The discovery and development of electrode materials promise superior energy or power
density. However, good performance is typically achieved only in ultrathin electrodes with …

Despite increased concerns regarding the heavy reliance of many cropping systems on
chemical weed control, adoption of ecological weed management practices is only steadily …

Energy devices such as rechargeable batteries, fuel cells, and solar cells are central to
powering a renewable, mobile, and electrified future. To advance these devices requires a …

The fundamental kinetics of the electrocatalytic sulfur reduction reaction (SRR), a complex
16-electron conversion process in lithium–sulfur batteries, is so far insufficiently explored …

The past two decades have seen transformative advances in cosmology and string theory.
Observations of the cosmic microwave background have revealed strong evidence for …

We summarize the utility of precise cosmic microwave background (CMB) polarization
measurements as probes of the physics of inflation. We focus on the prospects for using …

In a series of five lectures I review inflationary cosmology. I begin with a description of the
initial conditions problems of the Friedmann-Robertson-Walker (FRW) cosmology and then …

The universe is smooth on large scales but very inhomogeneous on small scales. Why is the
spacetime on large scales modeled to a good approximation by the Friedmann equations …

We derive the complete spectrum of gravitational waves induced by primordial scalar
perturbations ranging over all observable wavelengths. This scalar-induced contribution can …

In analogy to natural enzymes, an elaborated design of catalytic systems with a specifically
tailored local chemical environment could substantially improve reaction kinetics, effectively …