Activation imaging using neutron-irradiated gold nanoparticles enables visualization of drug distribution in mice for several days after injection
Read article: Radioactive gold nanoparticles could track drug distribution in the body
The technique can now be used to image viscoelastic properties of biological samples much more quickly and safely, at high resolution
Read article: Brillouin microscopy speeds up by a factor of 1000
Comparison of electron- and proton-based FLASH radiotherapy reveals remarkable similarity in reducing acute skin damage
Read article: Electron and proton FLASH deliver similar skin-sparing in radiotherapy of mice
Hypothetical fourth neutrino flavour is absent from new data from Fermilab's NOvA experiment
Read article: Sterile neutrinos are a no-show (again)
Effect observed in 2020 arises from changes in nuclear structure, not new physics
Read article: Atomic anomaly explained without recourse to hypothetical ‘dark force’
Thermal emission measurements from the exoplanet Trappist-1 b suggest two plausible yet contradictory scenarios
Read article: The enigma of Trappist-1 b: a thick atmosphere or airless rock?
New coarser-grained alloys are strong enough to challenge stainless steel and titanium as materials for orthopaedic implants, say researchers
Read article: Novel zinc alloys could make bone screws biodegradable
New Zuchongzhi 3.0 processor can solve in minutes a problem that would take a supercomputer billions of years
Read article: Quantum computers extend lead over classical machines in random circuit sampling
Researchers harness standing acoustic waves to separate microspheres that mimic circulating tumour cells in a blood sample
Read article: Cell sorting device could detect circulating tumour cells
Firm’s quantum annealer simulates magnetic phase transitions
Read article: D-Wave Systems claims quantum advantage, but some physicists are not convinced
