Biomedical devices Research update A better way to test drinking water safety? A fluorescence-based test of drinking water quality can detect bacterial contamination in just eight minutes Read article: A better way to test drinking water safety?
Quantum optics Research update Energy-time entanglement detected in photons Sub-picosecond measurements reveal quantum correlations Read article: Energy-time entanglement detected in photons
Climate Research update Extreme flood events now more frequent and severe Northern hemisphere most affected, study shows
Nuclear medicine Research update Neural networks improve PET time-of-flight estimates Convolutional neural networks improve the precision of time-of-flight estimates by up to 23% compared with conventional PET signal processing Read article: Neural networks improve PET time-of-flight estimates
Lasers Research update Rogue magnetic fields put the brakes on laser-driven protons Upper limit on energy could be tough to beat Read article: Rogue magnetic fields put the brakes on laser-driven protons
Biomedical devices Research update Magnetic Josephson junctions could help make artificial brains A new form of neuromorphic synapse operates just like its biological counterpart while being faster and more energy efficient Read article: Magnetic Josephson junctions could help make artificial brains
Pollution Research update Coral reefs face infection risk from plastic Waste can boost risk from microbes twentyfold
Nuclear medicine Research update FDG-PET predicts outcomes in paediatric osteosarcoma FDG-PET/CT scans predict chemotherapy outcomes in paediatric patients with osteosarcoma Read article: FDG-PET predicts outcomes in paediatric osteosarcoma
Particles and interactions Research update Has the muon magnetic moment mystery been solved? Gravitational effect could be the cause of theory-experiment discrepancy Read article: Has the muon magnetic moment mystery been solved?
Fabrication and process Research update Smart skin sensing density exceeds a fingertip Smart skin made from piezotronic ZnO nanowire has more than 20 times more devices per square centimetre than the number of mechanical receptors in a human finger, as reported at innoLAE 2018 Read article: Smart skin sensing density exceeds a fingertip
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