Renewables Research update Why aren’t China’s wind farms producing more electricity? Scientists use US as benchmark to highlight possible causes of performance shortfall Read article: Why aren’t China’s wind farms producing more electricity?
Advanced materials Research update Plasmonic windows by design Creating energy-saving glasses and films based on nanocrystals that block all ultraviolet and infrared radiation while remaining transparent to visible light Read article: Plasmonic windows by design
Nanomaterials Research update Upconverting nanophosphors make good radiotracers NaYF4 particles could be ideal in theranostic applications and targeted in vivo imaging Read article: Upconverting nanophosphors make good radiotracers
Topological matter Research update Evidence mounts for Majorana quasiparticles in solids Ultra-clean observations could lead to topologically-protected quantum computers Read article: Evidence mounts for Majorana quasiparticles in solids
Nuclear medicine Research update A contrast boost for small-animal PET Modelling residual blurring in PET images improves the quality of awake small-animal PET Read article: A contrast boost for small-animal PET
Climate Research update Sting-jet windstorms more likely over Europe as climate warms Proportion of explosively-deepening storms with enhanced wind speeds could increase by 60% Read article: Sting-jet windstorms more likely over Europe as climate warms
Chemical processes Research update Optical tweezers create a single molecule from two atoms “Designer molecules” could be made using the technique Read article: Optical tweezers create a single molecule from two atoms
Climate Research update Erosion may be carbon source, not sink Study of Taiwan’s central mountains challenges conventional thinking Read article: Erosion may be carbon source, not sink
Neural engineering Research update If I’m stressed then you’re stressed Studies in mice reveal that stress can be transmitted to other individuals Read article: If I’m stressed then you’re stressed
Climate Research update Paris targets ‘more readily achievable’, Canadians say New definition of climate outlooks suggests IPCC assumptions on future carbon intensity may mislead Read article: Paris targets ‘more readily achievable’, Canadians say