Metasurfaces Bend Light With Flat Optics
Ultra-thin engineered surfaces can replace bulky lenses. Metasurfaces studded with nanoscale structures steer light with precision in a flat film....
Year: 2026
Engineered Phages Rescue Patients From Resistant Infections
Viruses tailored to kill specific bacteria saved patients when antibiotics failed. Engineered bacteriophages cleared drug-resistant infections in compassionate-use cases. The...
Quantum Sensors Detect Signals Beneath the Surface
Ultra-sensitive quantum devices can sense what lies hidden underground. Quantum gravimeters measure tiny variations in gravity to reveal buried structures....
Whole-Brain Imaging Tracks Thought in a Living Animal
Scientists can now watch nearly every neuron fire in a behaving animal. New microscopy captures brain-wide activity in small creatures...
Machine Learning Speeds the Search for Fusion Control
Controlling the plasma inside a fusion reactor is fiendishly hard; AI is helping. A learning system held superheated plasma in...
CAR-T Therapy Reaches Beyond Cancer to Autoimmune Disease
A cancer cell therapy showed dramatic promise against autoimmune disease. Engineered T cells that clear rogue immune cells sent severe...
Ancient DNA Rewrites Human History
Genes recovered from old bones are rewriting the human story. Advances in ancient DNA let researchers read genomes tens of...
The Nuclear Pore Complex Yields Its Structure
One of the cell's largest machines was mapped in unprecedented detail. The nuclear pore complex, which gates traffic into the...
Room-Temperature Maser and the Quest for Practical Quantum Tech
A microwave laser that runs at room temperature moved a lab curiosity toward use. Researchers built a solid-state maser operating...
Base-Edited T Cells Attack Previously Untreatable Leukemia
Multiple gene edits produced a living cancer therapy for a desperate case. In 2022 base-edited donor T cells put a...
