Research Summaries

Researchers find gusty winds increase surface evaporation that drives summer rainstorms in the Tropical West Pacific.

Nutrients increasingly moving to the deep ocean with strong climate warming could lead to drastic drops in surface ocean life and fishery yields.

New method produces high-purity zirconium-89, a diagnostic radionuclide used to image cancerous tumors.

Yes. Such condensates, analogous to those in carbon-12, in heavier nuclei could change how we describe certain elements.

Scientists tame damaging edge instabilities in steady-state conditions required in a fusion reactor.

A novel experimental geometry at the Linac Coherent Light Source reveals how silicon responds to shocks similar to those in a planet's core.

Spectroscopic measurements reveal that main ions flow much faster than impurities at the edge of fusion-relevant plasmas.

Surprisingly, a magnetic island does not necessarily perturb the plasma current in a dangerous way and destroy fusion performance.

Scientists discover why solar flares produce X-rays; a few electrons avoid collisions and accelerate to produce a microsecond burst.

Researchers modeled design concepts for innovative, opposed-piston engine on Titan supercomputer.