Materials Research update Nanofluidic memristors compute in brain-inspired logic circuits Research could lead to the development of electrolytic computers Read article: Nanofluidic memristors compute in brain-inspired logic circuits
Gravity Research update Looking for dark matter differently Quantum sensors made from superconducting qubits might be able to detect this mysterious substance, say physicists Read article: Looking for dark matter differently
2D materials Research update Local twist angles in graphene come into view Scanning microwave impedance microscopy technique could help scientists better understand materials like twisted bilayer graphene Read article: Local twist angles in graphene come into view
Magnetism and spin Research update Quantum Barkhausen noise detected for the first time Cooperative tunnelling of spins creates magnetic "avalanches" in a crystalline quantum magnet Read article: Quantum Barkhausen noise detected for the first time
Metrology Research update Excitation of thorium-229 brings a working nuclear clock closer Experiment suggests that a solid-state clock could be possible Read article: Excitation of thorium-229 brings a working nuclear clock closer
Detectors and sensors Research update Shrimp-inspired nanoclusters enable multifunctional artificial vision systems Researchers develop nanocluster-based photoreceptors that combine colour vision, photoadaptation and circular polarization vision into a single system Read article: Shrimp-inspired nanoclusters enable multifunctional artificial vision systems
Diagnostic imaging Research update Spectral and phase-contrast CT combine strengths to enhance X-ray imaging Researchers demonstrate the first integration of spectral and phase-contrast computed tomography using tomographic edge-illumination Read article: Spectral and phase-contrast CT combine strengths to enhance X-ray imaging
Astronomy and space Research update Milky Way’s supermassive black hole has a surprising magnetic personality Sagittarius A* and Messier 87 black holes are similar, Event Horizon Telescope reveals Read article: Milky Way’s supermassive black hole has a surprising magnetic personality
Quantum mechanics Research update Giant quantum tornado behaves like a black hole in miniature Swirling vortex in superfluid helium could let researchers study rotating curved space–times in the lab Read article: Giant quantum tornado behaves like a black hole in miniature
Biophysics Research update Bacterial nanowires make an electrical grid in the soil Anaerobic bacteria depend upon a single family of proteins to transfer extra electrons they produce to electric hairs on their surface Read article: Bacterial nanowires make an electrical grid in the soil
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