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Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Press Releases

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Published on September 24, 2018 - 17:07 GMT

Berkeley Lab to Push Quantum Information Frontiers With New Programs in Computing, Physics, Materials, and Chemistry

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) this week announced support from the Department of Energy that significantly expands the Lab’s research efforts in quantum information science, an area of research that harnesses the phenomenon of …

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Published on September 24, 2018 - 17:07 GMT

A Quantum Leap Toward Expanding the Search for Dark Matter

A visualization of a massive galaxy cluster that shows dark matter density (purple filaments) overlaid with the gas velocity field. (Credit: Illustris Collaboration) Figuring out how to extend the search for dark matter particles – dark matter describes …

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Published on September 24, 2018 - 17:07 GMT

Berkeley Lab to Build an Advanced Quantum Computing Testbed

Irfan Siddiqi (left), director of the Lab’s AQT effort, and Jonathan Carter, AQT co-principal investigator, in front of a dilution refrigerator housing superconducting qubits. Siddiqi is a staff scientist in Berkeley Lab’s Material Sciences Division and …

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Published on September 18, 2018 - 16:55 GMT

First Particle Tracks Seen in ProtoDUNE: the Prototype for an International Neutrino Experiment

Inside the first ProtoDUNE detector, before it was filled with liquid argon. (Credit: CERN) Note: This article was adapted from an original press release published by Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory. View the original release. The largest liquid- …

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Published on September 14, 2018 - 15:06 GMT

Gamma Rays, Watch Out: There’s a New Detector in Town

Heather Crawford and her team of researchers are developing a prototype for an ultrahigh-rate high-purity germanium detector that can count 2 to 5 million gamma rays per second while maintaining high resolution. (Credit: Marilyn Chung/Berkeley Lab) Heather …

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Published on September 7, 2018 - 19:25 GMT

All Aboard the Jungle Express!

-By Lida Gifford In the quest to find the key to a rainforest dwelling bacterium’s lignin-degrading ability, researchers at the Department of Energy (DOE)’s Joint BioEnergy Institute (JBEI) have constructed a gene expression system that outperforms …

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Published on September 5, 2018 - 15:06 GMT

Online Tool Fills Gap for Energy Retrofit Projects

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 …

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Published on August 29, 2018 - 18:11 GMT

Improving Soil Quality Can Slow Global Warming

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 …

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Published on August 24, 2018 - 15:06 GMT

Getting a Charge Out of MOFs

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 …

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Published on August 23, 2018 - 15:16 GMT

Infrared Beams Show Cell Types in a Different Light

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 …

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Published on August 23, 2018 - 14:57 GMT

Report Confirms Wind Technology Advancements Continue to Drive Down Wind Energy Prices

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 …

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Published on August 22, 2018 - 14:47 GMT

Mixed Report Card for Low-Cost Indoor Air Quality Home Monitors

– 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 …

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Published on August 21, 2018 - 00:02 GMT

Ecosystems Are Getting Greener in the Arctic

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 …

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Published on August 17, 2018 - 15:50 GMT

American Physical Society Publishes 60th Anniversary Edition of the Review of Particle Physics

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 …

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Published on August 15, 2018 - 15:06 GMT

Light-Emitting Nanoparticles Could Provide a Safer Way to Image Living Cells

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 …

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Published on August 13, 2018 - 15:01 GMT

Algorithm Provides Early Warning System for Tracking Groundwater Contamination

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 …

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Published on August 8, 2018 - 15:05 GMT

Scientists ‘Squeeze’ Nanocrystals in a Liquid Droplet Into a Solid-Like State – and Back Again

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- …

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Published on August 2, 2018 - 16:20 GMT

Smart Ideas Wanted for Grid Modernization

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 …

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Published on August 1, 2018 - 16:01 GMT

New Competition for MOFs: Scientists Make Stronger COFs

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 …

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Published on July 31, 2018 - 15:11 GMT

Pair of Research Products to Improve Power System Reliability and Resilience

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 …

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