Acoustics Research update Acoustical tweezers trap microbubbles Contactless manipulation technique holds promise for biomedical applications Read article: Acoustical tweezers trap microbubbles
Particle therapy Research update Could proton FLASH prove optimal for clinical application? Speakers at the 2020 Joint AAPM|COMP Virtual Meeting shared the latest developments in proton-based FLASH radiotherapy Read article: Could proton FLASH prove optimal for clinical application?
Ultracold matter Research update 2D Fermi gas hosts ideal Josephson junction System could help researchers better understand strongly interacting superfluids Read article: 2D Fermi gas hosts ideal Josephson junction
Biomedical devices Research update Low-cost wearable devices quantify breathing activity while you sleep A wrist-worn reflective sensor could provide unobtrusive sleep monitoring to help diagnose sleep-related breathing disorders Read article: Low-cost wearable devices quantify breathing activity while you sleep
Ultracold matter Research update Researchers form single molecule in an optical tweezer New, finely controlled technique produces a molecule with a precise, reversible quantum state for use in quantum computing and simulation applications Read article: Researchers form single molecule in an optical tweezer
Atmosphere Research update Earth’s atmosphere rings like a giant bell, say researchers Study confirms 200-year-old prediction by Pierre-Simon Laplace Read article: Earth’s atmosphere rings like a giant bell, say researchers
Quantum computing Research update Physicists create quantum phase battery First device of its kind could be used in quantum computing circuits Read article: Physicists create quantum phase battery
Biofabrication Research update Cosmonaut builds engineered cartilage aboard the International Space Station For the first time, 3D human tissue has been assembled in the microgravity of space, using a scaffold-free tissue engineering approach Read article: Cosmonaut builds engineered cartilage aboard the International Space Station
Astronomy and space Research update Giant exoplanets directly observed orbiting Sun-like star Finding could shed light on how our own solar system evolved Read article: Giant exoplanets directly observed orbiting Sun-like star
Radiotherapy Research update Caution required when balancing lung versus heart radiotherapy dose Reducing cardiac dose at the expense of dose to the lungs might not always be a good strategy in oesophageal radiotherapy Read article: Caution required when balancing lung versus heart radiotherapy dose