Highlights: Complex Systems and Biomedical Sciences

Metallic glasses with reverse aging
Replicating skin-like deformation-induced stiffening and colouration with synthetic elastomers
Velocity fluctuations during particle sedimentation probed by multispeckle XPCS
Beating heart efficiency revealed by X-rays
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Scientists discover how sea cucumbers change shape
Watching the birth of a nanocrystal superlattice
Where science never sleeps
Advanced algorithms for computed tomography
Injector-based room-temperature serial crystallography of a membrane protein using synchrotron radiation
Ancient scrolls charred by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius unveil some of their secrets
Differences in gene expression after microbeam radiation therapy
Imaging the microvascular network and the neuronal system in a mouse spinal cord
Nonlinear mixing of lattice vibrations
Small angle X-ray diffraction reveals muscle’s gearbox
Two-step nucleation in protein crystallisation revealed by real-time SAXS
Watching quantum dots grow in real time
Intermittent ageing dynamics in a metallic glass
3D imaging of whole cells using cryocooled coherent X-ray diffraction
Interface alloy formation during the preparation of magnetic heterostructures capped with graphene
Correlation between structural changes and atomic motion during physical ageing in metallic glasses
3D imaging of whole cells using cryocooled coherent X-ray diffraction
Positive thermal expansion of graphene on its substrate
Generation of surface steps on Pt(9 7 7) induced by the catalytic oxidation of CO
Atomic motion in network glasses revealed by coherent X-rays
Why lung ventilation is unevenly distributed in asthma: new insight from synchrotron K-edge subtraction imaging
The in vivo radiosensitising effects of nanoparticle-based MRI contrast agents
Glass–glass transition during ageing of a colloidal clay
Solvent effects promote triple helix formation in amphiphilic discotics
Two-dimensional binary superlattice of a single-walled carbon nanotube/cylindrical-micellar system
Non-equilibrium collective dynamics in photo-excited lipid membranes
From spheres to worms: monitoring transformation kinetics of surfactant micelles using time-resolved SAXS
What is between the amorphous native oxide layer and the underlying crystalline silicon?
Spheres becoming worms: elucidating the transformation of surfactant micelles
Spontaneous glass-glass transition in soft matter
Revealing the fast atomic motion of network glasses with coherent X-rays
Muscle as a shock absorber
Non-equilibrium collective dynamics in photo-excited lipid membranes
Direct observation of the self-assembly of surfactant micelles
New technique films the birth of molecules with unprecedented time resolution
Blue blood: a challenge for structural biologists
Atomic dynamics and physical ageing in metallic glasses
Ionic spatial distribution at polarised mercury surfaces probed by X-ray reflectivity
Nanofilm molecular structures at the mica-water interface
Dynamical anisotropy and heterogeneity in a bidimensional gel
Synchrotron radiation microprobing of biological matter manipulated by optical tweezers
Dynamics of concentrated colloidal suspensions revisited
Simple ultrasmall peptides self-assemble into fibrous structures found in Alzheimer’s and other degenerative diseases
Catching a short-lived photoreceptor intermediate with pulsed X-rays
Snapshots of a photosynthetic reaction centre
Interaction with synaptic vesicles induces structural changes in a lipid monolayer
In situ observation of polymer-fullerene blend crystallisation for organic photovoltaics
Exploring the chirality of twisted polymer crystals
Promiscuous particles caught in the act
Fast nucleation and growth of nanocrystals of a porous coordination polymer
X-rays reveal why sea urchins are no easy prey
Piezoelectric properties in non-polar block copolymers
Improving corneal surgery
X-rays shed new light on the regulation of muscle contraction
Unravelling Elastin, nature’s amazing spring
New results may help stop age-related macular degeneration at the molecular level
Ultrafast X-ray solution scattering reveals different reaction pathways in the photolysis of Ru3(CO)12 after ultraviolet and visible excitation
Biomimetic ultrahydrophobic surfaces for X-ray diffraction studies on biological solution droplets
Crucial roles of charged saccharides in the survival of Gram-negative bacteria
Watching protein layers grow
Scale-dependent slowdown in a colloidal nematic phase
Jamming kinetics: PNIPA gels
Multiple arrested states in colloidal clays
Soft condensed matter
A new state of soft matter confirmed
Snapshots of a photosynthetic reaction centre
Fractals make better superconductors
ESRF helps to identify the most promising interstellar candidate found so far
Crystal structure of A-amylose by synchrotron microdiffraction
Organic heterostructure growth and the role of the buried interface
Surface structure of sterically-stabilised ferrofluids
Finding order in disorder by X-ray speckle cross-correlation
Biological imaging by coherent hard X-ray diffraction microscopy
Tracking global conformational changes in a membrane protein by time-resolved wide-angle X-ray scattering
Structure of casein micelles and their complexation with tannins
Pathways of micellar self-assembly probed by time-resolved SAXS
Soft condensed matter
Following atomic diffusion by coherent X-rays
Understanding tendons at all levels
Ultrafast laser switching in a photochromic film visualised by time-resolved X-ray diffraction
X-ray beam transverse coherence analysis using near-field scattering
Studying atomic dynamics with coherent X-rays
The Partnership for Soft Condensed Matter sees the light
Local symmetries in disordered matter uncovered by coherent X-ray scattering
Core-shell nanowires reveal their inner structure
Molecular mechanism of bacterial survival against antimicrobial peptides revealed by X-ray studies
A novel nematic liquid crystal phase with ferroelectric response
The birth of micelles revealed by synchrotron light
A new inverse micellar lyotropic liquid crystal phase
Silk fibre formation: using a microfluidic chip to mimic biospinning
Fast Starch Granule Hydration by Microdrop Generator