Simultaneous measurements of x-rays and gamma rays emitted in radioactive nuclear decays show that the vacancy left by an electron’s departure, not the atomic structure, influences whether gamma rays are released.
Seven-year study explains how packets of light are exchanged when protons meet electrons.
The newly upgraded CEBAF Accelerator opens door to strong force studies.
Scientists create widely controllable ultrathin optical components that allow virtual objects to be projected in real environments.
New materials could turn water into the fuel of the future.
Confined within tiny carbon nanotubes, extremely cold water molecules line up in a highly ordered chain.
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.
Big impacts on crystal formation result from small changes and reveal design principles for new materials for solar cells, more.
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.
Switchgrass cultivated during a year of severe drought inhibited microbial fermentation and resulting biofuel production.
