This composite of two astrophysics simulations shows a Type Ia supernova (purple disc) expanding over different microlensing magnification patterns (colored fields). Because individual stars in the lensing galaxy can significantly change the brightness of …
An array of solar panels and windmills. (Credit: PxHere) Scientists have discovered a novel chemical state of the element manganese. This chemical state, first proposed about 90 years ago, enables a high-performance, low-cost sodium-ion battery that could …
(Credit: David Phillips/UC Office of the President) Universities across the United States have set ambitious goals to shrink their carbon footprints, including the University of California, which launched its Carbon Neutrality Initiative in 2013, aiming …
A collection of 120 3-D images of Bennett linkages. The images were created using individual-particle electron tomography (IPET), a technique developed at Berkeley Lab. (Credit: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory) –By Laurie Chong Over the past decade, …
Slice of mouse llymphoblastoid cells. Raw data (a): corresponding manual segmentation (b) and output of an MS-D network with 100 layers (Data from A.Ekman, C. Larabell, National Center for X-ray Tomography) Mathematicians at the Department of Energy’s …
In light of changes in how electricity is being both generated and consumed, the Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) has written a new report analyzing challenges facing the nation’s electric grid and making …
Note: This article is adapted from a Brookhaven National Laboratory article. View the original article. VIDEO: The ATLAS Collaboration reports the first high-precision measurement at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) of the mass of the W boson, using data …
Aleksandra Dimitrievska works on prototype chips for a planned upgrade at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider. (Credit: Marilyn Chung/Berkeley Lab) After completing her Ph.D. thesis in calculating the mass of the W boson – an elementary particle that mediates one …
A view inside the dome at the Mayall Telescope near Tucson, Arizona. The 2-meter corrector barrel atop the telescope will be removed and replaced with a new corrector barrel for the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI). DESI’s installation will …
The atomic motion in a 2-D material, tungsten disulfide, is shown in this animation. In this phonon mode (known as longitudinal or LO), the selenium atoms (yellow) rotate clockwise while the tungsten atoms (blue) are still. (Credit: Hanyu Zhu, et al.) A …
Sean Peisert (left) and Hein Meling (right) at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab). Photo by Marilyn Chung, Berkeley Lab Blockchain—a technology used for verifying and recording digital transactions—blasted into public consciousness with …
Cell activity patterns of two gene enhancers (red and green cells). Cells in which both enhancers are active appear yellow. (Credit: Marco Osterwalder). -By Jennifer Huber Every cell in the body has the same DNA and genes, so a cell’s properties and …
The colored lines represent calculated particle tracks from particle collisions occurring within Brookhaven National Laboratory’s STAR detector at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider, and an illustration of a digital brain. The yellow-red glow at center …
Structure of the human Polycomb Repressive Complex 2 (PRC2) bound to cofactors obtained by cryo-electron microscopy. Both cofactors mimic the histone protein tail to stabilize and stimulate the enzymatic activity of PRC2. (Credit: Vignesh Kasinath) All …
This rendering shows a “ball-and-stick” representation of the atomic structure of a 2-D single crystalline layer of tungsten disulfide (blue and yellow) on top of layers of 2-D boron nitride (silver and gold). On top of these is a representation of the …
While there is a growing market for organic solar cells – they contain materials that are cheaper, more abundant, and more environmentally friendly than those used in typical solar panels – they also tend to be less efficient in converting sunlight to …
Joe Wallig, left, a mechanical engineering associate, and Brian Reynolds, a mechanical technician, work on the final assembly of the LCLS-II injector gun in a specially designed clean room at Berkeley Lab in August. (Credit: Marilyn Chung/Berkeley Lab) …
(Credit: iStock) Smart windows that are transparent when it’s dark or cool but automatically darken when the sun is too bright are increasingly popular energy-saving devices. But imagine that when the window is darkened, it simultaneously produces …
–By Laurie Chong Lithium-sulfur batteries are promising candidates for replacing common lithium-ion batteries in electric vehicles since they are cheaper, weigh less, and can store nearly double the energy for the same mass. However, lithium-sulfur …
Just as people can be left-handed or right-handed, scientists have observed chirality or “handedness” in swirling electric vortices in a layered material. (Credit: Pixabay) Scientists used spiraling X-rays at the Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley …
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