WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – A delicate balance of electrons flowing through the photosynthetic machinery is essential to a plant’s ability to turn sunlight into energy and its survival. Understanding the ...

(PhysOrg.com) -- The quest to develop a so-called room-temperature superconductor – one that exhibits lossless electronic transmission – has long fueled both popular and scientific imagination. At the ...

image: Before and after the attachment of alkaline metals to the surface of iron-based, pniktogen superconductors. (a) Quantity of momentum of electrons (X) and kinetic energy of electrons (Y) before ...

A multi-institutional team has directly observed electron hopping in iron oxide particles, a phenomenon that holds huge significance for a broad range of environment- and energy-related applications.

The researchers: Sébastien Giroud and Meret Aeppli in front of their glovebox. (Courtesy: Meret Aeppli) Life has a way of adapting to challenging environments. While humans – as well as animals and ...

Microbial metabolic activity substantially influences matter and energy flow through the biosphere and drives global biogeochemical cycles 1. Microorganisms have broad metabolic capabilities and can ...