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Climate Change Expected to Shift Location of East Asian Monsoons
More than a billion people in Asia depend on seasonal monsoons for their water needs. The Asian monsoon is closely linked to a planetary-scale tropical air flow which, according to a new study by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, will most...
13-Nov-2019 9:00 AM EST
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Scientists Explore Egyptian Mummy Bones With X-Rays and Infrared Light to Gain New Insight on Ancient Life
Experiments at Berkeley Lab are casting a new light on Egyptian soil and ancient mummified bone samples that could provide a richer understanding of daily life and environmental conditions thousands of years ago. In a two-monthslong research effort...
7-Nov-2019 7:05 PM EST
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Etalumis ‘Reverses’ Simulations to Reveal New Science
A multinational collaboration using computing resources at the National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center has developed the first probabilistic programming framework capable of controlling existing simulators and running at large-scale on...
12-Nov-2019 10:50 AM EST
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Deep Learning Expands Study of Nuclear Waste Remediation
A research collaboration between Berkeley Lab, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Brown University, and NVIDIA has achieved exaflop performance with a deep learning application used to model subsurface flow in the study of nuclear waste...
12-Nov-2019 10:50 AM EST
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Machine Learning Enhances Light-Beam Performance at the Advanced Light Source
A team of researchers at Berkeley Lab and UC Berkeley has successfully demonstrated how machine-learning tools can improve the stability of light beams’ size for science experiments at a synchrotron light source via adjustments that largely cancel...
6-Nov-2019 2:05 PM EST
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Go With the Flow: Scientists Design New Grid Batteries for Renewable Energy
Scientists at Berkeley Lab have designed an affordable ‘flow battery’ membrane that could accelerate renewable energy for the electrical grid.
7-Nov-2019 11:00 AM EST
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A Game-Changing Test for Prion, Alzheimer’s, and Parkinson’s Diseases is on the Horizon
A new test agent can easily and efficiently detect the misfolded protein aggregates that cause devastating neurological diseases in blood samples. The technology could lead to early diagnosis of prion, Alzheimer's, and Parkinson's diseases for the...
6-Nov-2019 11:00 AM EST
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World-Leading Microscopes Take Candid Snapshots of Atoms in Their ‘Neighborhoods’
Scientists at Berkeley Lab have demonstrated how a powerful electron microscopy technique can provide direct insight into the performance of any material – from strong metallic glass to flexible semiconducting films – by pinpointing specific...
6-Nov-2019 3:00 AM EST
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Improving Indoor Air Quality During Wildfires
25-Oct-2019 4:15 PM EDT
Using Physics to Keep Our Electrical Grid Safe
A Q&A with a Berkeley Lab computer security expert on cyberattacks
24-Oct-2019 1:00 PM EDT
On quantum, "we've only scratched the surface." Director of Berkeley Lab's Advanced Quantum Testbed available to talk what's next
23-Oct-2019 4:25 PM EDT
Using Faster Computing to Better Predict Earthquake Damage to Infrastructure
18-Oct-2019 2:55 PM EDT
Tiny Toxins: How Algal Blooms Affect Coastal Systems Through a Complex Web of Interactions
A Q&A with scientist Michelle Newcomer on looking for unexpected causes of harmful algal blooms. Harmful and nuisance algal blooms are thought to have a number of contributing causal factors, including a build-up of nutrients, unusually high water...
28-Aug-2019 10:30 AM EDT
Moving Forward on Desalination
A Q&A with scientist Jeff Urban, who explains forward osmosis and how Berkeley Lab is pushing the frontiers of this emerging technology
31-Jul-2019 10:05 AM EDT
Experts on Ecosystems Getting Greener in the Arctic
28-Jan-2019 1:05 PM EST
How Drought and Other Extremes Impact Water Pollution
One in 10 Americans depends on the Colorado River for bathing and drinking. Last fall’s record-high temperatures reduced Colorado snowpack in winter 2018 to 66 percent of normal, sparking concern over water shortages downstream and leaving water...
10-Oct-2018 11:30 AM EDT
