Dual barcoded shotgun expression library sequencing, or Dub-seq, is a novel high-throughput method for discovering gene function in microbes under various environmental conditions. The Dub-seq team presented details of the technique in a paper published in Nature Communications. 

To help solve a big data program for a new telescope that will conduct a major sky survey from the high desert of Chile, a scientific collaboration launched a competition to find the best way to train computers to identify the many types of objects it will be imaging. 

The time to consider nominees for the 2019 R&D100 Awards has arrived. Technologies first made available for sale, license, or use outside the Lab (as in the case of open source software) between January 1, 2018 and March 31, 2019 are eligible for 2019 Awards. 

New simulations led by researchers at the Lab and UC Berkeley combine decades-old theories to provide new insight about the driving mechanisms in plasma jets that allow them to steal energy from black holes’ powerful gravitational fields and propel it far from their gaping mouths.