Research Summaries

The subterranean world hosts up to one fifth of all biomass, including microbial communities that drive transformations central to Earth’s

Rechargeable lithium-ion batteries are common in portable electronics and in today’s plug-in hybrid electric vehicles. One of the most

Foraminifera are a group of marine protozoans with a fossil record that extends back to the earliest Cambrian period, offering one of the most

Gold is highly stable and has other attractive features suitable for various industrial and medical applications, but controlling the size and

Moisture conditions in soil affect the respiration rate of heterotrophic microbes. A heterotrophic organism obtains its food and energy by taking

Scientists developed a new ultra-rapid consolidation process called “flash spark plasma sintering.” The process stabilizes the thermal

Typically, exposure of a material to energetic particles, such as ions or neutrons, creates many defects that result in damage to the structure.

Rare earth elements are crucial materials in many consumer products, such as electronics and automobiles. These elements currently have a

Scientists understand the macroscopic behavior of the interaction between water and acid, yet the microscopic behavior and the specific structures

In the world of semiconductors, impurities and defects can be a good thing. They modify the properties of materials such as silicon, and scientists