Climate Research update Clap your eyes on the first ‘images’ of thunder Acoustically imaged profile of triggered lightning captured using microphone array Read article: Clap your eyes on the first ‘images’ of thunder
Nanomedicine Research update Silicon ‘nanoneedles’ deliver nanodots and nucleic acids Biocompatible structures could help reconstruct damaged tissue and nerves Read article: Silicon ‘nanoneedles’ deliver nanodots and nucleic acids
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