Drawn into a Whirlpool: A New Way to Stop Dangerous Fast Electrons in a Fusion Device
A new phenomena forms vortices that trap particles, impeding electron avalanches that harm fusion reactors.
A new phenomena forms vortices that trap particles, impeding electron avalanches that harm fusion reactors.
Unexpected molecular interactions involving water clusters have a subtle, yet profound, effect on extractants picking their targets.
The bacteria from cows and other ruminants’ digestive systems could provide insights for converting corn stover and other biomass into fuels.
Advances in biochemistry and catalysis could lead to faster, greener nitrogen-rich fertilizer.
A new platform melding microfluidics and robotics allows more in-depth bioanalysis with fewer cells than ever before.
How microbial communities adjust to nutrient-poor soils at the genomic and proteomic level gives scientists insights into land use.
A combined experimental and modeling approach contributes to understanding small proteins with potential use in industrial, therapeutic applications.
Analyses reveal how a microbe breaks down lignin, providing a better understanding useful to making biofuels.
Analyses of natural communities forming soil crusts agree with laboratory studies of isolated microbe-metabolite relationships.
New, easily prepared starting material opens access to learning more about a difficult-to-control element in nuclear waste.
Scientists revise understanding of the limits of bonding for very electron-rich heavy elements.
Measuring the physical properties of water at previously unexplored temperatures offers insights into one of the world’s essential liquids.