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
Biomaterials Research update Cell-like nanobots fight bacterial infection Thanks to their biomembrane coatings, the devices can neutralize pathogenic bacteria and the toxins they produce in just minutes Read article: Cell-like nanobots fight bacterial infection
Catalysis and chemistry Research update ‘Frustrated’ water molecules drive supramolecular self-assembly Unexpected new result reveals that trace levels of water in oils play an important role in supramolecular chemistry Read article: ‘Frustrated’ water molecules drive supramolecular self-assembly
Climate Research update Prices of houses at higher elevation in Florida are rising faster Case study in Miami-Dade County indicates possible onset of climate gentrification Read article: Prices of houses at higher elevation in Florida are rising faster
Diagnostic imaging Research update Portable MCG rapidly diagnoses heart disease A low-cost, portable magnetocardiography system helps exclude acute myocardial ischaemia in patients visiting emergency departments with chest pain Read article: Portable MCG rapidly diagnoses heart disease
Ecosystems Research update Earth bears a massive human load Gross up the mass of all life on Earth, with its disproportionate human load, and the answer is staggeringly heavy. But the uncertainties are huge Read article: Earth bears a massive human load