Snakes on a plane: This atomic-resolution simulation of a two-dimensional peptoid nanosheet reveals a snake-like structure never seen before. The nanosheet’s layers include a water-repelling core (yellow), peptoid backbones (white), and charged sidechains …
Although permafrost carbon has the potential to be a huge player in the planet’s climate, it’s difficult to predict the amount that will enter the atmosphere for a given increase in temperature. This photo was taken near Barrow, Alaska. (Credit: Berkeley …
Headquartered in Emeryville, CA, the Joint BioEnergy Institute (JBEI) is now a member of the elite “100/500 Club,” having filed its 100th patent application and published its 500th scientific paper. (Photo by Roy Kaltschmidt) The U.S. Department of Energy …
Steven Kaye got his Ph.D. working on metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), one of the most exciting materials in chemistry today and especially effective for separating gases. But nearly a decade after earning his degree, he saw that the science-to-product gap …
Solar energy pricing is at an all-time low, according to a new report released by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab). Driven by lower installed costs, improved project performance, and a race to build projects ahead of a reduction in a …
Graphical representation of piezoelectric constant dataset. Concentric circles indicate constant values of the maximum longitudinal piezoelectric modulus. Compounds are organized according to crystal system and point group symmetry. Disturbing a material’s …
(from left) Berkeley Lab researchers Lara Gundel, Bo Hang, and Hugo Destaillats will study the health impacts of thirdhand smoke. (Photo credit: Berkeley Lab) Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) researchers have been awarded $1.3 million …
Ultrathin sheets of a new 2D hybrid perovskite are square-shaped and relatively large in area, properties that should facilitate their integration into future electronic devices. To the growing list of two-dimensional semiconductors, such as graphene, …
The Molecular Foundry is a U.S. Department of Energy nanoscience center hosted at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and could be used for collaborative research through the Small Business Voucher Pilot. Small businesses in the clean energy sector are …
In deserts and other arid lands, microbes often form very thin top layers on soil known as biocrusts, which behave a bit like Rip Van Winkle. He removed himself from a stressful environment by sleeping for decades, and awoke to a changed world; similarly, …
Experimental science is evolving. With the advent of new technology, scientific facilities are collecting data at increasing rates and higher resolution. However, making sense of this data is becoming a major bottleneck. New mathematics and algorithms are …
The Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) will be mounted on the 4-Meter Mayall telescope at Kitt Peak National Observatory. It will collect spectra from 30 million galaxies and quasars to make the biggest 3D map of the universe ever. (Image R. …
California Gov. Jerry Brown, China Energy Group leader Lynn Price, and members of the Chinese delegation at the U.S.-China Climate Leaders Summit in Los Angeles. The China Energy Group of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) participated in …
From individual universities around the country to a consortium of research institutions stretching the length of the west coast, networking teams are deploying an infrastructure architecture known as the Science DMZ developed by the Department of Energy’s …
A 3D illustration of a metasurface skin cloak made from an ultrathin layer of nanoantennas (gold blocks) covering an arbitrarily shaped object. Light reflects off the cloak (red arrows) as if it were reflecting off a flat mirror. Invisibility cloaks are a …
In the Daya Bay region of China, about 55 kilometers northeast of Hong Kong, a research project is underway to study ghostlike, elusive particles called neutrinos. Today, the international Daya Bay Collaboration announces new findings on the measurements …
The roots of tradition run deep in astronomy. From Galileo and Copernicus to Hubble and Hawking, scientists and philosophers have been pondering the mysteries of the universe for centuries, scanning the sky with methods and models that, for the most part, …
Dec. 4, 2014 — At Space Launch Complex 37 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, fueling of the Delta IV Heavy rocket has been completed. The countdown continues for launch of NASA’s Orion spacecraft.Photo credit: NASA Space is cold, dark, and …
(a) STM topographic image of a clean graphene/BN area (b) dI/dV map acquired simultaneously with (a) exhibits new features including bright dots, a dark dot and a ring. Nanoscale defects are enormously important in shaping the electrical, optical, and …
Bathing the Earth with enough energy in one hour to meet human needs for an entire year, the sun represents the ultimate source of clean, green sustainable energy. By combining designer quantum dot light-emitters with spectrally matched photonic mirrors, a …
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