Read article: Laser beam diverts the path of lightning strikes
In the first experimental demonstration of laser-guided lightning, researchers fire a laser beam into the sky to divert the course of lightning discharges
Read article: Chiral logic gates create ultrafast data processors
Devices that work using circularly polarized light are a million times faster than current data processing technologies
Read article: Wind energy could power human habitations on Mars
Surprising study could lead to re-appraisal of potential landing sites
Read article: Expansion microscopy enables nanoimaging with a conventional microscope
An innovative expansion microscopy protocol enables unprecedented views of the interior of cells using standard microscopy tools
Read article: Patient positioning chair paves the way for upright radiotherapy
Upright radiotherapy, enabled by an effective patient positioning system, could improve treatment delivery and patient outcome for several tumour locations
Read article: Sterile neutrinos fade as STEREO finds no evidence of oscillations
Neutrino deficit is likely to arise from difficulties in modelling of decay processes
Read article: Defect suppression enables continuous-wave deep-UV lasing at room temperature
The first room-temperature continuous operation deep-UV laser diode could be used in novel sterilization systems and high-definition material processing
Read article: Telescope with large-aperture metalens images the Moon
Pioneering application puts metalenses on the road to commercial success
Read article: MRI guidance reduces side effects of prostate cancer radiotherapy
First randomized trial reveals that tighter margins enabled by MRI-guided radiotherapy significantly reduce toxicity after prostate cancer treatments
Read article: Cosmic-ray muons used to create cryptography system
New scheme encodes and decodes messages using the random arrival of subatomic particles
