Microscopy Research update Compact high-voltage electron microscope overcomes coherence problem Radio-frequency components deliver 500 kV in a room-sized instrument Read article: Compact high-voltage electron microscope overcomes coherence problem
Agriculture Research update Does saving water mean cutting rice yields? New irrigation techniques could cut long-term soil fertility Read article: Does saving water mean cutting rice yields?
Radiotherapy Research update Tiny radiation beams tackle radioresistant melanoma Microbeam radiation therapy reduces growth of radioresistant mouse melanoma by disrupting tumour vascular and stimulating the influx of immune cells Read article: Tiny radiation beams tackle radioresistant melanoma
Materials Research update Refrigerator works by twisting and untwisting fibres “Twistocaloric” materials could help replace problematic refrigerant gases Read article: Refrigerator works by twisting and untwisting fibres
Climate Research update Oceans could have reached carbon threshold Man-made emissions may be enough to tip planet into sixth mass extinction Read article: Oceans could have reached carbon threshold
Diagnostic imaging Research update Imaging tumour stiffness could help treat breast and pancreatic cancers MR elastography can visualize the stiffness of tumour tissues and monitor the effects of new tumour-weakening therapies Read article: Imaging tumour stiffness could help treat breast and pancreatic cancers
2D materials Research update Transparent graphene wearables monitor signs of health Prototype health monitors developed from graphene photodetectors can provide flexible and transparent monitoring of heart rate, cardiac cycle and UV exposure Read article: Transparent graphene wearables monitor signs of health
Nuclear power Research update How to stop a nuclear meltdown by leavening the reactor core like a loaf of bread Injecting granular carbonates could create cake-like structures in damaged reactors Read article: How to stop a nuclear meltdown by leavening the reactor core like a loaf of bread
Climate Research update Water stress rises as more wells run dry Soon, communities and even nations could be drawing water faster than the skies can replenish it. As the wells run dry, so will the rivers Read article: Water stress rises as more wells run dry
Materials for energy Research update Sealed cell improves oxide-peroxide conversion in lithium-ion battery New work could help advance battery research for engineering next-generation high-energy-density technologies Read article: Sealed cell improves oxide-peroxide conversion in lithium-ion battery
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