Research Summaries

Modeling microbial interactions in synthetic communities offers insights into environmental processes.

Solving atomic structure and binding for improved antiviral drugs.

Machine learning and artificial intelligence accelerate nanomaterials investigations.

Scientists develop a multimodal imaging approach to study microbe–semiconductor biohybrids at the single-cell to single-molecule level.

New computational methods “fingerprint” polymer motions under flow.

Crystalline nanoribbons synthesized to resonate with infrared light for imaging, sensing, and signaling pass a crucial test.

Experiment at Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s High Flux Isotope Reactor precisely measures the antineutrino energy spectrum.

New tools borrowed from quantum computing will improve the detection of X-rays and gamma-rays.

Scientists discover a mechanism for plant-microbe interactions.

Understanding defects paves the way for longer lifetimes for sodium-ion batteries -- and lower energy storage costs.