Read article: Cardiac PET scans could predict onset of neurodegenerative disease in at-risk individuals
18F-dopamine PET imaging of the heart can distinguish individuals later diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease or Lewy body dementia
Read article: Coldest: how a letter to Einstein and advances in laser-cooling technology led physicists to new quantum states of matter
The road to Bose–Einstein condensates and degenerate Fermi gases was paved with ideas that shouldn’t have worked, but did, as Chad Orzel explains
Read article: The Las Vegas Sphere and its curious link with Isaac Newton
How an idea from the late 1700s to honour Isaac Newton has finally been realized in Las Vegas
Read article: QUANT-NET’s testbed innovations: reimagining the quantum network
Joe McEntee visits Berkeley Lab to learn about QUANT-NET's quantum network testbed for distributed quantum computing applications
Read article: What would happen if communication systems broke down?
Ian Randall reviews Communications Breakdown: SF Stories about the Future of Connection edited by Jonathan Strahan
Read article: Acoustic touch technology helps blind people ‘see’ using sound
Smart glasses that incorporate acoustic touch show promise as a sensory aid for blind people
Read article: Designing for diversity – what makes people pick up a science magazine?
Jemima Coleman and Wendy Sadler say that science magazines have a responsibility to ensure that science is accessible and inclusive for all
Read article: RadCalc QA software verifies non-standard treatment plans for HDR brachytherapy
Medical physicists at University Hospitals Birmingham in the UK rely on LAP’s RadCalc QA secondary check software to support their high-dose-rate brachytherapy programme
Read article: Ultrasound-activated sono-inks could print 3D structures inside the human body
A novel technique that uses ultrasound to create objects from sonically cured inks could enable 3D printing at deep penetration depths, potentially including inside the body
Read article: How physics can help deliver the pledges made at the COP28 summit
Louis Barson says that the COP28 deal can shine a light on the pivotal role that physics plays in developing and delivering climate solutions
