Top tips from tree tops
Stephen Ornes explains how transpiration in trees could lead to new ways to cool hypersonic craft
Nanoparticles on the move for medicine
How to make nanoparticles that can "swim" through the body
Is photosynthesis quantum-ish?
Philip Ball attempts to untangle the research behind quantum photosynthesis, to suss out if quantum effects are at play, or if it's classical after all
A flower’s nano-powers
Tobias Wenzel and Silvia Vignolini reveal an ingenious strategy flowers use to become coloured and attract pollinators
A smart approach to smart packaging
Flexible, low-cost integrated circuits could transform the market for "Internet of things" devices and packaging on consumer goods
Rocket for rocketeers
What does it take to grow plants in space? Jon Cartwright gets his green fingers out
A sticky wonderland
Alaina G Levine visits adhesive-giant 3M Company’s innovation centre to find out about the physics involved
The Cybathlon challenge
Rachel Brazil describes how science is helping disabled people to carry out everyday tasks thanks to new types of "assistive technology"
My invisible battle
Mental-health awareness is improving, but the story of a theoretical physicist with bipolar disorder highlights that the academic community may not be keeping up
Looking – into the future
With age comes failing eyesight, but Helen Gleeson hopes her team’s research into liquid-crystal contact lenses that can switch focus may provide a solution