Radiotherapy Research update MR conditional afterloader eases HDR brachytherapy An MR conditional afterloader could enable MRI-guided high-dose-rate brachytherapy Read article: MR conditional afterloader eases HDR brachytherapy
Quantum mechanics Research update Spatial overlap leads to useful quantum entanglement, say physicists Indistinguishable particles could be used in quantum-information processing Read article: Spatial overlap leads to useful quantum entanglement, say physicists
Atmosphere Research update Dust plume in ‘red sun’ event was highly charged Balloon-borne measurements of 2017 UK event could improve dust transport models Read article: Dust plume in ‘red sun’ event was highly charged
Optical physics Research update Optogenetics guides embryo morphogenesis The technique has been used to induce tissue folding and shaping in a live embryo for the first time Read article: Optogenetics guides embryo morphogenesis
Devices and structures Research update Glassy antimony makes monatomic phase change memory Overcoming the problem of local compositional variations in conventional multi-element PCMs Read article: Glassy antimony makes monatomic phase change memory
Radiotherapy Research update Simulated PET scans verify proton therapy delivery Researchers have successfully simulated PET scans to verify the accuracy of proton therapy delivery Read article: Simulated PET scans verify proton therapy delivery
2D materials Research update Frictionless flow in 2D channels Gas transport in atomically flat nanoslits made from graphene and boron nitride is much faster than predicted by Knudsen theory Read article: Frictionless flow in 2D channels
Radiotherapy Research update ViewRay MRI guides brachytherapy planning University of Wisconsin clinicians are using an MRI-guided radiotherapy system to perform brachytherapy planning for cervical cancer Read article: ViewRay MRI guides brachytherapy planning
Climate Research update Light from plant growth shows carbon budget Invisible flickering detected by satellite could throw new light from plant growth on mysteries of planet’s carbon budget Read article: Light from plant growth shows carbon budget
Structure and properties Research update Water proves to be electrically dead at interfaces The first ever measurements of the dielectric constant of confined water reveal far lower values than previously expected. Read article: Water proves to be electrically dead at interfaces