Research Summaries

New results could significantly improve resonance ionization mass spectrometry ultra-trace analysis of plutonium isotopes.

Particles choose partners for short-range correlations differently when farther apart in light nuclei versus when packed closer together in heavy nuclei.

Researchers use CRISPR to engineer a bacteriophage to deliver DNA into targeted members of microbial communities for precise genome editing.

The results of parity-violating electron scattering experiments PREX and CREX suggest a disagreement with global nuclear models.

Roughening of fusion reactor wall surfaces over time may significantly reduce erosion rate predictions

Scientists analyzed detonation formation in hydrogen/methane air mixtures, quantifying the effect of non-thermal reactions on the mechanism of detonation.

New article describes how to extract and analyze genomes from microbiomes using the Department of Energy Systems Biology Knowledgebase

New improvements to an open-source platform streamline enzyme engineering.

Even microbes that can’t break down a plentiful food source can still be successful by interacting with fellow community members.

A novel experiment sheds new light on a possible mechanism that may seed magnetic fields for the galactic dynamo.