Water Research update Ancient water-saving can help modern Peru Ancient water-saving methods may help Lima, Peru’s capital, through its water crisis, caused by climate change and population growth Read article: Ancient water-saving can help modern Peru
Catalysis and chemistry Research update Multishelled fullerenes beat graphene at catalysing water splitting Enhanced electric fields at curved carbon structures makes them better catalysts Read article: Multishelled fullerenes beat graphene at catalysing water splitting
Nuclear medicine Research update Immuno-PET could aid patients with inflammatory diseases Preclinical study demonstrates how immuno-PET could become an effective tool in assessing inflammatory bowel disease Read article: Immuno-PET could aid patients with inflammatory diseases
Optics and photonics Research update Compact camera measures light polarization in full New device uses nanostructures to determine all four Stokes parameters Read article: Compact camera measures light polarization in full
Materials Research update Text mining could help in the rational design of new materials A machine-learning algorithm with no training in materials science can unearth hidden knowledge in scientific publications by analysing the semantic relationships between words Read article: Text mining could help in the rational design of new materials
Water Research update Muons highlight rodent holes and flood risk Muography technique previously employed on pyramids turns to river bank stability Read article: Muons highlight rodent holes and flood risk
Astronomy and space Research update Polarized radio waves reveal magnetic nature of gamma-ray burst Study uncovers magnetic patches the size of the solar system Read article: Polarized radio waves reveal magnetic nature of gamma-ray burst
Radiotherapy Research update PHASER linac will translate FLASH radiotherapy to the clinic The PHASER system will enable near-instantaneous delivery of highly conformal image-guided radiotherapy Read article: PHASER linac will translate FLASH radiotherapy to the clinic
Biomaterials Research update Entropy and electrostatics help disordered proteins sense curvature Chain entropy and electrostatic repulsion compete to allow disordered proteins to find curved membranes Read article: Entropy and electrostatics help disordered proteins sense curvature
Diagnostic imaging Research update Mini MRI scanner tackles knee injury diagnosis A mini MRI scanner that uses magic angle imaging could quickly and accurately diagnose knee injuries Read article: Mini MRI scanner tackles knee injury diagnosis
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