The award will support the development of new methods that will allow for the manipulation of material systems in real time and the mapping of behavior of these materials with a degree of precision that has not been possible.

Using sediment cores to trace the evolution of Jamaica Bay’s wetlands, a team of researchers found urbanization is weakening the shoreline and starving the marshes of vital mineral sediment, causing their gradual but dramatic erosion.

Scientists have discovered that a North Korean nuclear bomb test last fall set off aftershocks over a period of eight months on a previously unmapped earthquake fault nearby.

The award committee noted that Basov had made "seminal discoveries in quantum material physics through infrared spectroscopy and nano-optics."

A team of environmental scientists found that it is possible to sustainably increase irrigation systems globally so that crop production can feed an additional 2.8 billion people.

The plan reviews the current state of the Hudson River estuary and outlines ways to clean it up and reduce the impacts from development and climate change.

Discovering unexpected resilience in the brain could inform future treatment approaches for patients recuperating from stroke or other brain trauma.