Chalking up another success for a new imaging technology that has energized the field of structural biology, researchers at the Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) obtained the highest resolution map yet of a large …
This image shows the atomic composition of an iron-platinum nanoparticle, split into separate parts that show the position of individual atoms. (Credit: Colin Ophus and Florian Niekiel/Berkeley Lab) Mapping the internal atomic structure of small particles …
Scientists have developed a new recipe for creating synthesis gas mixtures, or syngas, that involves adding a pinch of copper atoms sprinkled atop a gold surface. The new material supports a room-temperature electrochemical reaction that can convert carbon …
Results from X-ray footprinting mass spectrometry (XFMS) experiments at Berkeley Lab’s Advanced Light Source, mapped out on these 3-D structural renderings of the protein, helped researchers identify where the protein binds with a mineral. The red areas …
A collage of images showing butterfly wings at different magnifications. (Credit: Wikimedia Commons) A butterfly’s wings and a peacock’s feathers use nanoscale architecture to bend light and produce brilliant colors without pigments or dyes, and scientists …
This graphic depicts the orientations of electron spins in a magnetic skyrmion that is 100 nanometers in diameter and composed of about 8 million atoms. The spin of the central atom points down (yellow), while those of the surrounding atoms change slowly, …
In an effort to better study a promising class of materials that could energize the solar cell industry, researchers at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have developed a new method of analyzing the material’s molecular-scale structure. …
From left: Kaiyuan Yao, Nick Borys, and P. James Schuck, seen here at Berkeley Lab’s Molecular Foundry, measured a property in a 2-D material that could help realize new applications. (Credit: Marilyn Chung/Berkeley Lab) Two-dimensional materials are a …
Elliot Heywood (Credit: Marilyn Chung/Berkeley Lab) Elliot Heywood had dreamed of landing an internship at the science lab in the hills not far from his school in Lafayette, California, but he never could have imagined this dream would take wing as a …
Ever wonder what the Advanced Biofuels Process Demonstration Unit looks like from the inside? Check out Gutierrez’s Berkeley Lab Instagram Takeover, “The Day in the Life of an Intern at ABPDU,” at www.instagram.com/berkeleylab/. As a high school student in …
This rendering illustrates magnetic kink instability in simulated jets beaming from a galaxy’s center. The jets are believed to be associated with supermassive black holes. The magnetic field line (white) in each jet is twisted as the central object (black …
Attendees of the 10th Peptoid Summit at Berkeley Lab’s Molecular Foundry (Credit: Berkeley Lab) Berkeley Lab’s Molecular Foundry is hosting the 10th Peptoid Summit, a gathering of students, postdocs, and other researchers who are investigating new …
Five scientists at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have been selected by the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Office of Science to receive significant funding for research through its Early Career Research Program. The program, now …
Wind energy pricing for land-based, utility-scale projects remains attractive to utility and commercial purchasers, according to an annual report released by the U.S. Department of Energy and prepared by the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley …
Map of dark matter made from gravitational lensing measurements of 26 million galaxies in the Dark Energy Survey. The map covers about 1/30th of the entire sky and spans several billion light-years in extent. Red regions have more dark matter than average …
This image, from a computerized simulation, shows the formation of an inner disk of matter and a wide, hot disk of matter 5.5 milliseconds after the merger of a neutron star and a black hole. (Credit: Classical and Quantum Gravity) Now that scientists can …
A newly discovered collective rattling effect in a type of crystalline semiconductor blocks most heat transfer while preserving high electrical conductivity – a rare pairing that scientists say could reduce heat buildup in electronic devices and turbine …
Scientists have developed a light-activated material that can chemically convert carbon dioxide into carbon monoxide without generating unwanted byproducts. The achievement marks a significant step forward in developing technology that could help generate …
A positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) scanner. (Credit: Wikimedia Commons) – By Glenn Roberts Jr. Researchers have found a surprisingly versatile workaround to create chemical compounds that could prove useful for medical imaging and …
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded $9.3 million to the Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) to support ongoing development of PHENIX, a software suite for solving three-dimensional macromolecular …
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