Materials for energy Research update Honeycomb-like nanopatterning boosts efficiency of ultrathin solar panels “Hyperuniform disordered” design delivers 66.5% solar absorption Read article: Honeycomb-like nanopatterning boosts efficiency of ultrathin solar panels
Optics and photonics Research update Tricks learnt from eye imaging enable video-rate LiDAR Applying techniques used to optimize optical coherence tomography to LiDAR could enable densely sampled 3D imaging at video rate Read article: Tricks learnt from eye imaging enable video-rate LiDAR
Biomedical devices Research update Soft medical robots show promise for performing wireless surgery A coiled artificial muscle uses radiofrequency heating to perform complex mechanical tasks Read article: Soft medical robots show promise for performing wireless surgery
Superconductivity Research update Anomalous Josephson effect appears in a topological insulator New observations could aid the development of topological quantum computers Read article: Anomalous Josephson effect appears in a topological insulator
Particle and nuclear Research update Mirror nuclei shed light on mysterious EMC effect Quark distributions differ inside nuclei Read article: Mirror nuclei shed light on mysterious EMC effect
Superconductivity Research update Transient superconducting states could have practical applications, say physicists Light-induced non-equilibrium states share fundamental physics with materials at equilibrium Read article: Transient superconducting states could have practical applications, say physicists
Climate Research update Weather could be controlled by making tiny changes to chaotic system Small perturbations could prevent extreme events like tornadoes Read article: Weather could be controlled by making tiny changes to chaotic system
Quantum sensors Research update Quantum error correction has side effects for sensors Inevitable delays in correcting realistic sensors introduce bias, say theorists Read article: Quantum error correction has side effects for sensors
Biophysics Research update Bacterial swimming in complex fluids better understood with new experiment, model Study sheds new light on how bacteria swim in complex fluids Read article: Bacterial swimming in complex fluids better understood with new experiment, model
Diagnostic imaging Research update Deep learning improves multimodality imaging for breast cancer detection A new deep-learning algorithm allows real-time reconstruction of images that combine optical and MRI data Read article: Deep learning improves multimodality imaging for breast cancer detection
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