Analyses reveal diversity in carbon turnover and other degradation processes, offering insights for biofuel production.
Better storm surge prediction capabilities could help reduce the impacts of extreme weather events, such as hurricanes.
Studies of the neutrinos emitted in the radioactive decay of nuclei held in an ion trap allow sensitive searches for new interactions.
A simple chemical bonding approach enables assembly of very thin porous protein crystals that are bendable and adaptive—requirements for flexible electronics or batteries.
Confining water in tiny straws confirms predicted rapid transport of protons along a water “wire”—vital for more efficient fuel cells.
Scientists determined new molecular-level information at the solid/liquid interface, pushing toward better energy storage devices.
Towards higher energy density batteries: singly charged lithium ions replaced by doubly charged magnesium ions.
Sticky molecules hop aboard oily floaters and may influence the amount of sunlight reflected by marine clouds.
Researchers tackle a grand challenge by capturing vibrations in the “magic” cage formed when 21-water molecules capture a single proton.
Researchers reveal the structure of individual chemical bonds using specialized imaging techniques.
Visible lasers offer exquisite control of x-ray light in a tabletop apparatus, potentially providing access to new insights to chemical reactions, proteins, and even atoms’ inner workings.
Previously unobserved scattering shows unexpected sensitivity to bound electrons, providing new insights into x-ray interactions with matter and opening the door to new probes of matter.
