January 2019 – July 2022
Berkeley Lab researchers are developing ClimateNet, a project that will bring the power of deep learning methods to identify important weather and climate patterns via expert-labeled, community-sourced open datasets and architectures. http://cs.lbl.gov/news-media/news/2019/climatenet-aims-to-improve-machine-learning-applications-in-climate-science-on-a-global-scale/
Researchers have developed a software tool that uses NERSC supercomputing resources to simulate traffic flow throughout the San Francisco Bay Area road networks and provide estimates of associated congestion, energy usage, and productivity loss. http://cs.lbl.gov/news-media/news/2019/mobiliti-a-game-changer-for-analyzing-traffic-congestion?utm_source=InTheLoop&utm_campaign=531cb69fbe-INTHELOOP_2019_02_25_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_6ff696e18a-531cb69fbe-77665873
Scientists have nearly doubled the previous record for laser-driven particle acceleration at Berkeley Lab’s BELLA Center. https://newscenter.lbl.gov/2019/02/25/laser-drill-sets-a-new-world-record-in-laser-driven-electron-acceleration/
Earth and Environmental Sciences Area ALD Susan Hubbard will be inducted into the Alameda County Women’s Hall of Fame. She is being honored for her scientific contributions to key environmental challenges of our time. https://eesa.lbl.gov/susan-hubbard-honored-by-alameda-county-womens-hall-of-fame/
A superfast detector installed on an electron microscope at Berkeley Lab’s Molecular Foundry will reveal atomic-scale details across a larger sample area than could be seen before, and produce movies showing chemistry in action and changes in materials. https://newscenter.lbl.gov/2019/02/21/big-data-at-the-atomic-scale-new-detector-reaches-new-frontier-in-speed/
This talk by Edoardo Charbon begins at 2 p.m. in the Bldg. 66 Auditorium.
A Berkeley Lab-led study focused on an exotic form of magnesium known as magnesium-40 (Mg-40) was featured on the cover of the Physical Review Letters journal. Go here for more on this research.
X-ray crystallography at the Advanced Light Source has helped reveal differences between normal and mutated SHP2, as well as how it binds to certain cancer drugs.
Abergel thinks plutonium is one of the more interesting of the heavy elements, despite its historical legacy.