Editor's Choice: Time machine, custom suits for worms & virtual training relieves stress

Researchers create 'time machine' to study ancestor galaxies, Robotics engineers pay attention to matters of the heart, Custom suits for delivery worms, Tough, light structures with superior impact resistance and Virtual training can reduce stress and anxiety. Read all in the July's Editor's Choice plus op-ed: To boost South Korea’s basic science, look to values, not just budgets, this month's Image & Asia Research News 2022 magazine pick - Better memristors for brain-like computing.
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Researchers create ‘time machine’ to study ancestor galaxies

Time-machine-like simulations can recreate the full lifecycle of some of the largest collections of galaxies in the distant universe.

11 billion years ago
Robotics engineers pay attention to matters of the heart 

A new method uses magnets to remotely control guidewires through blood vessels to treat cardiovascular diseases.

Reaching for your heart

Custom suits for delivery worms


Worms in protective hydrogel could be engineered to carry anti-cancer drugs to tumours.
 

Tough, light structures with superior impact resistance

A new auxetic structure made from plastic composite laminates is lightweight and tough, and can be used in aircraft and marine vessels.

It is also fuel efficient

Virtual training can reduce stress and anxiety

Virtual reality exercise induces similar effects to those of physical exercise, suggesting it could improve mental well-being of people with reduced mobility.

The feeling is real
Beyond the Journal
The science of communication

To boost South Korea’s basic science, look to values, not just budgets

The country has been increasing research funding for decades, but its rigid, time-bound approach to research assessment is stifling basic science - Opinion piece by Prof. So Young Kim of KAIST's Global Strategy Institute.

The joy of discovery
Image of the Month
Scientists at Kyoto University’s Institute for Cell-Material Sciences have discovered a novel cluster compound with large, positively charged clusters that could prove useful as a catalyst.
Credit: Mindy Takamiya / Kyoto University iCeMS.

Better memristors for brain-like computing

Neurone-like junctions could reduce the massive energy consumption of artificial intelligence operations.

Like the human brain

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