Read article: Spiders use physics, not chemistry, to cut silk in their webs
New work resolves a longstanding debate and could aid the development of new cutting tools
Read article: ‘Mock asteroids’ deflected by X-rays in study that could help us protect Earth
Lab-based experiment shows how centimetre-sized objects are accelerated
Read article: Quantum material detects tiny mechanical strains
Sensitivity of vanadium-oxide-based device breaks previous record by more than an order of magnitude
Read article: Electrical sutures accelerate wound healing
Surgical stitches that generate electrical charge speed up the healing of muscle wounds in rats
Read article: MRI-linac keeps track of brain tumour changes during radiotherapy
Daily MR imaging could enable treatment adaptation to glioblastoma growth or shrinkage during radiotherapy
Read article: Aluminium oxide reveals its surface secrets
New non-contact atomic force microscopy images shed more light on the "enigmatic insulator" aluminium oxide
Read article: Enigmatic particle might be a molecular pentaquark
Decay rate of exotic hadron suggests it comprises five quarks
Read article: Heart-on-a-chip reveals impact of spaceflight on cardiac health
A heart-on-a-chip platform sent to the International Space Station reveals how 30 days in space alters heart muscle cells
Read article: Silk-on-graphene films line up for next-generation bioelectronics
Researchers have grown a uniform two-dimensional layer of silk protein fragments on a van der Waals substrate for the first time
Read article: Camera takes inspiration from cats’ eyes to improve imaging performance
Device might be employed in applications such as autonomous vehicles, drones and surveillance systems
