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The Exxon Valdez, Deepwater Horizon, and other events highlight the devastating effects of uncontrolled releases of petroleum into oceans and other

Inside an individual carbon nanotube, electrons, phonons and excitons can travel in only one dimension. This property enables the tube to have

Scientists demonstrated a self-assembly approach to fabricating nanoscale metamaterials that are built on vertically aligned conducting metallic

The various classes of chelators discovered and developed in the course of this fundamental research serve as tools that act, on the molecular

Identifying the correct mechanism of a reaction can still be one of the toughest tasks facing chemists. For example, when designing a catalyst,

Recent studies showed that the NASA Global Institute for Space Studies GCM produced upper tropospheric ice water contents that exceeded an

Using observational data, scientists derived three-hour averages of surface infrared cloud radiative effect (CRE; a measure of cloud insulating

Using integrated hydrologic simulations that couple vegetation and land energy processes with surface and subsurface hydrology, the researchers

The improvement in coil shapes was achieved by asking a somewhat different mathematical question compared to the question asked previously. In the

Tokamak disruptions are large magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) instabilities that can occur, for example, if there is a rare and unforeseen failure in the

New measurements and simulations of plasma rotation in DIII-D National Fusion Facility, a U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science user facility

The ability to correlate the 3D arrangements of atoms and defects with a material’s properties and functionality is vital in designing new

The next generation of microelectronics will only be realized by finding ways to continue to reduce the size of a transistor. Since the

Graphene’s remarkable electronic properties have fueled the vision of developing graphene-based devices to enable lighter, faster and smarter

This research has developed new techniques for in situ measurements of the growth of solid-electrolyte interphase (SEI) layers on silicon

Microbes heavily influence the planet’s cycles, but only a fraction have been identified. Characterizing the abundant but largely unknown

Providing high-quality, publicly accessible sequence data goes hand-in-hand with developing and maintaining the databases and tools that the

Several decades of research have demonstrated the importance of bacterial methanotrophs in carbon cycling processes of lakes, wetlands, and a

When an electron, which is negatively charged, travels through the atomic lattice, just like the attraction between opposite ends of a magnet, the

Wood-decomposing fungi are essential players in breaking down plant biomass in forest ecosystems and could provide important clues on how to more

When a material undergoes a phase change, its atomic structure is re-oriented, and many fundamental material properties can be altered including

Hydraulic fracturing uses high-pressure injection of fresh water and chemical additives deep into the earth to generate extensive fractures in the

Most drugs currently approved for humans are either large proteins or small molecules. Between these two size categories are peptides. Peptides are

Soil is the largest terrestrial carbon reservoir and may influence the sign and magnitude of carbon cycle–climate feedbacks. Many Earth

Oxygen minimum zones are widespread areas in the ocean. In these zones, oxygen is depleted due to the metabolic activity of microbes. Rising