Diagnostic imaging Research update Phase-contrast CT reveals impact of microbeam radiotherapy Phase-contrast CT visualizes the effects of microbeam radiotherapy on normal and cancerous brain tissue Read article: Phase-contrast CT reveals impact of microbeam radiotherapy
Ecosystems Research update Has fishing given cod a ‘depth sentence’? Scientists find bigger-deeper fish trend may be due to commercial exploitation, not biology Read article: Has fishing given cod a ‘depth sentence’?
Biomedical devices Research update Portable magneto-optical device can detect malaria rapidly Diagnoses less than two days after infection could be possible Read article: Portable magneto-optical device can detect malaria rapidly
Biomaterials Research update Human organoids go digital Embedded RFID chips could be useful for advancing drug testing and monitoring transplant patients Read article: Human organoids go digital
Emerging therapies Research update Microbubbles offer two-in-one cancer treatment Microbubbles delivered via gas embolotherapy could cut off a tumour's blood supply while also delivering cancer drugs Read article: Microbubbles offer two-in-one cancer treatment
Particles and interactions Research update CERN homes in on Higgs coupling to top quarks CMS and ATLAS detectors have both seen rare production of Higgs boson Read article: CERN homes in on Higgs coupling to top quarks
Climate Research update Battery electric-powered vehicles should be high priority Japanese team simulates best ways to cut transport-related greenhouse emissions Read article: Battery electric-powered vehicles should be high priority
Diagnostic imaging Research update Markerless tracking monitors head motion in brain scans Markerless optical tracking offers high-accuracy position monitoring for motion compensation in tomographic brain scans Read article: Markerless tracking monitors head motion in brain scans
Characterization and modelling Research update Computers ‘learn’ how nanoparticles scatter light Researchers use machine learning to solve inverse problems that identify the nanostructures responsible for scattering spectra Read article: Computers ‘learn’ how nanoparticles scatter light
Particles and interactions Research update Evidence for sterile neutrinos claimed by Fermilab experiment Has MiniBooNE glimpsed at physics beyond the Standard Model? Read article: Evidence for sterile neutrinos claimed by Fermilab experiment
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