The world’s smallest temporary pacemaker is self-powered, optically controlled and dissolves when it’s no longer needed
Read article: Light-activated pacemaker is smaller than a grain of rice
The presence of disorder causes worms to speed up, not slow down – a surprising result with applications in robotics
Read article: Speedy worms behave like active polymers in disordered mazes
System could provide important insights into the dynamics of magnetic materials
Read article: Superconducting device delivers ultrafast changes in magnetic field
Researchers in Canada are developing a low-cost orthovoltage radiotherapy system for use in low-resource and geographically remote regions
Read article: Dual-robot radiotherapy system designed to reduce the cost of cancer treatment
New terahertz spectroscopy study puts to rest a long-standing controversy
Read article: Supercritical water reveals its secrets
Massive particles reveal properties of the quark–gluon plasma
Read article: Top-quark pairs at ATLAS could shed light on the early universe
Ultrafast laser sheds new light on complex synchronization phenomena
Read article: Abnormal ‘Arnold’s tongue’ patterns appear in a real oscillating system
The Oz technique stimulates individual photoreceptor cells on the retina to directly control their activation
Read article: Retinal stimulation reveals colour never before seen by the human eye
Physicists use the concept of quantum Fisher information to explain poor electrical conductivity in these unusual materials
Read article: Strange metals get their strangeness from quantum entanglement
New maximum for notoriously shy particle is 0.45 eV – 1 million times less than the electron
Read article: KATRIN sets tighter limit on neutrino mass
