BES Highlights

Scientists discovered how iron atoms continually re-arrange on surfaces, offering insights into metal corrosion and soil remediation.

Detailed 3D images show how nanoparticles change in reactions that purify contaminated water or power recyclable geochemical batteries.

Researchers offer insights into how a key piece of photosynthetic machinery changed over 3 billion years.

Researchers demystify how the nitrogenase enzyme breaks bonds to learn a better way to make ammonia.

The symmetrical light-gathering, energy-producing complex offers insights into how modern photosystems evolved.

An atomic view of how toxic uranium binds to iron minerals in the environment enables better predictions of its behavior.

Three types of water molecules form around a platinum-based ion, offering insights for waste processing and metal refining.

Scientists show metabolic tradeoffs result from a specific change to the grow-defend balance.

Research offers details on the chemistry of the trihydrogen ion.

Adding glucose to a green microalga culture induces accumulation of fatty acids and other valuable bioproducts.

Elegant theory shows how water helps separate ions involved in material synthesis and manufacturing.

Review highlights insights into coherence, which could help overcome roadblocks in next-generation energy systems.

Exploiting a strain-engineering approach could provide nanoscale light sources with a nonfluctuating emission wavelength.

Ions at the edge of water, exposed to air, don’t separate like they do when surrounded by water, offering insights for desalination and corrosion.

Researchers link root water uptake to root traits and assess (poor) performance of common models.

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

Two most abundant elements in the universe, hydrogen & helium, were previously thought to be impossible to measure by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy

The 3.7-billion-year-old structures were considered the first evidence for life on the planet; new evidence suggests differently.

Scientists use implanted silicon ions & electricity to increase the spin time of quantum bits, moving closer to the tech needed for quantum networks.

Molybdenum-based complex harvests light to make inert nitrogen gas reactive to potentially become part of fertilizer.

Optimized oxides made from common metals use less energy and show the potential of new design approach.

Scientists catch details with atomic resolution, potentially helping design systems to use sunlight and water to produce fuels.

Far from being a mere spectator, solvents can play a larger role in chemical reactions, likely including those used in energy storage and biology.

Scientists determine the accuracy of computational methods used to study the sulfate radical approach to purifying water.

Particle crowding interferes with moving energy efficiently along promising molecular chains.