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Tiny Tornados at the Dawn of the Universe
Swirling soup of matter’s fundamental building blocks spins ten billion trillion times faster than the most powerful tornado, setting new record for “vorticity.”
Swirling soup of matter’s fundamental building blocks spins ten billion trillion times faster than the most powerful tornado, setting new record for “vorticity.”
New studies of behaviors of particles containing heavy quarks shed light into what the early universe looked like in its first microseconds.
A new class of plant-specific genes required for flowering control in temperate grasses is found.
Demonstrating the microfluidic-based, mini-metagenomics approach on samples from hot springs shows how scientists can delve into microbes that can’t be cultivated in a laboratory.
The genetic material of Porphyra umbilicalis reveals the mechanisms by which it thrives in the stressful intertidal zone at the edge of the ocean.
Genome-wide rice studies yield first major, large-scale collection of mutations for grass model crops, vital to boosting biofuel production.
Seven-year study explains how packets of light are exchanged when protons meet electrons.
Scientists create widely controllable ultrathin optical components that allow virtual objects to be projected in real environments.
Scientists design outstanding catalysts by controlling the composition and shape of these tiny plate-like structures on the nanoscale.
For the first time, self-organized, soft machines powered by molecular motors propelled fluid for hours across meters.
Specific modifications to fungi DNA may hold the secret to turning common plant degradation agents into biofuel producers
Researchers convert 80 percent of biomass into high-value products.