New insights into how hydrogels stick to living tissues could help improve bioadhesive strategies
Read article: Interfacial fluid transport is the trick to better biomedical devices
Novel elastomer that rapidly self-heals can be quickly printed in 3D
Read article: Broken shoes and tyres could be history thanks to new materials that repair themselves
Functional MRI detects brain signal patterns indicative of consciousness, in unconscious individuals
Read article: Imaging detects signs of consciousness after brain damage
Fastest-growing trees in boreal forest show biggest decline in lifetime
Read article: Trees dying younger in Canada too
Synchronizing computer operations to thermal fluctuations could beat the Landauer limit
Read article: ‘Squeezed thermal states’ could make computers more energy-efficient
Highly porous and flexible inorganic nanomaterial could find use in applications such as sensors, microfluidic devices and microrobotics
Read article: Hydrophobic or hydrophilic? Aero-gallium nitride is both
Hybrid anatomy--activity images can be acquired in real-time, allowing more efficient and effective interventions
Read article: Dual detector combines nuclear and fluoroscopic imaging
Proposed technique could boost quantum simulations
Read article: Quantum thermometer could probe Bose–Einstein condensates without destroying them
The PET tracer florbetapir, used to detect amyloid fibrils in Alzheimer's disease, can also provide information in patients with frontotemporal dementia
Read article: PET tracer offers dual diagnosis
Greenhouse emissions from forest clearance to grow feedstock could mean 20-year carbon payback time
Read article: How sustainable are bioplastics?
