Energy storage and management Research update Electric vehicles could help save billions on energy storage Using electric vehicles as mobile power storage could ease large-scale deployment of renewables across energy grid Read article: Electric vehicles could help save billions on energy storage
Materials for energy Research update Improving electron transfer in enzymatic fuel cells Efficient electrical connection leads to improved power density Read article: Improving electron transfer in enzymatic fuel cells
Quantum mechanics Research update How to measure quantum behaviour in nanocrystals Proposed experiment looks for violation of the Leggett-Garg inequality Read article: How to measure quantum behaviour in nanocrystals
Nanomedicine Research update Flexible nanotubes pack a punch Cicada-wing-inspired high-aspect-ratio nanostructures kill bacteria by stretching and rupturing cell membranes Read article: Flexible nanotubes pack a punch
Biomedical devices Research update Implanted antennas track fracture healing Radiofrequency monopoles implanted in a fractured bone can monitor the healing process from inside Read article: Implanted antennas track fracture healing
Diagnostic imaging Research update Innovation: patent applications review Our survey of recent medical imaging patent applications includes filings from Micrima, Swisstom, MSKCC and more Read article: Innovation: patent applications review
Biofabrication Research update Bioresin helps print biological tissue Lithography-based technique enables biomaterials to be fabricated into high-resolution 3D structures Read article: Bioresin helps print biological tissue
Nanophotonics Research update Photonic crystals follow a straight path to absolute darkness Researchers calculate how light noise is suppressed as a function of crystal size Read article: Photonic crystals follow a straight path to absolute darkness
Planetary science Research update Organic molecules found in ancient Martian rocks Discovery by NASA’s Curiosity rover suggests red planet could have supported life, say scientists Read article: Organic molecules found in ancient Martian rocks
Integrated optics Research update Sounding out lasing in silicon Lasing by stimulating acoustic vibrations in a silicon waveguide may bring integrated silicon photonics a step closer Read article: Sounding out lasing in silicon
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