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A new technique sets the stage for ultrafast diffraction studies of materials that can’t easily be crystallized.

A new technique for charting the large-scale structure of the universe has received its first experimental demonstration.

Prior to his retirement in 1997, the aerospace industry executive advised five US presidents on science and technology policy. He’s still at it 13 years later.

Sopping up oil with new materials, mapping the subsurface plume, and accelerating biodegradation of the slick are among dozens of time-sensitive research projects receiving grants.

From tiny to gargantuan, experiments are in the works to exploit the shielding from cosmic rays that being deep underground offers.

When it comes to self-assembly of photonic, drug-delivery, and biomimetic materials, big opportunities can be found in small spaces.

A century ago Heike Kamerlinah Onnes set a new standard for physics research laboratories. But careless notebook entries have confused the story of his greatest discovery.

Whether noise is a nuisance or a signal depends on how it’s processed. By cross-correlating noise recorded at two sensors, researchers can retrieve the waves that propagate between them and extract details about the intervening medium.

Structures buffeted by steady winds experience pushes and pulls in the direction perpendicular to the wind flow. If those forces were to organize coherently, the results could be disastrous.