The Department of Energy has announced a plan to provide $16 million for new observational research aimed at improving the accuracy of today’s climate and earth system models.
2019 is the International Year of the Periodic Table
Berkeley Lab — which played a role in the discovery of 16 elements — is celebrating the Periodic Table’s 150th anniversary this year. Click to learn more and watch videos of the Lab director and other researchers share what their favorite element is.
Toward a Blueprint for Anti-influenza Drugs
Studies at the Advanced Light Source provide atomic-level blueprints from which to design drugs that can overcome growing drug resistance.
Wim Leemans to Leave Lab and Lead Accelerator Division at DESY
Accelerator Technology and Applied Physics (ATAP) Division Director Wim Leemans is leaving Berkeley Lab to become the next director of the Accelerator Division at Germany’s DESY laboratory. He begins his new role on Feb. 1, 2019. Thomas Schenkel will lead ATAP on an interim basis.
A new innovation developed by a team that includes the Lab’s researchers Ashok Gadgil and Arkadeep Kumar enables the efficient and affordable removal of arsenic from drinking water for low-income communities in India and elsewhere.
Lab Research on Removal of Arsenic From Drinking Water in India Highlighted
A new innovation developed by a team that includes the Lab’s researchers Ashok Gadgil and Arkadeep Kumar enables the efficient and affordable removal of arsenic from drinking water for low-income communities in India and elsewhere.
Greener Days Ahead for Carbon Fuels
A discovery by researchers at Berkeley Lab and the Joint Center for Artificial Photosynthesis shows that recycling carbon dioxide into valuable chemicals and fuels can be economical and efficient – all through a single copper catalyst.
Carbon Fuels Get Greener for Renewable Energy
A discovery by researchers at Berkeley Lab and the Joint Center for Artificial Photosynthesis shows that recycling carbon dioxide into valuable chemicals and fuels can be economical and efficient – all through a single copper catalyst.
Massive New Dark Matter Detector Gets Its ‘Eyes’
The LUX-ZEPLIN dark matter detector, which will soon begin its deep-underground search for particles thought to account for most matter in the universe, now has “eyes.” The post Massive New Dark Matter Detector Gets Its ‘Eyes’ appeared first on News Center.
Freeze-frame Microscopy Captures Molecule’s ‘Lock-and-Load’ on DNA
Researchers captured freeze-frames of the changing shape of the huge macromolecular complex, transcription factor IID, as it locks onto DNA and loads the machinery for reading the genetic code.