The May 15 lunar eclipse in North America has a list of selling points that skywatchers won’t see repeated for 28 years: almost an hour and half of “totality” at both a favorable hour of the evening and an ideal point in the moon’s orbit when it appears larger than normal.

Nestled 30 feet underground in Menlo Park, California, a half-mile-long stretch of tunnel is now colder than most of the universe. It houses a new superconducting particle accelerator, part of an upgrade project to the Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS) X-ray free-electron laser at the Department of Energy’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory.

Scientists have created a drug for the prevention and treatment of complications of diabetes. It is unique, because there are currently no drugs with a similar mechanism of action - blocking the main pathways for the development and progression of late complications of diabetes mellitus.

The composition of wood chemicals is very complex, which complicates their extraction and further application.

Over decades of ups and downs, the hard work of University of Cincinnati alumnus John Drach paid off when the FDA approved a new drug he helped develop to treat cytomegalovirus.

When Redding resident Brianne Jacobsen was 20 weeks pregnant, her ultrasound revealed that her unborn child’s internal organs were sticking outside of her belly button. The birth defect, known as an omphalocele, occurs in approximately one out of every 5,000 births.

Over the past decade, just as the invention of the silicon microchip revolutionized electronics, crystalline minerals called perovskites have helped researchers discover new, innovative electronics and energy technologies. Now, at Idaho National Laboratory, researchers are using perovskites for different energy applications: converting fuel into electricity or producing valuable chemicals such as ethylene, hydrogen or ammonia.

From simulating climate to creating more fuel-efficient vehicles, Argonne is home to many teams that tackle different aspects of climate change. Here are a few of those innovators.

Inspired by his grandfather and childhood experiences, Asst Prof Yasunori Saheki conducts research to understand how proteins regulate lipid metabolism to control nervous system function.

A new type of chemical heat storage system has now been invented at that can store large amounts of energy for a virtually unlimited period of time. Heat is used to trigger a chemical reaction. This produces energy-rich chemical compounds that can be stored for months without any loss of energy. When needed, the chemical reaction can be reversed and the energy released again.