Transport properties Research update New state of matter found in crystal made from buckyballs Molecular lattice also harbours unconventional superconductor Read article: New state of matter found in crystal made from buckyballs
Telescopes and space missions Research update Highly charged ions could measure changes in fine-structure constant Measurements on Earth could help us understand light from distant quasars Read article: Highly charged ions could measure changes in fine-structure constant
Diagnostic imaging Research update Portable ‘battlefield MRI’ comes out of the lab Ultralow-field device could aid soldiers and developing-world field hospitals
Telescopes and space missions Research update Cosmic rays illuminate the electric fields that cause lightning 'Throwaway data' from radio telescopes help physicists peer into clouds Read article: Cosmic rays illuminate the electric fields that cause lightning
Telescopes and space missions Research update Trail runs cold on alien hotspots, for now Search of 100,000 galaxies fails to find waste heat of advanced civilizations Read article: Trail runs cold on alien hotspots, for now
Nuclear physics Research update Cyclotron radiation from a single electron is measured for the first time Technique could help measure neutrino mass Read article: Cyclotron radiation from a single electron is measured for the first time
Transport properties Research update Secret of record-breaking superconductor explained Conventional electron–phonon superconductivity endures to a temperature of 190 K in hydrogen sulphide Read article: Secret of record-breaking superconductor explained
Transport properties Research update Tunable plasmon laser could sniff out cancer Liquid gain material could turn tiny lasers into chemical and biological sensors Read article: Tunable plasmon laser could sniff out cancer
Transport properties Research update Carbon nanotubes bring aircraft manufacturing out of the oven Technique efficiently cures large industrial parts made of polymeric materials Read article: Carbon nanotubes bring aircraft manufacturing out of the oven
Telescopes and space missions Research update First visible light detected directly from an exoplanet New method can pick up extremely faint reflected light despite low signal-to-noise ratio Read article: First visible light detected directly from an exoplanet
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