New model provides more accurate estimates of how fast microbes produce a mercury-based neurotoxin.
Ultrafine aerosol particles produce bigger storm clouds and more precipitation than larger aerosols in pristine conditions.
Scientists explore how drought-tolerant plants communicate to nearby microorganisms, suggesting ways to engineer more resilient bioenergy crops.
Scientists devise new approach that gathers data on the interplay between permafrost, soil, and vegetation.
Distortion of water droplet surface may increase the likelihood of the droplet freezing.
A new modeling framework helps understand the consequences of future sea-ice loss in the Arctic.
Researchers discover how certain bacteria may safeguard plant growth during a drought, making way for strategies to improve crop productivity.
The mechanism responsible for creating intense magnetic fields in laser-driven plasmas also helps tear the fields apart.
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.
New method takes a snapshot every millisecond of groups of light-scattering particles, showing what happens during industrially relevant reactions.
The bacteria from cows and other ruminants’ digestive systems could provide insights for converting corn stover and other biomass into fuels.
