Viruses get X-rayed
New technique generates X-ray diffraction images of single viruses
Read article: Table-top experiment could explain why continents drift
Table-top experiment could explain why continents drift
Interactions between convection cells and solid objects provide insight into how 'supercontinents' form and then break apart
Read article: Combination technique shows the strain
Combination technique shows the strain
Moiré technique and electron holography combined to give 2D strain map
Read article: NMR sheds new light on protein interactions
NMR sheds new light on protein interactions
Free proteins change shape prior to binding, say biophysicists
Read article: Shrimp see a polarized world
Shrimp see a polarized world
Biophysics experiment reveals how shrimp could find food and mates using circularly polarized light
Read article: Polar vortex replicated in a bucket
Polar vortex replicated in a bucket
Researchers make triangular, square and other polygonal vortices appear in swirling water
Read article: Synchrotron proves Europeans were not the first painters to use oils
Synchrotron proves Europeans were not the first painters to use oils
Scientists find Afghan oil paintings that date back hundreds of years before the Renaissance
Read article: Lab architecture
Lab architecture
Robert P Crease looks at good and bad examples of lab design: do you agree with his choices?
Read article: Graphene makes for better optical displays
Graphene makes for better optical displays
2D carbon material has a transparency that trumps conventional LCD electrodes
Read article: Free-electron laser benefits from ‘seed’ light
Free-electron laser benefits from ‘seed’ light
Technique produces shortest wavelengths for a FEL
