Research Summaries

Newly implemented techniques expand scientific understanding of isotopes whose nuclei have the “magic numbers” of protons and neutrons.

Nuclear theorists explore the properties of dense neutron matter to get at the core of neutron stars.

A technique that suppresses damaging instabilities also improves the exhaust of helium ‘ash’ in the DIII-D tokamak, improving conditions for fusion.

Novel Convolutional Neural Network combined with advanced microscopy offers a path to automated and reliable radiation defect analysis.

New lens could generate an ion beam that is both small and fast.

Research identifies microbiome traits that might be harnessed to improve global carbon models and or help increase carbon storage in soil.

A novel paradigm for pushing energy in a particle accelerator method could dramatically shrink future accelerators.

A new supply of a critical radioisotope advances personalized medicine.

Insight into charge generation induced by light could enable the design of better photocatalysts made from nanomaterials.

Controlling the knotting of molecular chains offers new ties from polymer fluids to industrial applications.