Polymers Research update Improved hydrogel could make artificial tendons A new way to make synthetic biomaterials that are as tough, strong and stretchy as biological tissue Read article: Improved hydrogel could make artificial tendons
2D materials Research update Graphene-like boron is stabilized by hydrogen, paving the way for practical applications Analogue to graphane could be used in batteries and quantum computers Read article: Graphene-like boron is stabilized by hydrogen, paving the way for practical applications
Lasers Research update Breakthrough in laser-cooling antihydrogen could reveal why matter dominates the universe Device that produces required vacuum ultraviolet light is created at long last Read article: Breakthrough in laser-cooling antihydrogen could reveal why matter dominates the universe
Diagnostic imaging Research update Diffusion MRI and machine learning models classify childhood brain tumours Diffusion-weighted MR imaging and machine learning techniques can accurately distinguish between common types of paediatric brain tumours Read article: Diffusion MRI and machine learning models classify childhood brain tumours
Superconductivity Research update Superconductivity and quantum Hall effect coexist in novel nitride material GaN/NbN heterostructure supports both phenomena – which are usually mutually exclusive – and is now a candidate for topological quantum computing Read article: Superconductivity and quantum Hall effect coexist in novel nitride material
Light sources Research update ‘Twistoptics’ produces a tunable nonlinear optical response Twisted layers of 2D materials could be used to generate entangled photons for quantum optics and quantum information applications Read article: ‘Twistoptics’ produces a tunable nonlinear optical response
Quantum computing Research update Quantum computer has the edge for NP verification New protocol for verifying solutions to NP-complete problems outperforms known classical methods Read article: Quantum computer has the edge for NP verification
Biofabrication Research update Shape-shifting biomaterial could transform 4D tissue engineering New cell-friendly hydrogel morphs into vessel-like tubes on the timescales needed to promote tissue development and healing Read article: Shape-shifting biomaterial could transform 4D tissue engineering
Quantum sensors Research update Non-destructive detection could speed up cold-atom quantum sensors Researchers use microwaves to observe an atomic sample 30,000 times a second without destroying it Read article: Non-destructive detection could speed up cold-atom quantum sensors
Diagnostic imaging Research update Sub-diffraction imaging of the human eye visualizes photoreceptors with unprecedented detail The ability to noninvasively image photoreceptors with subcellular resolution could enable earlier detection of eye diseases Read article: Sub-diffraction imaging of the human eye visualizes photoreceptors with unprecedented detail
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