Magnetism and spin Research update Single-atom magnets show stability needed for data storage Holmium atoms stand-up to high fields and temperatures Read article: Single-atom magnets show stability needed for data storage
Ecosystems Research update Balancing ecosystem services brings trade-offs Modelling agricultural expansion in Amazon highlights difficulty of managing landscapes for multiple environmental goals Read article: Balancing ecosystem services brings trade-offs
Diagnostic imaging Research update Cardiac hybrid imaging predicts adverse cardiac events Cardiac hybrid imaging, which fuses SPECT myocardial perfusion imaging with coronary CT angiography, increases diagnostic accuracy Read article: Cardiac hybrid imaging predicts adverse cardiac events
Chemical processes Research update ‘Heartbeat’ detected in drop of gallium held in a graphite corral Oscillating liquid could be used as a timer or actuator Read article: ‘Heartbeat’ detected in drop of gallium held in a graphite corral
Diagnostic imaging Research update Super-resolution imaging provides insight into Alzheimer’s disease A super-resolution nanoscope can image Alzheimer's plaques at ten times the resolution of conventional microscopes Read article: Super-resolution imaging provides insight into Alzheimer’s disease
Astroparticle physics Research update Mysterious radio signals could be from new type of neutrino Balloon-borne detector spots unknown particles travelling up from Earth Read article: Mysterious radio signals could be from new type of neutrino
Biofabrication Research update Magnetic levitation promises to speed up tissue fabrication Scaffold-, label-, nozzle-free technology offers rapid fabrication of complex human tissue and organs, and could even be used in space Read article: Magnetic levitation promises to speed up tissue fabrication
Energy storage and management Research update Carbon intensity of US grid dropped by 30% Researchers decipher US electricity generation data from last 15 years Read article: Carbon intensity of US grid dropped by 30%
Radiotherapy Research update Signal analysis increases scintillator dosimeter accuracy Using signal analysis to remove the Cherenkov background ramps the accuracy of scintillator dosimetry for radiotherapy monitoring Read article: Signal analysis increases scintillator dosimeter accuracy
Advanced materials Research update Wet etching makes high quality topological superconductor Samples could be used to study the quantum spin Hall effect as well as to make spintronics devices and qubits Read article: Wet etching makes high quality topological superconductor