A non-invasive sensing technique can monitor respiration and heartbeat in small conscious animals, including mammals, birds, tortoises and fish
Read article: Non-contact technique measures vital signs in conscious small animals
Electronic detection method could read-out entangled nitrogen vacancies
Read article: Diamond spins come into focus using new measurement technique
New ultralight hexagonal boron nitride material could be used in extreme-temperature applications such as spacecraft
Read article: Superinsulating aerogel resists mechanical and thermal shocks
Reflected sunlight tells a story: one of deeper shading in an ever-warmer ocean. That is because climate change will also alter green growth in the high seas
Read article: Food webs alter as warmer seas change colour
Chemoinformatics provides scientists with details about structure-activity relationships useful in catalysis
Read article: Computational methods lead researchers to more precise chemistry
A cost-effective fixed-beam radiotherapy system aims to improve global access to radiation therapy
Read article: Patient rotation enables fixed-beam radiotherapy system
Metallic carbon nanotubes speed-up electron traffic
Read article: Conducting highways boost performance of stretchable semiconductor
Making road freight less carbon-heavy involves hard technical problems. So is it better to shift to rail or water? Parth Vaishnav and Lynn Kaack review approaches to freight
Read article: Road freight: cutting the emissions load
Integrating a regular diode with electronic devices could one day lead to efficient on-chip cooling
Read article: New cooling mechanism uses normal light, instead of lasers
Piezoelectric nanoparticles that target and electrically stimulate tumour cells upon exposure to ultrasound could enhance the treatment of brain tumours
Read article: Piezoelectric nanoparticles promise improved brain tumour treatments
