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This discovery could lead to low-cost, non-toxic, biological components for light-weight electronics.
Cutting-edge experiment with a beam of radioactive barium ions provides direct evidence of nuclear pear-shape deformation.
New data that "wimpy" gluons, the glue-like particles that bind quarks within protons, have a big impact on proton spin.
Cutting-edge simulations provide an explanation for a mystery over half a century old.
New element 117 and its decay products establish the existence of long-sought Island of Stability.
Computer algorithm recovers histories and dynamics on timescales much faster than uncertainties inherent in experimental data.
A new approach to investigating green fluorescent protein provides a vital tool for unraveling molecular-level details of processes important in biology and light harvesting for energy use.
Molecular movements triggered by light redirect the flow of energy through photosynthetic cells to protect them from sun damage.
Hollow shape-selected platinum nanocages represent a new class of highly active catalysts.
The world’s fastest images of nitrogen molecules rotating in a gas were captured using electron diffraction.
Scientists synthesize what could be a low-cost, earth-abundant material that splits water to make hydrogen fuel.
Boundaries between crystalline grains - usually detrimental - can also boost charge collection in hybrid solar cells.
