It makes good business sense to contain planetary warming to 1.5 °C. Passing the Paris target spells disaster, with more extremes of global heat
Read article: Extremes of global heat bring tipping points closer
Scientists use PET imaging to see protein tangles associated with dementia in the brains of patients who suffered a traumatic brain injury
Read article: Novel PET method visualizes protein tangles after traumatic brain injury
Researchers have succeeded in creating the first analogues of Kelvin’s “vortex atoms” in chiral materials
Read article: 3D knots appear in liquid crystals
Previously unknown errors have an insidious effect on computer models of chaotic systems
Read article: Computational ‘pathology’ could hamper climate and fusion simulations
A light-activated iridium compound enables photodynamic therapy of cancer cells, even in hypoxic tumours
Read article: Light-activated iridium compound destroys cancer cells’ energy source
IPCC releases special report on oceans and cryosphere
Read article: IPCC: Rapid changes are forcing people to fundamentally alter their ways of life
Nanoscale spectrometers prove to be as efficient as commercial instruments
Read article: Single-nanowires make powerful spectrometers
Researchers map freshwater supplies and resilience
Read article: How vulnerable is China’s water?
Document claims "first computation that can only be performed on a quantum processor"
Read article: Google reports quantum supremacy in draft paper
Nanoparticles tuned to absorb near-infrared radiation heat the tumour while sparing surrounding tissue
Read article: Gold nanoshell-based cancer treatment is safe for the clinic
