Read article: Radioactive marker enables imaging of iron-hungry cancer cells
A new imaging agent can help determine how susceptible cancer cells are to iron-targeting treatments
Read article: Ultrathin glass films exhibit exotic liquid phase
New form of glass is extremely dense and highly stable
Read article: ‘Stop-motion movie of atoms’ reveals short-lived state in nanoscale switch
First snapshots of ultrafast switching could lead to more energy-efficient computing
Read article: Towards Auger therapy with iodine-infused nanoparticles
Tumour masses containing iodine-infused nanoparticles shrank when hit with X-rays, hinting at potential for Auger therapy using high-Z elements
Read article: New semiconductor cools computer chips
High-thermal-conductivity boron arsenide is better at removing heat than the best thermal-management devices available today
Read article: Think before you ‘speak’: brain–computer interface restores speech in paralysed man
Neuroscientists translate a paralysed patient’s brain signals into sentences, enabling a new communication avenue for those who have lost their ability to speak
Read article: New location technique shatters the diffraction limit
Resolution of 1/76 of a wavelength achieved using an echo chamber
Read article: Introducing the non-radiating antenna
An antenna’s radiation can be turned off using a dielectric disc, creating a non-radiative “meta-atom”
Read article: Protons combine with photons to optimize cancer treatments
Combining proton and photon treatments could increase the implementation of proton therapy or help optimize existing proton resources
Read article: ‘Bogolons’ make graphene superconducting
2D form of carbon transforms into a high-temperature superconductor if placed near a Bose–Einstein condensate, say theorists
