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
Constants and units Research update Shifting fundamental constants could be revealed by shrinking crystals LIGO-style interferometer could join the hunt for physics beyond the Standard Model Read article: Shifting fundamental constants could be revealed by shrinking crystals
Biophysics and bioengineering Research update One step closer to in vitro blood production Researchers in Japan have achieved long-term blood production by implanting decellularized bone fragments in mice Read article: One step closer to in vitro blood production
Biomaterials Research update Food dye helps 3D-print vascular networks New technique overcomes a major obstacle in tissue bioengineering Read article: Food dye helps 3D-print vascular networks
Radiotherapy Research update Artificial neural networks enable ultrasound-guided radiotherapy Machine-learning technique makes ultrasound an accurate alternative to X-rays for image-guided radiotherapy Read article: Artificial neural networks enable ultrasound-guided radiotherapy