New technique reveals direct experimental evidence of strong coupling between electron motion and deformations in atomic arrangements that affect the flow of current

Scientists use 3D visualization to map striking and transformative nanoscale surface structures

Images reveal battery materials' chemical reactions in 5 dimensions—3-D space plus time and energy

Model identifies fluctuations in the glue-like particles that bind quarks within protons as essential to explaining experimental data on proton structure

Fundamental enzyme study leads to increased access to bioenergy feedstocks and improves ethanol yield by modifying plant cell wall structures

New analysis approach brings two unique atomic structures into focus

The prediction was that "Cooper pairs" of electrons in a superconductor could exist in two possible states

Probing the 'color' interactions among quarks tests a theoretical concept of nature's strongest force to pave a way toward mapping protons' 3-D internal structure

Brookhaven-designed accelerator has the potential to increase cure rates in cancer treatment while minimizing radiation dose and damage to healthy tissue.

High-resolution structural details of cells' DNA-replicating proteins offer new insight into how these molecular machines function

Controlling surface chemistry could lead to higher-capacity, faster-charging batteries for electronics, vehicles, and energy-storage applications

Computer scientist probes how metal nanoparticles supercharge sunlight's water-splitting feat

Scientists decipher details of deadly toxin's cloaking mechanism that could guide development of new vaccines, treatments

First ever measurement of antiproton interactions that make possible the existence of antimatter nuclei

First results from collisions of three-particle ions with gold nuclei reveal clear-cut evidence of primordial soup's signature particle flow