Materials for energy Research update Lithium-ion batteries recharge in the cold Devices containing a "bumpy" carbon-based material work at freezing temperatures Read article: Lithium-ion batteries recharge in the cold
Optics and photonics Research update Logic gate breaks speed record New device operates at femtosecond time scales thanks to light-field control of real and virtual charge carriers Read article: Logic gate breaks speed record
Nuclear medicine Research update Advances in nuclear medicine technology reduce radiation exposure and shorten scan times Researchers at the recent SNMMI Annual Meeting presented the latest developments in PET and SPECT instrumentation Read article: Advances in nuclear medicine technology reduce radiation exposure and shorten scan times
Quantum computing Research update Xanadu puts quantum advantage in the cloud Toronto-based start-up’s programmable photonic device is accessible to the public and much faster than classical machines at Gaussian boson sampling Read article: Xanadu puts quantum advantage in the cloud
Diagnostic imaging Research update Deep-learning framework identifies regions of COVID-19 infection in lung scans A neural network model localizes disease regions in lung scans of patients with COVID-19, despite being trained only on images of healthy patients Read article: Deep-learning framework identifies regions of COVID-19 infection in lung scans
Particle and nuclear Research update Deep learning identifies head-on collisions in LHC data Algorithm based on language translation could help pinpoint new physics at particle colliders Read article: Deep learning identifies head-on collisions in LHC data
Surfaces and interfaces Research update Machine learning could minimize quantum tunnelling in transistors Study identifies lattice orientations that reduce unwanted effect Read article: Machine learning could minimize quantum tunnelling in transistors
Diagnostic imaging Research update Deep learning accelerates super-resolution photoacoustic imaging Computational strategy enables high spatial and temporal resolution in both label-free photoacoustic microscopy and labelled photoacoustic tomography Read article: Deep learning accelerates super-resolution photoacoustic imaging
Radiotherapy Research update Neural network generates lung ventilation images from CT scans A convolutional neural network that produces ventilation images from breath-hold CT image pairs could improve lung radiotherapy Read article: Neural network generates lung ventilation images from CT scans
Astronomy and space Research update Gravitational waves from merging black-hole ‘atom’ could reveal new particles Ionization of ultralight bosons could be seen by space-based detector Read article: Gravitational waves from merging black-hole ‘atom’ could reveal new particles