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Nanomaterials Research update “ViriChip” shows up viruses Scientists have made a device that detects viruses when used with an atomic force microscope
Microscopy Research update Super-fast microscope comes into focus Physicists have developed a new ultrahigh-speed scanning optical microscope
Optical physics Research update Imaging an infant brain Scientists take the first 3-D images of a newborn baby’s brain using transmitted light measurements
Nuclear physics Research update Mobile NMR leaves the field behind New technique promises to eliminate the effects of the Earth’s magnetic field
Read article: Laser lights up water droplets Ultrafast science Research update Laser lights up water droplets New technique could monitor the composition of pollutants in the atmosphere
Semiconductors and electronics Research update Semiconductors plug terahertz gap Scientists build a ‘quantum cascade’ laser that emits radiation at terahertz wavelengths
Diagnostic imaging Research update Max Perutz Pioneer in protein crystallography dies at the age of 87
Microscopy Research update Beating the femtosecond limit Ultrashort laser pulses could probe processes that occur almost instantaneously
Read article: Magnetic resonance sees the heart beat Nuclear medicine Research update Magnetic resonance sees the heart beat Ultrasound is commonly used to look at the heart, but it is unsuitable for the 10-20% of the population that have breathing difficulties (emphysema) or who are medically obese. In both techniques, pat...