Materials for energy Research update SPONSORED Heat-transfer fins give phase change materials a boost Modelling points the way towards optimal designs for systems that store and release heat Read article: Heat-transfer fins give phase change materials a boost
Materials for energy Research update Pressurizing EV battery electrodes could make them last longer, if it’s done right Extending the lifetime of electric-vehicle batteries could reduce the need for mining critical minerals Read article: Pressurizing EV battery electrodes could make them last longer, if it’s done right
Atomic and molecular Research update Cold radioactive molecules offer a tabletop route to new physics Nuclear symmetry violations could show up in molecules containing pear-shaped radium nuclei Read article: Cold radioactive molecules offer a tabletop route to new physics
Optics and photonics Research update ‘Photonic multi-lane highway’ enjoys insulator-free topological protection New technology uses a photonic valley half-semimetal Read article: ‘Photonic multi-lane highway’ enjoys insulator-free topological protection
Particles and interactions Research update Matter-antimatter symmetry measurement sets new precision record CERN’s ALPHA collaboration pins down the ground-state hyperfine splitting of antihydrogen within four parts per million Read article: Matter-antimatter symmetry measurement sets new precision record
Earth sciences Research update Geophysicist identifies a maximum practical viscosity Boundary between materials that flow and those that don’t could shed light on Earth’s early history Read article: Geophysicist identifies a maximum practical viscosity
Astronomy and space Research update GPS particle detectors track space radiation over two decades Cross calibration combines data from 25 satellites Read article: GPS particle detectors track space radiation over two decades
Planetary science Research update Discovery of giant ‘exosatellite’ challenges our notion of what makes a moon In a novel three-tiered hierarchical system, the star CD-35 2722 is orbited by a brown dwarf that, in turn, is orbited by a newly discovered exosatellite candidate Read article: Discovery of giant ‘exosatellite’ challenges our notion of what makes a moon
Diagnostic imaging Research update Privacy risks from medical AI are greater than previously thought Study reveals how sensitive health information about individual patients could be extracted from diagnostic medical AI models Read article: Privacy risks from medical AI are greater than previously thought
Planetary science Research update Scientists discover sugar in interstellar space The first detection of sugar in the interstellar medium could shed more light on how life began on Earth Read article: Scientists discover sugar in interstellar space
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