Research Summaries

For more than a century, mysterious electromagnetic waves that occur naturally in the earth’s ionosphere—generally caused by lightning

Advanced tokamaks achieve high-thermal-energy plasmas by injecting beams of hot ions that collide with, and thereby heat, the background plasma.

The trace element selenium is part of the 21st naturally occurring amino acid in the genetic code and a micronutrient of interest in the life

The researchers’ new measurements provided the first beam-spin asymmetry data on exclusive DVCS from helium-4 using a highly polarized

The lithium-sulfur battery has a theoretical energy density much greater than commercial lithium-ion batteries; however, the technology exhibits

To facilitate crop-breeding strategies for making plants more productive on marginal lands and more tolerant of stresses such as drought and low

The water-saving characteristics developed by CAM plants allow for survival in arid climates. Plant species such as orchid, pineapple, and

Given an arbitrary graph or network, it is difficult to know the most efficient way to visit all of the nodes and links. A random walk gets a sense

The remarkable mobility of lithium ions in solids has been a key factor in the development of commercial lithium-ion batteries. A generally

Batteries based on magnesium metal as the negative electrode (anode) promise much higher energy density compared to lithium-ion systems and are, at