A national online energy data management system is transforming how energy retrofit projects implemented by a wide variety of users – including local, state, and federal governments – develop projects and track performance. The eProject Builder energy …
Existing agricultural land management practices and currently managed land can help slow global warming. (Credit: Heather Dang) This article is excerpted from a UC Berkeley news release. Read the full article here. Low-tech ways of improving soil quality …
At left, a scanning electron microscopy (SEM) image of an iron BDP MOF crystal; at right, an iron BDP MOF single-crystal device bonded to a platinum microelectrode array. (Credit: Berkeley Lab) MOFs – or metal-organic frameworks – are highly customizable …
From left to right: Aris Polyzos, Edward Barnard, and Lila Lovergne, pictured here at Berkeley Lab’s Advanced Light Source, are part of a research team that is developing a cell-identification technique based on infrared imaging and machine learning. By …
Wind energy pricing remains attractive, according to an annual report released by the U.S. Department of Energy and prepared by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab). At an average of around 2 cents per kilowatt-hour (kWh), prices offered by …
– By Karyn Houston Affordable indoor air quality monitors for the home can be worth the purchase, a recent product evaluation revealed, but all of the monitors tested by researchers were found to have either underreported or missed the presence of very …
Credit: Wikimedia Commons In recent decades, scientists have noted a surge in Arctic plant growth as a symptom of climate change. But without observations showing exactly when and where vegetation has bloomed as the world’s coldest areas warm, it’s …
A view of the first page in the 1,898-page 2018 edition of the Review of Particle Physics. The latest edition of the Review of Particle Physics, a go-to resource for particle physicists published Aug. 17 in the American Physical Society’s Physical Review D …
Light emitted by nanoparticles injected into the mammary fat pads of a live mouse is imaged through several millimeters of tissue. This sequence shows how the light emitted by these laser-excited particles can be imaged through deep tissue two hours after …
An aerial view of cleanup efforts at the Savannah River Site. (Credit: Savannah River Site) Groundwater contamination is increasingly recognized as a widespread environmental problem. The most important course of action often involves long-term monitoring. …
Nanocrystals within a liquid droplet that is injected into an oily solution (left) are chemically compressed into a solid-like “jammed” 2D state (middle) – which causes wrinkles to form on the surface of the droplet – and then revert to a relaxed, liquid- …
Additional media contacts: SEPA: K Kaufmann, 202-379-1637 PNNL: Susan Bauer, 509-372-6083 EPRI: Donald Cutler, 650-847-8077 A consortium of national labs and nonprofit organizations has announced a call for concepts to engage the smart grid community in …
At left is the simulated 3D molecular structure of a covalent organic framework, and at right is a modified framework. The yellow spheres in the structure on the left indicate a pore diameter of 2.9 nanometers, and the cyan spheres in the structure on the …
A newly updated online tool and guidebook will help utilities measure the cost and impact of power outages, a key strategic consideration as the nation works to modernize the electricity system, and especially important now during hot summer months that …
A photo collage featuring the top 10 winning photos in the 2018 Berkeley Lab Physics Photowalk photo competition. The winning photos and photographers are detailed below. A photo featuring a view of UC Berkeley’s landmark Campanile building, the San …
A researcher collects environmental data in Rifle, Colorado as part of a DOE-sponsored research project. (Credit: Roy Kaltschmidt/Berkeley Lab) By Linda Vu Having access to environmental data is crucial for everything from planning for our water and …
What goes on at an X-ray light source? Tune in to Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory’s (Berkeley Lab’s) Facebook page, at https://www.facebook.com/BerkeleyLab/, at 1:30 p.m. this Friday, July 27. Staff from Berkeley Lab’s Advanced Light Source (ALS) …
William R. Bill Baker at the Lab in 1940 (left) and in 1980, the year he retired from the Lab. (Photo courtesy of Bill Baker’s family) William R. “Bill” Baker, who died May 4 at age 103, was a lifelong engineer with an unrelenting mind and boundless …
Ramamoorthy Ramesh (Credit: Roy Kaltschmidt/Berkeley Lab) After serving four years as Berkeley Lab’s Associate Director for Energy Technologies, Ramamoorthy Ramesh will be returning to his research in ultra low-power electronics while also helping to lead …
Ravi Prasher at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Credit: Marilyn Chung/Berkeley Lab) Ravi Prasher has been appointed Associate Laboratory Director for Energy Technologies at the Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley …
