Mercury is extraordinarily toxic, but it becomes especially dangerous when transformed into methylmercury—a form so harmful ...

Coelacanths are strange fish that are currently only known from two species found along the East African coast and in ...

The accomplishment makes use of advancements in synchrotron X-ray light sources, a form of X-ray generated by a particle ...

Chickpeas, lentils, beans and peas are a fast-growing food market, with new uses going well beyond bean salads and ...

ORNL researchers investigate failure mechanisms in solid-state batteries, enhancing performance and longevity for sodium-ion ...

Meet NSLS-II Vacuum Group Leader Robert Todd and learn about the crucial role high-tech vacuum systems play in maintaining ...

Bottom-up nanofabrication is a promising approach for creating complex 3D materials by self-assembling functional ...

In a paper published in National Science Review, a collaborative team of scientists report the development of a ...

The first 3D images of a whole human thymus have been created using a specialized X-ray technique by researchers from UCL and the Francis Crick Institute.

When Keith Hodgson first arrived at Stanford University in the fall of 1973, he did not know much about synchrotron radiation ...

Distant galaxies and clusters can be detected by the X-rays they emit. Imaging in the water window has traditionally relied on large synchrotron radiation sources. Now, a tabletop tunable X-ray ...