Climate Research update Climate change to give planes a bumpy ride Flight turbulence could double unless emissions are curbed, simulations reveal Read article: Climate change to give planes a bumpy ride
Nuclear physics Research update Experiments shed new light on how life-giving carbon is forged in stars Physicists monitor decay of carbon-12's Hoyle state Read article: Experiments shed new light on how life-giving carbon is forged in stars
Medical physics Research update Optimizing the cryopreservation of cells Freezing of cell-laden hydrogels is optimized using a panel of cryoprotectants Read article: Optimizing the cryopreservation of cells
Atmosphere Research update Do topological waves occur in the oceans? Kelvin and Yanai waves share similarities with topological insulators Read article: Do topological waves occur in the oceans?
2D materials Research update Scanning tunnelling microscope creates all-graphene p–n junctions Varying the tip voltage produces either electron traps or waveguides, integrating electronics and photonics on the same device Read article: Scanning tunnelling microscope creates all-graphene p–n junctions
Biomedical devices Research update Light polarization modulated rapidly by gold nanorods Effect could be used to make better pharmaceuticals Read article: Light polarization modulated rapidly by gold nanorods
Catalysis and chemistry Research update Noisy catalysts reveal atomic-level reactivity Catalytic activity can be observed in tunnelling-current noise during scanning tunnelling microscopy Read article: Noisy catalysts reveal atomic-level reactivity
Earth sciences Research update Rough faults generate slow earthquakes Experiments shed new light on how fault roughness affects earthquake nucleation Read article: Rough faults generate slow earthquakes
Biophysics Research update X-ray laser takes 3D images of lopsided viruses Ultra-bright pulses goes beyond conventional crystallography Read article: X-ray laser takes 3D images of lopsided viruses
Earth sciences Research update Did embryonic plate tectonics give birth to the continents? Early plate tectonics linked to rise of landmasses and maybe even increase in atmospheric oxygen Read article: Did embryonic plate tectonics give birth to the continents?