BES Highlights

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The transition state is where reactants become products in a chemical reaction. Defined as the highest energy point on the minimum energy path
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New capabilities at x-ray free-electron lasers (XFELs), such as the Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS) at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory,
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Second-generation bioethanol is derived from cellulose-based feedstocks. Production of such bioethanol is expected to grow significantly worldwide
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Enzymes that contain metal ions—that is, metalloenzymes—possess the reactivity of a transition metal center and the molecular evolution
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For semi-rigid molecules at low energies, the well-established normal mode approximation gives a basic understanding of molecular vibrations and
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Modern x-ray free-electron lasers use high-energy electrons to produce intense x-ray pulses to study the structure and behavior of matter. However,
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One of the leading methods for creating qubits involves exploiting specific structural atomic defects in diamonds. Using diamonds is both