advance spintronics technologies for the post CMOS-world
Effect creates unwanted rough surfaces in silicon-on-insulator devices
The MetaboliQs consortium will combine quantum sensing and medical imaging for precision diagnostics and personalized treatment of cardiovascular diseases
First collective analysis – of floods in Nigeria and Mozambique – bodes well for identifying high-risk areas worldwide
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Margaret Harris reviews The Cryotron Files: the Strange Death of a Pioneering Cold War Computer Scientist by Iain Dey and Douglas Buck
Two groups of researchers challenge earlier study that doubted feasibility, reports Dave Elliott
Cryogenics firms are developing novel ways of using liquid air, nitrogen and methane to store renewably-generated energy and reduce emissions
A novel and flexible fluorescence microscope enables scientists to probe the dynamics of mysterious proteins in the protective lipid bilayer
Helen Margolis discusses how humans have been trying to measure time with increasing accuracy for centuries, and how the next step in that quest is the optical atomic clock
Automated system exploits real-time beam analysis to optimize workflows and streamline the commissioning process
Valery Rubakov, editor-in-chief of Physics Uspekhi, discusses the future of physics in Russia
Rachael Hall describes the process of treating cancer patients with radiation
Catalysts that can break the super-strong nitrogen bond under ambient conditions provide an uncontroversial success story for nitrogen chemists
Britons who waste heat and energy by allowing leaks from their buildings face space-based satellite fuel poverty spotters
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The kilogram, ampere, kelvin and mole will all be set in terms of fundamental constants
Researchers receive $3.5m to develop robotic technology for minimally invasive ultrasound treatment of brain tumours
Deforestation could disrupt water cycle across South America
The success of the first-time candidates will roughly double the number of scientifically trained members in Congress
Long-distance transmission rate is boosted by a factor of 100
MRI-guided cryoablation can destroy tumours compressing the spinal cord and reduce a patient's risk of paralysis
Signals could be sent as far as 20,000 light-years away
New work could help advance autonomous and intelligent nanoscale robotic systems
World has enough spare water to boost irrigation by nearly 50%, study finds
PET/CT excels in clinical oncology while PET/MRI is set to shake up tumour biology imaging
Stealth coating can absorb as much as 85% of echolocation signals
Science knows that ocean warming is occurring. A big challenge now is to work out how quickly the temperature is rising
Weyl metals and all their fascinating phenomena are not the only systems for cosmological simulations
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Accelerating Discovery with In Situ Electron Microscopy
At Oak Ridge National Laboratory, researchers Xiahan Sang and Ray Unocic used in situ heating to synthesize and characterize complex structural and chemical transformations of edge defects at atomic resolution. Their work pioneered new means by which 2D materials could be engineered directly in the TEM, opening new avenues for materials development and characterization. These and other novel results in the field of material science will be presented in this webinar.
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1—2 November 2018, Shanghai, China
You are invited to attend the COMSOL Conference 2018 to advance your numerical simulation skills and connect with fellow modeling and design experts. This event focuses on multiphysics simulation and its applications.