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  Image of a COVID-19-injured lung where blue represents open airways.

  First EBS image: The data that could revolutionise histology

• Professor of Materials and Society Mark Miodownik Co-chairs Royal Society report on Animate Materials
• Professor Mohan Edirisinghe awarded an OBE for services to biomedical engineering
• Global initiative to advance deep tissue imaging will provide new insights into our health
• Singing and worship the focus of new Covid-19 study
• Layered hybrid fibers could be used to build anti-viral masks, according to a study with UCL MechEng scientist

Research highlights

• “A Solid‐State Battery Cathode with a Polymer Composite Electrolyte and Low Tortuosity Microstructure by Directional Freezing and Polymerization” C. Huang, Leung, C.L.A., Leung, P., Grant, P. S. Advanced Energy Materials October 2020

• “Current methodologies and approaches for the formation of core–sheath polymer fibers for biomedical applications”  Sunthar Mahalingam, Rupy K. Matharu, Shervanthi Homer-Vanniasinkam, and Mohan Edirisinghe. Applied Physics Reviews. Volume 7, issue 4, October 2020

• “Personal protective equipment (PPE) for vitreoretinal surgery during COVID-19” Aman Chandra, Richard Haynes, Ian Eames, Melanie Hingorani & Louisa Wickham  et al  Nature “Eye”, Volume 34 Issue 5, May 2020

• “Lasting organ-level bone mechanoadaptation is unrelated to local strain” Behzad Javaheri & Peter D. Lee et al. Science Advances. Volume 6, number 10, March 2020

• “In situ characterization of nanoscale strains in loaded whole joints via synchrotron X-ray tomography” Andrew A. Pitsillides & Peter D. Lee et al. Nature Biomedical Engineering, November 2019

• “Persistent and polarized global actin flow is essential for directionality during cell migration” Yolland, L, Burki, Miodownik, M et al. Nature Cell Biology 4 November, 2019