Research Summaries

New capabilities at x-ray free-electron lasers (XFELs), such as the Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS) at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory,

Controlled thermonuclear fusion is the process of fusing light elements into heavier elements to release energy for non-weapons applications.

The interactions of electrons and the atoms they reside in are important for a range of phenomena, from fundamental electron and spin transport, to

Second-generation bioethanol is derived from cellulose-based feedstocks. Production of such bioethanol is expected to grow significantly worldwide

Enzymes that contain metal ions—that is, metalloenzymes—possess the reactivity of a transition metal center and the molecular evolution

For semi-rigid molecules at low energies, the well-established normal mode approximation gives a basic understanding of molecular vibrations and

Modern x-ray free-electron lasers use high-energy electrons to produce intense x-ray pulses to study the structure and behavior of matter. However,

One of the leading methods for creating qubits involves exploiting specific structural atomic defects in diamonds. Using diamonds is both

Microbes such as fungi and bacteria produce enzymes, called glycoside hydrolases, to acquire nutrients through the degradation of cellulose&mdash

Two genes, hgcA and hgcB, are essential for microbial mercury methylation. Detecting and estimating their abundance in microbes