Laboratory Highlights

The Fusion Recurrent Neural Network reliably forecasts disruptive and destructive events in tokamaks.

Insight about energy flow in copper-based material could aid in creating efficient molecular electronics.

Design principles lead to a catalyst that splits water in a low pH environment, vital for generating solar fuels.

First measurements of heat flux in plasmas experientially sheds light on models relying on classical thermal transport.

The spin direction of protons was reversed, for the first time, using a nine-magnet device, potentially helping tease out details about protons.

Since the 1980s, scientists have known that quark and antiquark spins within a proton account for, at best, a quarter of the overall proton spin.

A precision measurement of the proton’s weak charge narrows the search for new physics.

A re-analysis of data suggests that proton-neutron pairs in a nucleus may explain why their quarks have lower average momenta than predicted.

With user facilities, researchers devise novel battery chemistries to help make fluoride batteries a reality.

Inside every proton in every atom in the universe is a pressure cooker environment that surpasses the atom-crushing heart of a neutron star. That

Storing extremely slow neutrons in a novel trap enables precise measurement of a basic property of particle physics.

Insights into how nature converts carbon dioxide into sugar could help scientists develop crops that produce fuels and other products.

Scientists observe and control molecular and atomic dynamics at the fastest timescales to date.

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

Even a single species of bacteria can positively affect soils and plants, improving and even enabling agriculture in semi-arid areas.

First-of-a-kind study advances understanding of microbial and viral communities involved in biomass breakdown.

Scientists reveal the importance of an amino acid that supplies energy and protection for microbial communities deep underground.

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.

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.