Compound-specific accelerator mass spectrometry provides the first direct estimates for the age of clay artefacts
Read article: New technique uses food residues to date prehistoric pottery
Findings will be important for planetary science as well as condensed-matter physics
Read article: Machine learning teases out differences in high-pressure ice phases
Quark-matter cores likely in the most massive stars, say researchers
Read article: Neutron stars may contain free quarks
Medical image reconstruction algorithms based on artificial intelligence and deep learning may lead to false positives and false negatives
Read article: AI-reconstructed medical images can’t be trusted
Photosynthesizing micro-organisms are at the heart of a new biophotovoltaic cell
Read article: Cyanobacteria and nanomaterials give solar cell a boost
CLOUD experiment at CERN highlights the importance of controlling ammonia emissions in urban environments
Read article: Ammonia emissions can drive urban smog formation
Using electrical stimulation to dynamically trace letters directly on patients' brains enabled them to 'see' the intended letter shapes
Read article: Dynamic stimulation of visual cortex lets blind people ‘see’ shapes
Researchers have developed miniature biological robots that move naturally when a spinal cord is added
Read article: Bio-bots with spinal cords have natural walking rhythm
Optical-clock performance is accessible to electronic devices
Read article: Microwave timing signals get hundredfold boost in stability
Physicists see conduction on the surface of 4D electrical circuits
Read article: Topological insulators enter the fourth dimension
