Research Summaries

Assessing the genomes of soil bacteria around the globe, researchers identified three dominant life strategies linked to different types of soil.

Scientists in nuclear physics, astrophysics, energy, national security, and medicine use a source of recommended nuclear data to advance their research.

Scientists test a novel design for superconducting switches in magnetic fields.

In a warmer world, microbes in drought-stricken soils convert less carbon to carbon dioxide and more to volatile intermediates.

The floating block method provides the tools to compute how quantum states overlap and how to build fast and accurate emulators of those systems.

A new experimental measure of Helium-4’s transition from its ground energy state to an excited state closes an apparent gap with theoretical predictions.

Opposing teams of water-loving and oil-loving molecules separate metals called lanthanides that are important in developing clean energy technologies.

Finite geometry reveals fundamental properties of charged quantum systems.

Researchers design ultra-low radiation cables to reduce background noise for highly sensitive nuclear decay and dark matter detectors.

Microorganisms and their metabolisms help silica to mineralize near deep ocean methane seeps.