A filamentous fungi that feeds on plant matter is seen under low magnification. (Sinhyu/iStock) When you hear the word “fungi” there is a good chance that it conjures an image of an idyllic toadstool, or perhaps a cluster of capped mushrooms, growing out …
Science Snapshots By Kiran Julin • June 3, 2020 Older (pre-2008 commercial online date) plants are shown in pink, and newer plants in orange. The size of each dot is proportional to the nameplate capacity of the plant. The background map shows the annual …
In a project led by Arva Intelligence, Berkeley Lab scientists will monitor carbon emissions and other indicators at five commercial farms in California and Arkansas. (Credit: Jay McEntire/Arva Intelligence) Farmers have enough worries – between bad …
Researchers from Berkeley Lab and 20 other institutions have found that land use and atmospheric changes are altering forest structure around the world, resulting in fewer of the mature trees that are better at storing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. …
This video contains animations showing how the complex components of the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument, installed on the Mayall Telescope at Kitt Peak National Observatory near Tucson, Arizona, work together. Click on the “CC” icon to view captions …
Antineutrino detectors are submersed in liquid at the Daya Bay experiment, as seen during the final phase of construction in August 2012. (Credit: Roy Kaltschmidt/Berkeley Lab) Experiment: Daya Bay reactor neutrino experiment About: The Daya Bay reactor …
A photo illustration showing magnified virus particles in droplets. (Credit: pxfuel.com) Laser and biology experts at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) are working together to develop a platform and experiments to study the structure and …
Robert Besuner, DESI project manager and a Berkeley Lab affiliate who is an engineer at UC Berkeley’s Space Sciences Laboratory, has found ways to contribute to the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) project – which is on a mountaintop near Tucson …
Artistic illustration of a carbon nanotube COVID-19 detector. (Courtesy of: Zettl Research Group/Berkeley Lab) A technology spun from carbon nanotube sensors discovered 20 years ago by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) scientists could …
Berkeley Lab researchers have launched a project to determine if the novel coronavirus might be seasonal, waning in summer months and resurging in fall and winter. (Credit: Ivan Marc/Shutterstock) One of the many unanswered scientific questions about COVID …
This transmission electron microscope image shows SARS-CoV-2 – the virus that causes COVID-19 – isolated from a patient in the U.S. The protrusions visible on the outside are the spike proteins that the virus particles use to fuse with and gain entry to …
Berkeley Lab staff (from left) David Richardson, Rosanne Boudreau, and James Singzon are making it possible for scientists to conduct research related to COVID-19. (Credit: Berkeley Lab) David Richardson’s job is literally to make sure the light stays on. …
James Hurley, left, and F. Dean Toste. (Credit: UC Berkeley) Two Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) scientists have been elected into the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) in recognition of their distinguished and continuing achievements …
Two Berkeley Lab scientists and a visiting scientist are among the newest elected members of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences – a 240-year-old honorary society that recognizes accomplished scholars, scientists and artists in academia, the …
Nathan Johnson/PNNL This release also appears on the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory news site —By Melissae Fellet A new study is among the first to trace the molecular connections between genetics, the gut microbiome, and memory in a mouse model …
Illustration of a charging battery. (Credit: MarySan/Shutterstock.com) From next-gen smartphones to longer-range electric cars and an improved power grid, better batteries are driving tech innovation. And to push batteries beyond their present-day …
An exotic magnetic device developed by researchers at Berkeley Lab and UC Berkeley could further miniaturize computing devices and personal electronics without loss of performance. Scale shown above is in micrometers (um); 10 um is equivalent to 10 …
Sorghum, shown here at the Agronomy Field Headquarters in Davis, California, is a common bioenergy crop and was used in this study. (Credit: Marilyn Sargent /Berkeley Lab) Biofuels are an important part of the broader strategy to replace petroleum-based …
Advanced Biofuels and Bioproducts Process Development Unit (ABPDU) Scientists around the world are joining together to study the coronavirus known as SARS-CoV-2 and to expedite the development of possible vaccines and treatments to prevent its infectious …
Cyber Liability Engineer monitors NERSC supercomputers from the facility’s control room at Berkeley Lab. (Photo by Marilyn Chung, Berkeley Lab) While people around the world hunker down in their homes to try to slow the advance of the COVID-19 virus and …
