January 2019 – July 2022
To learn more about the chemical processes in oil paints that can damage artwork, researchers at the National Gallery of Art and the National Institute of Standards and Technology conducted a range of studies that included 3D X-ray imaging of a paint sample at Berkeley Lab’s Advanced Light Source. https://newscenter.lbl.gov/2019/08/29/chemistry-of-art-scientists-explore-aged-paint-in-microscopic-detail
The Lab’s Michael Wehner notes that warming can be lethal in a Rolling Stone article on extreme heat that references a study on how growing emissions could expose 74% of the world’s population to heat waves hot enough to kill by the year 2100. https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/climate-crisis-goodell-survive-extreme-heat-875198/
Berkeley Lab nonprofit partner Activate is scaling the Cyclotron Road fellowship model to support more innovators in transforming their research into world-changing products. Activate announced last week that it will support fellows in Boston at MIT Lincoln Laboratory starting this fall. https://www.activate.org/news/ilan-letter
High school students who interned at Berkeley Lab through the Biotech Partners program recently presented their research projects at the BRAVO! end-of-summer poster competition. Ysabel David, who nterned in the Biosciences Area, won the Best Overall Category. https://biosciences.lbl.gov/2019/08/14/a-winning-year-for-biotech-partners-interns-in-the-biosciences-area/
Help facilitate STEM activities with kids ages 1 through 7 during the 4th annual STEM @ Fairyland on Friday, Sept. 20, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Volunteers will teach participants how to make great observations and be a good scientist. Training will take place before the event. Click to register. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScFgOnWyAIi_V5bM_eNUvp_2CIzoXImVRzDuurxGpxhzv5atg/viewform
On Aug. 26, Energy Secretary Perry and Sandy Weill, founder of the Weill Family Foundation, signed a Memorandum of Understanding to formally initiate a partnership for artificial intelligence, neurological disorders, and related subjects. The signing took place at Lawrence Livermore National Lab. https://www.energy.gov/articles/secretary-perry-and-mr-sandy-weill-sign-mou-utilizing-doe-fueled-artificial-intelligence
Congressional staffers visited Berkeley Lab on Tuesday, hosted by the Society for Science at User Research Facilities (SSURF). They toured the ALS (pictured), NERSC, and ESnet. SSURF is a non-profit group working to advance awareness of research conducted at the nation’s user facilities. http://www.ssurf.org/
Eva Nogales of the Biosciences Area has been named a 2020 Fellow of the Biophysics Society. The international scientific society was created to promote the development and dissemination of biophysics knowledge through meetings, publications, community outreach, and career placement. https://biosciences.lbl.gov/2019/08/28/eva-nogales-named-a-2020-biophysical-society-fellow/
Researchers in Berkeley Lab’s CAMERA have been working with beamline scientists at Brookhaven National Laboratory to develop and test SMART, a mathematical method that enables autonomous experimental decision making without human interaction. https://cs.lbl.gov/news-media/news/2019/smart-algorithm-makes-beamline-data-collection-smarter/
A project led by Dan Arnold (ETA) will get $3 million to study battery storage systems that defend against attacks. And a project led by Sean Peisert (Computing Sciences) will receive $3 million to develop ways to detect cyberattacks against energy infrastructure while preserving anonymity of data. https://www.energy.gov/ceser/articles/department-energy-announces-awardees-30-million-research-call-enhance-cybersecurity