Research Summaries

Molybdenum Limits Microbes’ Ability to Remove Harmful Nitrate from Soil

Lipids transfer energy and serve as an inter-kingdom communication tool in leaf-cutter ants’ fungal gardens.

A material with a disordered rock salt structure could help make batteries safer, faster-charging, and able to store more energy.

DIII-D researchers create barriers to separate core heat from the cooler edge of a tokamak

Scientists get a molecular look at how plants and bacteria interact, with insights for agriculture.

Two important factors help determine how much sunlight soot absorbs.

A new data pipeline identifies metabolites following heavy isotope labeling.

A new machine learning system diagnoses particle accelerator component issues in real-time.

Scientists start studying the structure of exotic hadrons by looking how they interact with nearby particles.

A result 20 years in the making: Most precise measurement yet of the lifetime of the charge-neutral pion that keeps protons and neutrons together.