![puO2_molecule-large.jpg Elementary molecular model of Plutonium Dioxide.](/-/media/bes/images/highlights/2012/10/puO2_molecule-large.jpg?h=764&w=850&la=en&hash=789DF67DF5E49E1964C18DE5D6C9A37FFC070F6DECFB10EC38FA8E824246BCC8)
A Major Advance in Understanding Plutonium
Observation of a plutonium nuclear magnetic resonance ends 50-year search and provides a key to deciphering its complex properties.
Observation of a plutonium nuclear magnetic resonance ends 50-year search and provides a key to deciphering its complex properties.
Adding an oxide sieve, a layer containing nanocavities, to a catalyst surface makes the catalyst selective for specific reactions and increases efficiencies for chemical processes.
Rapid creation of carbon-fluorine bonds may lead to improved production of drugs, agrochemicals and positron emission tomography (PET) tracers.
New theory describes light management in thin-film solar cells.
A step closer to an artificial system using sunlight to produce hydrogen from water
New design significantly increases the lifetime and reduces the platinum content in electrocatalysts needed for advanced fuel cells for automotive applications.
Squeezing creates new class of material built from clusters of carbon atoms.
New microscopy method opens the door to understanding atomic-scale variations in chemistry and improved materials performance in solid oxide fuel cells.
Nanoscale features in rocks enable more carbon dioxide to be trapped as a solid carbonate material underground.
High-efficiency compound semiconductor solar cells can now be printed on flexible, plastics.
Chemistry provides a route to selective binding and extraction of radioactive cesium.
Enzymes originating from marine sponges were intentionally altered to create a new enzyme that can make semiconductors in artificial cells.