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Scientists Gain New Insights into How Mass Is Distributed in Hadrons Nuclear theorists reveal mass distribution within the pion and the proton from first principle numerical calculations.
Probing Neutron Star Crusts with Artificial Neural Networks Scientists find evidence of superfluidity in low-density neutron matter by using highly flexible neural-network representations of quantum wave functions.
Researchers Obtain the First High-Precision Mass Measurement of Aluminum-22 The Facility for Rare Isotope Beams enables a high-precision mass measurement at the edge of the nuclear chart.
For Heating Plasma in Fusion Devices, Researchers Unravel How Electrons Respond to Neutral Beam Injection Study finds that neutral beam performance can be experimentally deduced from electron temperature evolution during neutral beam injection.

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The first measurement of ion temperature in magnetic islands identified a steep gradient, providing insights for improving plasma confinement in tokamaks.

In a Fusion Device Plasma, a Steep Ion Temperature Gradient Slows the Growth of Magnetic Islands

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A gas-phase X-Ray scattering experiment captures cyclopentadiene rapidly transforming into the strained bicyclo[2.1.0]pentene. This structure change is triggered by a pump pulse (blue) and detected through X-ray scattering (yellow).

Carbon Rings Under Stress

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A petri plate with bacterial colonies.

Researchers Use Vitamins to Decode Complex Interactions in the Soil Microbiome

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A metallic line atop a medium biased at the edge of chaos can provide effective negative resistance for time-varying signals, outputting a larger signal compared to its input. The energy for amplification comes from the static bias applied to the medium.

The “Edge of Chaos” Amplifies Signals Without Transistors

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3D-printed metal samples are about 4 inches wide. Printed and heat-treated samples are mounted on a pedestal and exposed to a neutron beam to analyze residual stresses, or irregularities such as cracks or voids, created during the manufacturing process.

Neutrons Help Improve 3D-Printed Superalloys for Applications in Extreme Environments

Neutron experiments revealed microscopic details about a special 3D-printed superalloy that could potentially reduce component costs.

Artist’s representation of camelina seeds with contrasting seed coat colors and oil amounts. Disruption of the TT8 gene in camelina changed the regular brown seed color to light yellow and enhanced oil accumulation.

Engineered Yellow-Seeded Camelina Packs More Oil

Scientists use gene editing to create a yellow-seeded camelina that may boost oil yield.

Researchers have long thought pure niobium superconducting radiofrequency cavities were best for particle accelerators. Researchers are now using a toolkit to learn how to add impurities to the cavities to make them smoother—and more efficient.

Smoother Surfaces Make for Better Particle Accelerators

An enhanced topographic analysis toolkit for forecasting and improving particle accelerator performance is helping scientists build better accelerators.

Researchers have long thought pure niobium superconducting radiofrequency cavities were best for particle accelerators. Researchers are now using a toolkit to learn how to add impurities to the cavities to make them smoother—and more efficient.

Smoother Surfaces Make for Better Particle Accelerators

An enhanced topographic analysis toolkit for forecasting and improving particle accelerator performance is helping scientists build better accelerators.

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Wavefunction matching replaces the short distance part of the two-body wavefunction for a realistic interaction with that of a simple easily computable interaction. The result is a new interaction that can be handled in quantum many-body calculations.

Making Difficult Quantum Many-Body Calculations Possible

Four layers of a surface-conducting material (Bi2Te3) between two single layers of a magnetic insulator (MnBi2Te4). This structure creates the conditions to align the manganese spins (red arrows) and support a zero-resistance, spin-polarized current.

Could a Magnetic Sandwich Make Your Electronic Devices Work More Efficiently?

Highly porous MOFs can trap toxic gas molecules and prevent them from entering the atmosphere and can also be used to build sensors. This illustration shows the material’s normal luminescence (left) switched off in the presence of harmful gases (right).

Lying in Wait: MOF Are Traps for Toxic Gases

(A) The ultra-intense X-ray beams delivered by the unique superconducting helical undulator. (B) Ultrafast multi-pulse X-ray images. (C) Analysis of a region of interest. (D) A high-resolution velocity map of the near-nozzle spray.

Tiny Cavitation Bubbles Enhance Energy Conversion in Fuel Injectors’ Jets

Illustration of electron transfer driven by an ultrashort laser pulse across an interface between two atomically thin materials. An electronic interlayer “bridge” state emitting lattice vibrations in the layers facilitates this electron transfer.

New Mechanism Explains Rapid Energy Sharing Across Atomic Semiconductor Junctions

Schematic of a plasma wakefield accelerator using optical laser beams and electron driver, escort, and witness beams for generating bright, coherent X-ray laser beams with attosecond duration and sub-Angstrom wavelength.

Ice-Cold Plasma Electron Beams Prepare to Power Future Hard X-ray Laser Beams

This image shows a snapshot of the order parameter in a fluctuating quark gluon liquid. Green regions are in the quark gluon phase, blue regions in the hadron phase.

Simulating a Critical Point in Quark Gluon Fluid

A simulation of a rapidly accreting white dwarf showing a proposed site for the intermediate (i) process and the Summing NaI (SuN) detector. The research studied the 139Ba+n reaction, constrained by the beta decay of 140Cs into 140Ba.

Nuclear Physics Experiment Helps Identify Conditions for a New Astrophysical Process

Team members pose in the clean room (left). Thermal image of the 10.4 kW uranium-238 beam on the target (top right). Three never-before-seen isotopes, shown to the right of the red line on the particle identification plot (bottom right).

Scientists Accelerate Uranium Beam with Record Power

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