Advanced algorithms plus an exceptional X-ray laser can reveal the structures of not-so-neat-and-tidy materials unattainable by other techniques. Francis Crick, who famously co-discovered the shape…
The Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) has capped off the first seven months of its survey run by smashing through all previous records for three-dimensional…
By removing electricity from equation, discovery overcomes yearslong hurdle in robotics. When you think of a robot, images of R2-D2 or C-3PO might come to…
Berkeley Lab research efforts in advanced materials and cost analyses give major boost to an overlooked technology. Could a tank of ice or hot water…
Technique Tunes Into Graphene Nanoribbons’ Electronic Potential Ever since graphene – a thin carbon sheet just one-atom thick – was discovered more than 15 years…
Breakthrough regulates household temperature without consuming natural gas or electricity. Scientists have developed an all-season smart-roof coating that keeps homes warm during the winter and…
Plants Buy Us Time to Slow Climate Change – But Not Enough to Stop It New research from Berkeley Lab and UC Berkeley shows that…
Sizing Up the Challenges in Extracting Lithium From Geothermal Brine Berkeley Lab scientists assess the technology landscape for developing a domestic source of lithium. If…
Berkeley Lab study shows how battery-electric trains can deliver environmental justice, cost-savings, and resilience to the U.S. Trains have been on the sidelines of electrification…
Breakthrough demonstrates solid state of electrons predicted more than 90 years ago. More than 90 years ago, physicist Eugene Wigner predicted that at low densities…
With mountain snowpacks shrinking in the western US, new Berkeley Lab study analyzes when a low-to-no-snow future might arrive and implications for water management. Mountain…
Berkeley Lab-led research key to next-gen quantum computing and technologies. In 1998, researchers including Mark Kubinec of UC Berkeley performed one of the first simple…
An unexpected finding by scientists at Berkeley Lab and UC Berkeley could advance quantum computers and high-temperature superconductors. Scientists have taken the clearest picture yet…
An antibody therapy that appears to neutralize all known SARS-CoV-2 strains, and other coronaviruses, was developed with a little help from structural biologist Jay Nix….
First-ever “bedrock-to-atmosphere” observation system could allow scientists to predict the future of water availability in the West. The “megadrought” impacting the Colorado River system this…
A new approach to modifying microbes’ metabolic processes will speed up production of innovative bio-based fuels, materials, and chemicals. Researchers from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory…
Berkeley Lab Optical Innovation Could Calm the Jitters of High-Power Lasers The Berkeley Lab Laser Accelerator (BELLA) Center at the Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley…
Scientists collaborate to model the complex protein responsible for SARS-CoV-2 replication, revealing its potential weak spots for drug development. In February 2020, a trio of…
