Cyberforce competitors and support staff from the 2018 event at Berkeley Lab. (credit: Paul Mueller) Five teams of college students will square off at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) on Nov. 16 as …
This image shows the profile of an electron beam at Berkeley Lab’s Advanced Light Source synchrotron, represented as pixels measured by a charged coupled device (CCD) sensor. When stabilized by a machine-learning algorithm, the beam has a horizontal size …
Staff Scientist Brett Helms (right) and Miranda Baran (graduate student researcher) of Berkeley Lab’s Molecular Foundry have developed AquaPIM, an affordable alternative to state-of-the-art battery membranes for flow batteries. (Credit: Marilyn Sargent/ …
Ronald Zuckermann (left) and Michael Connolly hold a model of a protein in a beta sheet arrangement. Aggregates of proteins misfolded into this shape are the disease-causing agents in numerous fatal neurodegenerative diseases. The team’s peptoid-coated …
The latest edition of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory’s (Berkeley Lab’s) annual Tracking the Sun report finds that prices for distributed solar power systems continued to fall in 2018, that industry practices continued to evolve, and that systems are …
This news release is adapted from a release by UC Davis. A new study by Berkeley Lab and UC Davis finds 85% of California classrooms did not have sufficient ventilation. (Credit: iStock) Roughly 85% of recently installed HVAC systems in K-12 classrooms …
By Jessica Scully Researchers use electron microscopy to produce high-resolution images at the atomic scale of everything from composite nanomaterials to single proteins. The technology provides invaluable information on the texture, chemistry, and …
(Top figure) Selected electron beam diffraction patterns that were used to form the molecular structure shown at the bottom. (Bottom figure) 4D-STEM map traces the molecular structure of a small-molecule thin film. (Credit: Colin Ophus/Berkeley Lab) We can …
Berkeley Lab researcher Sherry Li (Credit: Roy Kaltschmidt/Berkeley Lab) Urban traffic roughly follows a periodic pattern associated with the typical “9 to 5” work schedule. However, when an accident happens, traffic patterns are disrupted. Designing …
Illustration of sulfur dioxide captured within the MFM-170 material, as revealed by experiments at Berkeley Lab’s Advanced Light Source. (Credit: Gemma Smith/Manchester University) An international team has developed a robust material that can selectively …
(Credit: Shutterstock/sarsmis) The gut microbiome undergoes rapid and dramatic changes in species composition and gene expression when the host switches between eating cooked or raw vegetables, according to a team of scientists led by UC San Francisco and …
Comparison of high-resolution x-ray crystallography results (gray) with Foldit player-designed protein models (rainbow). Cross sections show detailed comparisons of the core sidechains. (Credit: Foldit, Advanced Light Source) The unique ways in which …
Quentin Riffard works on wiring for the Xenon Breakdown Apparatus (XeBrA), a detector that is designed to study how high voltages affect noble liquids relevant to dark matter searches. (Credit: XeBrA Collaboration) Quentin Riffard, a project scientist for …
Cutting-edge technologies from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) to detect radiation, make buildings more energy efficient, and accelerate neuroscience research were honored with R&D 100 Awards by R&D World magazine. Also …
This video chronicles the move of the LUX-ZEPLIN central detector, known as the time projection chamber, nearly a mile underground to the research cavern where it will be used to hunt for dark matter. (Credit: Matthew Kapust, Erin Broberg, and Nick Hubbard …
This video highlights the components and statistics that make DESI, the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument, unique. Installed on the Mayall Telescope at Kitt Peak National Observatory near Tucson, Arizona, DESI brings high-speed automation to its galaxy- …
In California and other U.S. western states, wildfires have become more frequent and intense, adversely impacting air quality and human health. Smoke from wildfires contains many toxins and irritants, including particles smaller than 2.5 microns in …
Illustration of a 3D cobalt-oxide nanoparticle growing into a 2D nanosheet. (Credit: Haimei Zheng/Berkeley Lab) Ever since its discovery in 2004, graphene – an atomically thin material with amazing strength and electrical properties – has inspired …
Feature Story By Jessica Scully • October 24, 2019 Many of the systems that provide services or products we use daily, such as the electrical grid, oil and gas pipelines, vehicles, and manufacturing plants, are examples of cyberphysical systems – systems …
By Jessica Scully Researchers at Berkeley Lab are using high-performance computing systems to better predict how structures will respond to an earthquake along one of the Bay Area’s most dangerous faults. Berkeley Lab researcher David McCallen David …
