Optical components Research update All-optical network mimics the brain’s neurons and synapses System can learn, compute and recognize patterns quickly and efficiently Read article: All-optical network mimics the brain’s neurons and synapses
Devices and structures Research update Water molecules flip during potential switch Researchers probe the orientation of the water layers at electrochemical interfaces to better understand electrode behaviour Read article: Water molecules flip during potential switch
Biomedical devices Research update Photoacoustic microscopy captures variation within tumours Measuring the oxygen consumption of thousands of cancer cells at a time gives insight into tumour behaviour and offers new treatment possibilities Read article: Photoacoustic microscopy captures variation within tumours
Devices and structures Research update Microfluidics enters a new field Electric fields dynamically control fluid motion and create novel flow patterns in microfluidic devices Read article: Microfluidics enters a new field
Particles and interactions Research update Single-atom imaging could help search for neutrinoless double beta decay New technique could help solve the mystery of neutrino mass Read article: Single-atom imaging could help search for neutrinoless double beta decay
Advanced materials Research update New superionic ice phase could shed more light on icy giant cores And perhaps even help explain why the magnetic fields of Uranus and Neptune are so different from Earth’s Read article: New superionic ice phase could shed more light on icy giant cores
Nanomedicine Research update Targeting cancer with gold nanoparticles is just the start… Understanding the interaction between biomolecules forming around gold nanoparticles and tumours could enable more efficient drug delivery Read article: Targeting cancer with gold nanoparticles is just the start…
Climate Research update Expanding US cropland emits same as 36 new power plants Emissions may be up to 14 times greater than estimates in US greenhouse gas inventory Read article: Expanding US cropland emits same as 36 new power plants
Advanced materials Research update Quantum nanoconfinement effects observed without confinement Researchers observe discrete energy levels in copper electrons caused not by electron confinement within a nanostructure but by diffraction Read article: Quantum nanoconfinement effects observed without confinement
Magnetism and spin Research update Water is magnetized when taken for a spin Researchers claim first observation of “nuclear Barnett effect” Read article: Water is magnetized when taken for a spin