Research Summaries

Quantum ghost imaging of live plants at light levels lower than starlight gives new perspectives on plant processes.

Ultrafast electron imaging captures never-before-seen nuclear motions in hydrocarbon molecules excited by light.

New theory-based approach gives access to quarks’ tiny transverse motion within protons.

Ultrafast X-ray experiments provide direct evidence that interaction of light with a hydrocarbon molecule produces strained molecular rings.

Nutrients related to vitamin B12 influence microbial growth and reshape soil microbiomes.

New lattice simulations compute the spin and density correlations in neutron matter that affect neutrino heating during core-collapse supernovae.

Copper catalysts play an unexpected oxidizing role during unassisted photocatalysis when coupled with plasmonic light absorbers.

The Facility for Rare Isotope Beams enables a high-precision mass measurement at the edge of the nuclear chart.

A comparison of throughput measurements and analytical capacity estimates for quantum networks finds surprising patterns.

Ultrafast electron diffraction imaging reveals atomic rearrangements long suspected to be crucial in the photochemistry of bromoform.