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Released: 3-Nov-2020 8:20 AM EST
GRETA, a 3D Gamma-Ray Detector, Gets Green Light to Move Forward
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The effort to construct GRETA, a cutting-edge spherical array of high-purity germanium crystals that will measure gamma-ray signals to reveal new details about the structure and inner workings of atomic nuclei, has received key approvals needed to proceed toward full build-out.

Released: 30-Oct-2020 10:00 AM EDT
Weighing In on ‘Light’ Dark Matter: Q&A With Sinéad Griffin
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In this Q&A, Sinéad Griffin, a staff scientist in Berkeley Lab's Materials Sciences Division and Molecular Foundry, shares her thoughts on her search for light dark matter, the ultimate materials design challenge, and Berkeley Lab’s collaborative “team science” culture.

Released: 27-Oct-2020 9:00 AM EDT
A Major Milestone for an Underground Dark Matter Search Experiment
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Crews working on the largest U.S. experiment designed to directly detect dark matter completed a major milestone last month, and are now turning their sights toward startup after experiencing some delays due to global pandemic precautions.

Released: 26-Oct-2020 9:00 AM EDT
VIDEO: Dark Matter Day Q&A with LUX-ZEPLIN Spokesperson Kevin Lesko
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Kevin Lesko, a spokesperson for the LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) dark matter experiment and senior physicist at Berkeley Lab, shares his insights about the mysteries of dark matter, what we know about it, and what we hope to learn about it from LZ, in this Q&A interview at Sanford Lab.

Released: 21-Oct-2020 1:10 PM EDT
Berkeley Lab Building Efficiency Campaign Drives $95M in Annual Energy Savings
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One hundred and four U.S. companies, schools, governments, and institutions are taking their building energy savings to a new level with the Department of Energy’s Smart Energy Analytics Campaign, a four-year initiative funded through the Building Technologies Office and facilitated by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory to expand the use of energy management and information systems (EMIS) in commercial buildings.

Released: 15-Oct-2020 12:50 PM EDT
Berkeley Lab Names Noël Bakhtian to Lead New Energy Storage Center
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Berkeley Lab has appointed Noël Bakhtian, previously a senior policy adviser in the White House Office of Science and Technology (OSTP) and currently director of the Center for Advanced Energy Studies (CAES) at Idaho National Laboratory, as its inaugural director of the Berkeley Lab Energy Storage Center.

Released: 14-Oct-2020 6:15 PM EDT
Berkeley Lab Scientists Contribute to New Exploration of Higgs Boson Interactions
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A new analysis, featuring important contributions by Berkeley Lab scientists, strongly supports the hypothesis that the Higgs boson interacts with muons, which are heavier siblings of electrons and the lightest particles yet to reveal evidence for these interactions.

Released: 9-Oct-2020 8:00 AM EDT
What’s Nanotechnology? Kristin Persson Explains at 4 Different Levels
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In celebration of National Nanotechnology Day, Molecular Foundry Director Kristin Persson explains atomic-scale engineering at four different levels – for a kindergartner, a middle schooler, a high school senior, and a graduate student

8-Oct-2020 1:35 PM EDT
Coming Down the Pike: Long-Haul Trucks Powered by Hydrogen Fuel Cells
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The Department of Energy has announced several major investments to take hydrogen fuel cells to the next level, and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) is set to play a leading role in providing the scientific expertise to help realize DOE’s ambitious goals.

Released: 8-Oct-2020 11:00 AM EDT
New Algorithm Sharpens Focus of World’s Most Powerful Microscopes
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Scientists have shown that an algorithm added to image processing software can improve the resolution and accuracy of cryo-electron microscopes, which are one of the most crucial tools in microbiology and medical research.

Released: 8-Oct-2020 8:00 AM EDT
An Electrical Trigger Fires Single, Identical Photons
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The precisely controlled photon source, made from an atomically thin semiconducting material, could aid the development of advanced quantum communication

Released: 7-Oct-2020 12:25 PM EDT
Jennifer Doudna Wins 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
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Biochemist Jennifer Doudna, a professor at UC Berkeley and faculty scientist at the Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab), is co-winner of the 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for “the development of a method for genome editing.”

Released: 7-Oct-2020 7:00 AM EDT
Study Finds ‘Missing Link’ in the Evolutionary History of Carbon-Fixing Protein Rubisco
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The discovery of a primitive form of rubisco, a photosynthetic enzyme, will help scientists understand how carbon-fixing organisms led to the planet’s oxygenation and how modern

Released: 5-Oct-2020 11:45 AM EDT
Shattering Expectations: Novel Seed Dispersal Gene Found in Green Millet
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Researchers generated genome sequences for nearly 600 green millet plants and released a very high-quality reference S. viridis genome sequence Analysis of these plant genome sequences also led them to identify for the first time in wild populations a gene related to seed dispersal.

Released: 30-Sep-2020 11:05 AM EDT
Science Snapshots September 2020
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

2D Electronics, Plant Biofactories, Transforming Waste, and Vaccine Development.

Released: 30-Sep-2020 10:05 AM EDT
Scientists Capture Candid Snapshots of Electrons Harvesting Light at the Atomic Scale
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A team of scientists led by Berkeley Lab has gained important new insight into electrons’ role in the harvesting of light in artificial photosynthesis systems.

24-Sep-2020 3:40 PM EDT
Machine Learning Takes on Synthetic Biology: Algorithms Can Bioengineer Cells for You
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Scientists at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have developed a new tool that adapts machine learning algorithms to the needs of synthetic biology to guide development systematically. The innovation means scientists will not have to spend years developing a meticulous understanding of each part of a cell and what it does in order to manipulate it.

Released: 23-Sep-2020 3:55 PM EDT
New HPC4EI Project Aims to Cut Energy Costs of Painting Cars
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For years the coating industry has been working on energy and environmentally friendly improvements to the automotive painting process. Toward this end, researchers in Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory's Computational Research Division are partnering with one of the world’s largest paint manufacturers through a new project that aims to couple advanced mathematics with HPC resources to model the paint drying process and guide the development of new energy-efficient coating systems for the auto industry.

Released: 22-Sep-2020 4:50 PM EDT
Berkeley Team Plays Key Role in Analysis of Particle Interactions That Produce Matter From Light
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Researchers at Berkeley Lab played a key role in an analysis of data from the world’s largest particle collider that found proof of rare, high-energy particle interactions in which matter was produced from light.

8-Sep-2020 4:45 PM EDT
Lead Lab Selected for Next-Generation Cosmic Microwave Background Experiment
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The largest collaborative undertaking yet to explore the relic light emitted by the infant universe has taken a step forward with the U.S. DOE's selection of Berkeley Lab to lead the partnership of national labs, universities, and other institutions that are joined in the effort to carry out the DOE roles and responsibilities.



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