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Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Press Releases

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Published on July 16, 2019 - 15:32 GMT

Some Assembly Required: Scientists Piece Together the Largest U.S.-Based Dark Matter Experiment

Lower (left) and upper photomultiplier tube arrays are prepared for LZ at the Sanford Underground Research Facility in Lead, South Dakota. (Credit: Matt Kapust/SURF) Most of the remaining components needed to fully assemble an underground dark matter- …

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Published on July 11, 2019 - 15:01 GMT

New Sensor Could Shake Up Earthquake Response Efforts

(Credit: iStockphoto) Last week’s massive southern California earthquakes shut down Ridgecrest Regional Hospital throughout the July 4 holiday weekend while the tiny town of Ridgecrest assessed the damages. A new optical sensor developed at Lawrence …

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Published on July 10, 2019 - 15:13 GMT

Epic Research Endeavor Reveals Cause of Deadly Digestive Disease in Children

Detection of Percc1 expressing cells (red) amongst the epithelial cells (green) of the intestinal villi in a mouse. (Credit: Marco Osterwalder/Berkeley Lab) Nearly 10 years ago, a group of Israeli clinical researchers emailed Lawrence Berkeley National …

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Published on July 9, 2019 - 20:53 GMT

Simons Foundation Contributes $20M More to Observatory Exploring Early Universe

The site of Simons Observatory in the Atacama Desert in Chile. (Credit: UC San Diego) The Simons Observatory, a Berkeley Lab-involved project under construction in Chile’s Atacama Desert that will measure the properties of universe’s early light – the …

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Published on July 9, 2019 - 15:21 GMT

Can’t Take the Heat? ‘Cool Walls’ Can Reduce Energy Costs, Pollution

Coating exterior walls with solar-reflective paints can lead to substantial energy savings in hot climates while curbing pollution, a Berkeley Lab study concludes. (Credit: iStock/YayaErnst) If these walls could talk, they might tell you that cutting …

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Published on July 8, 2019 - 17:11 GMT

Berkeley Lab Scientists Earn Prestigious White House Early Career Award

PECASE recipients, from left to right: Jim Ciston, Jackie Gates, Lin Lin, Wenjun Zhang. (Credit: Berkeley Lab) Two scientists with the U.S. Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) are among 315 researchers named on July …

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Published on July 8, 2019 - 15:05 GMT

3 Sky Surveys Completed in Preparation for Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument

A multicolor mosaic image of the massive galaxy cluster, Abell 370, located in the constellation Cetus – named for a sea monster in Greek mythology. Galaxy clusters are the largest structures in the universe bound by gravity, and consist of thousands of …

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Published on July 3, 2019 - 17:09 GMT

With Little Training, Machine-Learning Algorithms Can Uncover Hidden Scientific Knowledge

(From left) Berkeley Lab researchers Vahe Tshitoyan, Anubhav Jain, Leigh Weston, and John Dagdelen used machine learning to analyze 3.3 million abstracts from materials science papers. (Credit: Marilyn Chung/Berkeley Lab) Sure, computers can be used to …

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Published on July 3, 2019 - 14:53 GMT

Berkeley Lab Receives DOE Support for Building to Study Microbe-Ecosystem Interactions for Energy and Environmental Research

The Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) recently received federal approval to proceed with preliminary design work for a state-of-the-art building that would revolutionize investigations into how interactions among …

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Published on July 2, 2019 - 17:12 GMT

X-Ray Studies Key in Study Relating to Immune System-Signaling Protein

(Credit: Texas A&M AgriLife) A study published May 22 in the journal Nature notes the role of X-ray experiments at Berkeley Lab’s Advanced Light Source (ALS) in detailing the structure of a grouping of amino acids that are part of an important …

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Published on June 26, 2019 - 17:33 GMT

Scientists Find a Molecular Switch for Better Biofuels

A field of sorghum, a grain that is often used as a biomass crop for production of ethanol and butanol. (Credit: Marilyn Chung/Berkeley Lab) Adapted from an original release published by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. Read the full story here …

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Published on June 26, 2019 - 17:33 GMT

A Frog Worth Kissing: Natural Defense Against Red Tide Toxin Found in Bullfrogs

A photo illustration showing the atomic structures of saxiphilin and saxitoxin, a red tide algal bloom, and an American bullfrog (R. catesbeiana). (Credit: Daniel L. Minor, Jr., and Deborah Stalford/Berkeley Lab) A team led by Berkeley Lab faculty …

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Published on June 26, 2019 - 17:33 GMT

Scientists Capture Atomic Motion in 4D for the First Time

The image shows 4D atomic motion captured in an iron-platinum nanoparticle at three different times. (Credit: Alexander Tokarev/Ella Maru Studio) Adapted from the original release published by UCLA. View the original release. Everyday transitions from one …

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Published on June 24, 2019 - 09:06 GMT

Scientists Hit Pay Dirt with New Microbial Research Technique

Credit: Susan Brand and Marilyn Chung/Berkeley Lab Long ago, during the European Renaissance, Leonardo da Vinci wrote that we humans “know more about the movement of celestial bodies than about the soil underfoot.” Five hundred years and innumerable …

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Published on June 23, 2019 - 07:30 GMT

Blue Pigment from Engineered Fungi Could Help Turn the Textile Industry Green

Lead researcher Aindrila Mukhopadhyay holds a vial of purified indigoidine crystals. (Credit: Marilyn Chung/Berkeley Lab) Often, the findings of fundamental scientific research are many steps away from a product that can be immediately brought to the …

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Published on June 19, 2019 - 22:15 GMT

Berkeley Lab Celebrates the Integrative Genomics Building

Biosciences Area Associate Lab Director Mary Maxon caps off the Integrative Genomics Building dedication festivities by leading the ceremonial “snipping” of a double-helix-inspired ribbon. From left to right: Mary Maxon; Sean Simpson, CEO and co-founder of …

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Published on June 19, 2019 - 17:27 GMT

Mineral Discovery Made Easier: X-Ray Technique Shines a New Light on Tiny, Rare Crystals

Nobumichi Tamura, a staff scientist at Berkeley Lab’s Advanced Light Source (ALS), studies a rare crystal sample at ALS Beamline 12.3.2. An X-ray technique at this beamline was key in a study that helped to confirm the discovery of the mineral ognitite. ( …

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Published on June 17, 2019 - 16:03 GMT

You Don’t Have to Be Perfect for TMDCs to Shine Bright

A research team led by Ali Javey of Berkeley Lab has developed a practical method of brightening TMDCs for device applications without having to chemically treat the materials for defects. (Credit: Der-Hsien Lien et al./Berkeley Lab) Atomically thin …

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Published on June 17, 2019 - 16:03 GMT

Here Comes the Sun: A New Framework for Artificial Photosynthesis

(Credit: RapidEye/iStock) Scientists have long sought to mimic the process by which plants make their own fuel using sunlight, carbon dioxide, and water through artificial photosynthesis devices, but how exactly substances called catalysts work to generate …

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Published on June 17, 2019 - 16:03 GMT

Groundbreaking Study Maps Out Paths to New Nitride Materials

A study led by Wenhao Sun of Berkeley Lab features a large, interactive stability map of the ternary nitrides, highlighting nitride compositions where experimental discovery is promising in blue. (Credit: Wenhao Sun/Berkeley Lab) Formed by elements …

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