Biofabrication Research update Liver cancer organoids could enhance drug development "Tumouroid" platforms advance liver cancer research and treatment Read article: Liver cancer organoids could enhance drug development
Nanomaterials Research update Bacterial DNA sequencing could help design ‘friendlier’ nanoparticles Metagenomic analyses of large groups of microorganisms shed more light on how bacteria and other microbes behave when exposed to nanomaterials Read article: Bacterial DNA sequencing could help design ‘friendlier’ nanoparticles
Climate Research update Aviation biofuels may not cut contrail warming Paraffinic biofuels cut carbon emissions but have mixed effects on contrails Read article: Aviation biofuels may not cut contrail warming
Imaging Research update Sonic tractor beam grabs hold of large objects “Virtual vortex” beats the wavelength limit Read article: Sonic tractor beam grabs hold of large objects
Light sources Research update Distorted nano-magnets for agile polarization control Nano-sized chiral magnetic particles suspended in a gel allow real-time control of the polarization state of light Read article: Distorted nano-magnets for agile polarization control
Optical physics Research update Display creates 3D images that can be viewed from many angles New technique has advantages over holography Read article: Display creates 3D images that can be viewed from many angles
Climate Research update WISDOM reveals wood fuel shortage hotspots Analysis highlights priority areas for provision of alternative energy sources Read article: WISDOM reveals wood fuel shortage hotspots
Diagnostic imaging Research update Photonic technique eases cancer staging Quantifying structural changes in nuclear DNA could simplify detection of cancerous cells and identify different stages of malignancy Read article: Photonic technique eases cancer staging
Biomedical devices Research update Molecular force microscopy: a new tool for measuring cellular forces Researchers have developed a novel imaging technique that can map the magnitude and direction of cellular forces with piconewton resolution Read article: Molecular force microscopy: a new tool for measuring cellular forces
Stars and solar physics Research update Gravitational-wave observation helps pinpoint neutron-star mass limit Neutron stars can be as heavy as 2.16 solar masses, say astrophysicists Read article: Gravitational-wave observation helps pinpoint neutron-star mass limit