This AFM image shows 2D F4TCNQ islands on graphene/BN that could be used to modify the graphene for electronic applications. In what could prove to be a significant advance in the fabrication of graphene-based nanodevices, a team of Berkeley Lab …
Plasmons, which may be thought of as clouds of electrons that oscillate within a metal nanocluster, could serve as antennae to absorb sunlight more efficiently than semiconductors. Understanding and manipulating them is important for their potential use in …
The research group of Alex Pines has recorded the first bulk room-temperature NMR hyperpolarization of carbon-13 nuclei in diamond in situ at arbitrary magnetic fields and crystal orientations. (Photo by Christophoros Vassiliou) Researchers with the U.S. …
184AA3, a xenograft model of ER+ breast adenocarcinoma, is the first clinically-relevant mouse model to generate tumors that bear a striking resemblance to the class of tumors found in the vast majority of women with breast cancer. The first clinically- …
BERKELEY, Calif. — The Large Underground Xenon (LUX) dark matter experiment, which operates nearly a mile underground at the Sanford Underground Research Facility (SURF) in the Black Hills of South Dakota, has already proven itself to be the most sensitive …
SEM images of xz cross-sections perpendicular to the cold finger show that in conventional freeze-casting (A&D), nucleation produces a disordered layer of ceramic particles. Under bidirectional freeze-casting (C&F), with dual temperature gradients …
As often happens in science, what started as a research project to make one thing turned into something completely different. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) researchers Nitash Balsara and Hany Eitouni were developing an …
UC Berkeley media contact: Sarah Yang, (510) 643-7741 Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) and UC Berkeley announced they are partnering with Tsinghua University in Beijing to form the Berkeley Tsinghua Joint Research Center on Energy and …
The electric industry in the U.S. is undergoing significant changes for a number of reasons, including new and improved technologies, changing customer desires, low load growth in many regions, and changes in federal and state policies and regulations. A …
Glioblastoma multiforme, a cancer of the brain also known as “octopus tumors,” is virtually inoperable, resistant to therapies, and always fatal, usually within 15 months of onset. Glioblastoma multiforme, a cancer of the brain also known as “octopus …
(from left) Chris Weyandt, Deirdre Carter, and John Elliott helped implement an online monitoring system for water cooling towers like this one at Bldg. 71. (Photo by Roy Kaltschmidt/Berkeley Lab) With California in an extreme drought, Lawrence Berkeley …
A new center for advancing computational science and networking at research institutions and universities across the country opened today at the Department of Energy’s (DOE) Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab). Berkeley Lab’s Shyh Wang …
Photovoltaics added value to homes in six markets, according to a new report titled “Appraising into the Sun: Six-State Solar Home Paired-Sales Analysis,” led by a researcher from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory ( …
Schematic of electron/hole transfer within intermediate band solar cell with GaNAs alloy as the light absorber. When visiting California’s central valley in the summertime, it’s hard to imagine that solar energy isn’t single-handedly meeting the west coast …
Many neurological disorders, such as Parkinson’s disease and Alzheimer’s disease, are marked by impaired motor skills. In addition, growing evidence suggests there’s a link between some neurodegenerative diseases and body weight. A recent NIH study, for …
CinderBio’s enzymes come from extremophiles found in hot volcanic waters, like this thermal pool in Yellowstone National Park. It’s no secret that extremophiles, or microbes that live in places like polar glaciers and toxic waste pools, may hold treasures …
A technique called “gas adsorption crystallography” that provides a new way to study the process by which metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) store immense volumes of gases such a carbon dioxide, hydrogen and methane. (Image by Hexiang Deng) An international …
At a gala ceremony held in Silicon Valley on November 8, the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory (SNO), the Kamioka Liquid-scintillator Antineutrino Detector (KamLAND), and the Daya Bay Reactor Neutrino Experiment (Daya Bay) were among five neutrino experiments …
More than 200 people attended the 2015 Bay Area Battery Summit at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory on Nov. 3 to discuss how to promote transformative energy storage technologies. The purpose of the Summit was to bring scientists together with …
Scientists from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have uncovered new clues to how a molecular machine inside the cell acts as a gatekeeper, allowing some molecules to enter and exit the nucleus while …
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