Quantum mechanics Research update Entanglement gets hot and messy Contrary to expectations, this fragile quantum-mechanical phenomenon can survive at high temperatures and in a very chaotic environment Read article: Entanglement gets hot and messy
Biomedical devices Research update App for low-cost smartphones can diagnose malaria Smartphone app uses deep learning to detect malaria parasites in blood samples Read article: App for low-cost smartphones can diagnose malaria
Planetary science Research update Laser-driven shock waves recreate deep-Earth environment X-ray diffraction technique could also shed light on conditions within “super-Earth” exoplanets Read article: Laser-driven shock waves recreate deep-Earth environment
Optics and photonics Research update Twin Airy beams image tiny particles flowing in the bloodstream of live fish New technique boosts depth range for tracking single molecules Read article: Twin Airy beams image tiny particles flowing in the bloodstream of live fish
Biofabrication Research update 3D printed brain model shows potential for drug testing Bioprinted brain-like tissue constructs that stay viable for more than a month offer a good platform for neurological drug testing Read article: 3D printed brain model shows potential for drug testing
Astronomy and space Research update Colliding galaxies created the solar system, say astronomers Sun was born when the Sagittarius galaxy passed through the Milky Way Read article: Colliding galaxies created the solar system, say astronomers
Materials for energy Research update Hydrogel helps make self-cooling solar panels New technology could be an environmentally friendly way to cool down photovoltaics and other devices Read article: Hydrogel helps make self-cooling solar panels
Optics and photonics Research update Nonlinear integrated photonics speeds up coherent lidar EPFL researchers use nonlinear photonic circuits to improve lidar, a technique for mapping distances using reflected laser light Read article: Nonlinear integrated photonics speeds up coherent lidar
Superconductivity Research update Supercurrent goes to the edge “Topological superconductivity” could come in useful for a host of new applications Read article: Supercurrent goes to the edge
Particle and nuclear Research update More evidence for a ‘fifth force’ found in radioactive decay measurements Anomalies in decays of beryllium-8 and helium-4 point to new physics Read article: More evidence for a ‘fifth force’ found in radioactive decay measurements
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