Read article: Children in developing countries can benefit from proton therapy
In silico study reveals that protons significantly reduce radiation-induced cancers and death in paediatric radiotherapy patients
Read article: Foetal movements crucial to skeletal development
Combining cine-MRI and biomechanical modelling enables quantification of stresses and strains in utero in the human foetal skeleton
Read article: Wood-based ‘supermaterial’ is stronger and tougher than steel
New material is made by compressing treated wood
Read article: DNA nanobot ‘starves’ tumours
New device cuts off a tumour’s blood supply thanks to a blood-coagulating protein payload
Read article: Unfamiliar climates await poorest countries
New approach to evaluating adaptive capacity paints bleak outlook
Read article: MRI technique differentiates benign breast lesions
A contrast-free breast MRI technique, combined with a radiomics model, could reduce the number of unnecessary breast biopsies
Read article: The secret content of extracellular vesicles revealed
Researchers investigate the mechanism of action of exosomes secreted by mesenchymal stem cells
Read article: Nuclear excitation by electron capture seen at long last
Breakthrough could lead to new type of energy source
Read article: Three photons bind together to make a ‘molecule’ of light
Technique could be used to create quantum-information systems
Read article: ‘Split or strongly tilted’ jet stream brings blocking to Scandinavia
Analysis identifies new type of jet stream, clears up link with Northern European weather
