Soft matter and liquids Research update Fluid gears make their debut New work could promote the development of next-generation machines without mechanical interlocking teeth Read article: Fluid gears make their debut
Biomedical devices Research update New quantum-enabled proteins could improve biosensing Researchers use directed evolution to create magneto-sensitive fluorescent proteins that can interact with magnetic fields and radio waves Read article: New quantum-enabled proteins could improve biosensing
Astronomy and space Research update Earthquake-sensing network detects space debris as it falls to Earth Proof-of-principle experiment resolved the shock waves produced by the Shenzhou-15 module when it re-entered the atmosphere Read article: Earthquake-sensing network detects space debris as it falls to Earth
Radiotherapy Research update Dual-tracer PET enables biologically individualized radiotherapy Tailoring radiotherapy dose distributions to PET images of cancer biology could enhance tumour control and improve patient outcomes Read article: Dual-tracer PET enables biologically individualized radiotherapy
Quantum Research update Entanglement reveals the difficulty of computational problems Efficiency and hardness of a computation problem are revealed Read article: Entanglement reveals the difficulty of computational problems
Telescopes and space missions Research update Samples from the far side of the Moon shed light on lunar asymmetry Unusual isotopic ratio in samples brought back by Chang'e-6 reveals clues about the early history of Earth's satellite Read article: Samples from the far side of the Moon shed light on lunar asymmetry
Astronomy and space Research update Unusual astronomical event might be a ‘superkilonova’ Merger of two neutron stars in the aftermath of a supernova may have been observed for the first time, though questions remain Read article: Unusual astronomical event might be a ‘superkilonova’
Vacuum and cryogenics Research update Pockets and pillars capture ricocheting molecules in vacuum pump Passive system could give quantum sensors a boost Read article: Pockets and pillars capture ricocheting molecules in vacuum pump
Quantum computing Research update Metasurfaces create super-sized neutral atom arrays for quantum computing Technique lays the groundwork for neutral-atom quantum computers with more than 100,000 qubits, say physicists Read article: Metasurfaces create super-sized neutral atom arrays for quantum computing
Quantum mechanics Research update Schrödinger cat state sets new size record Clusters containing thousands of metal atoms obey the laws of quantum mechanics, say physicists Read article: Schrödinger cat state sets new size record
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