Research Summaries

Advanced techniques reveal how defects in nanoscale crystals affect how solar photovoltaics perform.

A new room-temperature superconductor could spark a revolution.

Harnessing the intensity of a terahertz laser pulse brings the resolution of electron scattering closer to the scale of electron and proton motion.

Development of new particle accelerator components can make this niche research technology practical for industrial and medical applications.

Crystals grown from layers of atoms arrange themselves on semiconductor surfaces to add new capabilities.

Neutron scattering and isotopic substitution techniques reveal how to block vibrations that could leak heat from a photovoltaic cell.

New in vitro platform prototypes and rapidly optimizes synthetic enzymes for cellular design.

A new analysis provides a clearer picture of the universe by considering the yield of fast particles in grazing versus head-on nuclear collisions.

Transport effects raise the density in the plasma core.

Neutron scattering reveals a new way for magnetic oscillations to stick together.