EditorialSila, which replaces graphite with silicon, and packs more ionized atoms into a smaller space, in Alameda, Calif. on Sept. 1, 2021. (Ulysses Ortega/The New York Times)
EditorialEquipment at SunLine Transit Agency that splits water into oxygen and hydrogen atoms in Thousand Palms, Calif., Oct. 15, 2020. (Philip Cheung/The New York Times)
EditorialEquipment at SunLine Transit Agency that splits water into oxygen and hydrogen atoms in Thousand Palms, Calif., Oct. 15, 2020. (Philip Cheung/The New York Times)
EditorialEquipment at SunLine Transit Agency that splits water into oxygen and hydrogen atoms in Thousand Palms, Calif., Oct. 15, 2020. (Philip Cheung/The New York Times)
EditorialThin windows for constructing experimental reaction cells, which allow soft X-ray spectroscopy to measure super-thin materials in various environments, are prepared at Advanced Light Source, in Berkeley, Calif., Nov. 26, 2019. (Anastasiia Sapon/The New York Times)