Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Press Releases

• Published on May 13, 2021 - 17:58 GMT

  

  Detector Technology Developed at Berkeley Lab Yields Unprecedented 3D Images, Heralding Far Larger Application to Study Neutrinos

  A LArPix sensor with 4900 pixels under testing at Berkeley Lab before shipment to the University of Bern for installation. (Credit: Thor Swift, Berkeley Lab) -By Bill Schulz An experiment to capture unprecedented 3D images of the trajectories of charged …

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• Published on May 13, 2021 - 15:21 GMT

  

  Celebrating IceCube’s First Decade of Discovery

  A winter photo of scientists at the IceCube Collaboration (Credit: Martin Wolf, IceCube/NSF) This feature was adapted from a release produced by the IceCube Collaboration. Read the original release It was the beginning of a grand experiment unlike anything …

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• Published on May 6, 2021 - 18:51 GMT

  

  Supernovae Twins Open Up New Possibilities for Precision Cosmology

  -By Bob Cahn Cosmologists have found a way to double the accuracy of measuring distances to supernova explosions – one of their tried-and-true tools for studying the mysterious dark energy that is making the universe expand faster and faster. The results …

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• Published on May 5, 2021 - 22:21 GMT

  

  Berkeley Lab Scientist’s Work Deciphering Early Universe Secrets Garners 2021 Gruber Cosmology Prize

  Berkeley Lab physicist Uroš Seljak (Credit: Sebastian Seljak) A trio of physicists – including Uroš Seljak of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) – has been awarded the 2021 Gruber Cosmology Prize for their work studying the large-scale …

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• Published on April 29, 2021 - 14:37 GMT

  

  Meteorites Reveal Magnetic Record of Protoplanet Churn

  The meteorite studied in this work, named Miles, weighed 265 kg when it was discovered on a farm in Queensland, Australia, in 1992. This photo shows a 20-centimeter slice of the Miles meteorite loaned by the Harvard Museum of Natural History collection. ( …

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• Published on April 29, 2021 - 14:37 GMT

  

  New Cuff-Based Technology Monitors Endothelial Function to Aid Prevention, Treatment of Heart Disease

  Berkeley Lab’s new endothelial function monitor can be used at home, much like a standard blood pressure monitor. (Credit: iStock/PIKSEL) Blood pressure monitors are a common at-home tool for monitoring heart health, but they don’t look at the health of …

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• Published on April 29, 2021 - 14:37 GMT

  

  Infant-Warming Device Proven Effective and Safe in Reducing Neonatal Mortality

  A young mother in Rwanda cuddles her newborn with skin-to-skin contact, wrapped with the Infant Warmer mat. (Credit: Anne Hansen, Department of Pediatrics, Boston Children’s Hospital. Photo taken July, 2019 in Butaro Hospital, Rwanda, with informed consent …

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• Published on April 29, 2021 - 14:37 GMT

  

  Improved Desalination Process Also Removes Toxic Metals to Produce Clean Water

  UC Berkeley chemists synthesized a flexible polymer membrane incorporating nanoparticles called “porous aromatic frameworks.” The membrane selectively absorbs nearly 100% of metals such as mercury, copper, or iron during desalination, more efficiently …

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• Published on April 28, 2021 - 15:33 GMT

  

  Meet EcoPOD: Berkeley Lab’s High-Tech Growing Chamber

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• Published on April 27, 2021 - 18:35 GMT

  

  Berkeley Lab Biologist N. Louise Glass Elected into the National Academy of Sciences

  N. Louise Glass speaking at a JGI users meeting. (Credit: Roy Kaltschmidt/Berkeley Lab) N. Louise Glass, a senior faculty scientist in the Environmental Genomics and Systems Biology Division and professor in UC Berkeley’s Department of Plant & …

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• Published on April 27, 2021 - 15:59 GMT

  

  Ion Beams Mean a Quantum Leap for Color-Center Qubits

  Ion beams can create chains of closely coupled quantum bits (qubits) based on nitrogen-vacancy “color centers” in diamond for use in quantum computing hardware. The honeycomb pattern in the photo shows the difference between areas exposed to the beam ( …

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• Published on April 26, 2021 - 18:33 GMT

  

  Going Beyond Qubits: New Study Demonstrates Key Components for a Qutrit-Based Quantum Computer

  The experimental quantum computing setup at the Advanced Quantum Testbed. (Credit: Berkeley Lab) -By Glenn Roberts Jr.  A team led by physicists at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) and UC Berkeley has successfully observed the …

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• Published on April 22, 2021 - 15:12 GMT

  

  The Future Looks Bright for Infinitely Recyclable Plastic

  Only about 2% of plastics are fully recycled currently. PDK plastics could solve the single-use crisis. (Chanchai Phetdikhai/Shutterstock) Plastics are a part of nearly every product we use on a daily basis. The average person in the U.S. generates about …

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• Published on April 22, 2021 - 14:01 GMT

  

  How Techno-economic Analysis Can Improve Energy Technologies

  For new energy technologies, the time elapsed from when a breakthrough is made in a laboratory setting until when it is validated, scaled up, piloted, and then widely commercialized can be years or even decades. But in the race to avoid the most damaging …

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• Published on April 21, 2021 - 15:47 GMT

  

  To Design Truly Compostable Plastic, Scientists Take Cues From Nature

  Ivan Jayapurna, a UC Berkeley materials science and engineering graduate student, preparing a sample film of a new biodegradable plastic. (Credit: Adam Lau/UC Berkeley) Despite our efforts to sort and recycle, less than 9% of plastic gets recycled in the U …

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• Published on April 21, 2021 - 15:10 GMT

  

  In Calculating the Social Cost of Methane, Equity Matters

  Oil and gas production is one of the top sources of methane emissions. (Credit: iStock) What is the cost of 1 ton of a greenhouse gas? When a climate-warming gas such as carbon dioxide or methane is emitted into the atmosphere, its impacts may be felt …

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• Published on April 16, 2021 - 16:21 GMT

  

  Advanced Light Source Upgrade Project Achieves Major Milestone

  VIDEO: The new swap-out injection system will be implemented as part of the $590 million Advanced Light Source Upgrade (ALS-U) project. This unique feature, developed by Berkeley Lab scientists, is a critical component of the upgrade that will enable the …

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• Published on April 15, 2021 - 15:44 GMT

  

  Experts’ Predictions for Future Wind Energy Costs Drop Significantly

  Technology and commercial advancements are expected to continue to drive down the cost of wind energy, according to a survey led by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) of the world’s foremost wind power experts. Experts anticipate cost …

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• Published on April 15, 2021 - 09:00 GMT

  

  From Smoky Skies to a Green Horizon: Scientists Convert Fire-Risk Wood into Biofuel

  (Credit: Ondrej Prosicky/iStock) Reliance on petroleum fuels and raging wildfires: Two separate, large-scale challenges that could be addressed by one scientific breakthrough. Teams from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) and Sandia …

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• Published on April 13, 2021 - 15:58 GMT

  

  U.S. Power Sector is Halfway to Zero Carbon Emissions

  – By Kiran Julin and Bentham Paulos Concerns about climate change are driving a growing number of states, utilities, and corporations to set the goal of zeroing out power-sector carbon emissions. To date 17 states plus Washington, D.C. and Puerto Rico have …

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