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 …
Less than 20 years ago the world learned that the universe is expanding ever faster, propelled by dark energy. The discovery was made possible by Type Ia supernovae; extraordinarily bright and remarkably similar in brightness, they serve as “standard …
Using complementary microscopy and spectroscopy techniques, researchers at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) say they have solved the structure of lithium- and manganese-rich transition metal oxides, a potentially game-changing battery …
Berkeley Lab’s Microbes to Biomes initiative is designed to reveal, decode and harness microbes. Its goals are closely aligned with that of the Unified Microbiome Initiative, a national effort proposed by scientists. Microbes are essential to life on Earth …
Metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) with flexible gas-adsorbing pores could make the driving range of adsorbed-natural-gas (ANG) cars comparable to that of a typical gasoline-powered car. With new makes of all-electric and hybrid automobiles seeming to emerge …
The overall architecture of Cas1–Cas2 bound to protospacer DNA with line segments that indicate DNA lengths spanning a total of 33 nucleotides. The CRISPR/Cas9 protein system, which is central part to bacterial adaptive immunity, has soared to great …
Scientists from the Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have set out to help build the world’s first total-body positron emission tomography (PET) scanner, a medical imaging device that could change the way cancers …
In the whispering gallery mode of a 2D excitonic laser made from a monolayer of tungsten disulfide and a microdisk resonator, the electric field at the edges of the resonator helps promote a high Q factor with low power consumption. An important step …
Berkeley Lab researchers have experimentally confirmed strong in-plane anisotropy in thermal conductivity along the zigzag (ZZ) and armchair (AC) directions of single-crystal black phosphorous nanoribbons. A new experimental revelation about black …
Membranes based on PIMs feature subnanometer-sized pores that allow smaller ions such as LiTFSI to pass through while blocking larger polysulfide ions (Li2Sx). This selectivity prevents unwanted crossovers that reduce battery lifetimes and performance. …
“If I have seen further, it is by standing upon the shoulders of giants” – Sir Isaac Newton The 18-meters-in-diameter stainless steel geodesic sphere that housed the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory (SNO)’s photomultiplier tubes was designed at Berkeley Lab. ( …
It’s easy to form the mental image of a hacker hunched over a computer, probing a way to get your personal information, whether to sell it, acquire credit cards in your name or use your health insurance. It does happen, but University of New Mexico …
With commitments from leading car and stationary-power manufacturers to hydrogen and fuel cell technologies and the first ever fuel cell electric vehicle to go on sale later this year, interest is once again swelling in this carbon-free technology. Now, …
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