January 2019 – July 2022
If you’ve been hesitant to take your bike on the Lab’s shuttle because you don’t know how to load your bike, the Lab’s Bicycle Coalition has put together a series of videos to help. There is also free and low-cost bike parking at some BART stations, making bike and BART an attractive commute. https://commute.lbl.gov/resource/bike/instructions-for-bicyclists/instructions-for-bicyclists-videos/
Tracy Mattox is a principal scientific engineering associate at the Molecular Foundry but is perhaps better known for her series of Nancy Nano e-books. Nancy Nano is a nanoparticle that lives at the Molecular Foundry and explains the Foundry and other science topics. Read more about Tracy and Nancy. https://sites.google.com/lbl.gov/weareberkeleylab/driving-research/tracy-mattox
ETA’s Cyclotron Road Division has announced its newest entrepreneurial research fellows. These 11 scientists and engineers will join Cyclotron Road for a two-year fellowship to translate innovative research into market-ready products that will help build a sustainable energy future. https://newscenter.lbl.gov/2022/06/07/cyclotron-road-announces-2022-cohort-of-scientist-entrepreneur-fellows/
The Lab uses stack parking in some spaces to increase the number of parking spaces. There are several requirements; displaying an information card on the dashboard is paramount. Download the information card. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1hTEOJrhp3HWfyIg3aDpRkam5hEdwo5EgcvWJB29QbwA/edit?usp=sharing
A new study by a team of scientists and policy analysts suggests multiple pathways to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 50% in eight years – but big commitments will need to be made. Energy analyst Nikit Abhyankar explains. https://newscenter.lbl.gov/2022/06/02/emissions-reduction-roadmap/
The JGI Genomics of Energy & Environment Meeting is a hybrid event from August 29 – 31. The meeting coincides with the JGI’s 25th Anniversary. Submit your poster abstract by Friday, July 15, for consideration for giving a short talk. https://usermeeting.jgi.doe.gov/
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced a partnership aimed at helping clean energy resources connect to the grid. The Interconnection Innovation e-Xchange (i2X) will bring together partners to develop solutions for faster, simpler, and fairer interconnection of clean energy resources. https://www.zoomgov.com/webinar/register/WN_Hxmcw-91RCuaqSqSbWD4Mg
Face covers are required beginning today, no matter vaccination status. Options are an N95 respirator without an exhalation valve, a KN95 or FK94 mask, a surgical-type mask, or a cloth face cover worn over a surgical-type mask. Surgical masks are available at the Blackberry and Strawberry Gates. https://ehs.lbl.gov/coronavirus/
Some analysts say that the end of Moore’s Law is near, but Patrick Naulleau, the director of Berkeley Lab’s Center for X-Ray Optics (CXRO), says that it could be decades before the modern chip runs out of room for improvement thanks to advances in materials and instrumentation enabled by the CXRO. https://newscenter.lbl.gov/2022/06/03/extreme-uv-light-tiny-microchips/
A recently announced vulnerability in the software that underlies commons.lbl.gov requires that the Lab temporarily restrict access to the site to only authenticated LBL accounts. Formerly public content will return to its previous state as soon as the vulnerability is patched. Read more. https://go.lbl.gov/confluence-vuln