Climate Research update Ozone loss may have caused mass extinction Have dwarf pines revealed the secrets of the end of the Permian? Read article: Ozone loss may have caused mass extinction
Medical physics Research update Cancer ‘vaccine’ eliminates tumours in mice Injecting immune-stimulating agents directly into a mouse tumour eliminated all cancer in the animal, including untreated metastases Read article: Cancer ‘vaccine’ eliminates tumours in mice
Biophysics Research update Enzyme leaps explain puzzling phenomenon New evidence shows that enzymes leap through solution when catalysing chemical reactions Read article: Enzyme leaps explain puzzling phenomenon
Pollution Research update Mussels modify sinking of small-sized ocean plastics Biofouling enhances microplastic deposition to marine sediments Read article: Mussels modify sinking of small-sized ocean plastics
Biomedical devices Research update Nanomesh sensors for home healthcare Flexible on-skin sensor can display the moving waveform of an electrocardiogram Read article: Nanomesh sensors for home healthcare
Semiconductors and electronics Research update Multiple terminal memtransistors step up to mimic brains Researchers develop the first multiterminal memristor device using polycrystalline 2D MoS2 Read article: Multiple terminal memtransistors step up to mimic brains
Semiconductors and electronics Research update Physicists beat Lorentz reciprocity for microwave transmission New device could boost telecommunications and be adapted for photonics Read article: Physicists beat Lorentz reciprocity for microwave transmission
Particle therapy Research update Children in developing countries can benefit from proton therapy In silico study reveals that protons significantly reduce radiation-induced cancers and death in paediatric radiotherapy patients Read article: Children in developing countries can benefit from proton therapy
Diagnostic imaging Research update Foetal movements crucial to skeletal development Combining cine-MRI and biomechanical modelling enables quantification of stresses and strains in utero in the human foetal skeleton Read article: Foetal movements crucial to skeletal development
Advanced materials Research update Wood-based ‘supermaterial’ is stronger and tougher than steel New material is made by compressing treated wood Read article: Wood-based ‘supermaterial’ is stronger and tougher than steel