Research Summaries

Photon-deuteron collisions offer insight into the gluons that bind the building blocks of matter—and what it takes to break protons and neutrons apart.

Discovery of a short-lived state could lead to faster and more energy-efficient computing devices.

Scientists map atomic-level changes in the components of a running internal combustion engine using neutron techniques.

Varieties of switchgrass with different numbers of genome copies use different strategies in adapting to changes in climate and location.

Ultrafast electrons shed light on the web of hydrogen bonds that gives water its strange properties, vital for many chemical and biological processes.

Comparative genomics reveals physical differences in how a stress hormone regulates growth in plants that can survive extreme environmental conditions.

Measuring the shape of intense bursts of terahertz light paves the way for future accelerator technologies.

Monitoring data find that small spatial differences in snow cover, vegetation, and other factors shape how permafrost thaws.

The first report of room temperature ferroelectricity in bulk hafnia could extend Moore’s Law for data storage.

The rhizosphere-on-a-chip offers an easier way to study a plant’s influence underground.