The award recognizes Aitbekova's work on catalysts, including a new catalyst that may revolutionize car emission controls.

Their work aims to bridge two approaches to driving the reaction – one powered by heat, the other by electricity – with the goal of discovering more efficient and sustainable ways to convert carbon dioxide into useful products.

Belopolski has made key discoveries about Weyl semimetals and topological magnets, systems in which quantum effects produce new emergent particles with exotic electronic and magnetic properties.

Petroglyphs are carved in a material called rock varnish, the origins of which have been debated for years. Now, scientists argue it’s the result of bacteria and an adaptation that protects them from the desert sun’s harsh rays.

This new understanding could aid the development of more efficient clean energy sources.

The results suggest a possible feedback that could help trap carbon in the ocean’s low-oxygen zones, but the impact on climate change remains unclear.

Scientists at the Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource will study plastics and biologically-motivated processes that break them down in hopes of finding more efficient ways to “upcycle” them.

The annual conference for scientists who conduct research at SLAC’s light sources engaged more than 1,700 researchers in talks, workshops and discussions.

The honor recognizes his research on technologies for removing toxic chemicals from water.

This leap in capability will allow scientists to investigate quantum and chemical systems more directly than ever before.

For decades Z-X Shen has ridden a wave of curiosity about the strange behavior of electrons that can levitate magnets.