Berkeley Lab Building Efficiency Campaign Drives $95M in Annual Energy Savings
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...
21-Oct-2020 1:10 PM EDT
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Berkeley Lab Names Noël Bakhtian to Lead New Energy Storage Center
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...
15-Oct-2020 12:50 PM EDT
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Berkeley Lab Scientists Contribute to New Exploration of Higgs Boson Interactions
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...
14-Oct-2020 6:15 PM EDT
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What’s Nanotechnology? Kristin Persson Explains at 4 Different Levels
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
9-Oct-2020 8:00 AM EDT
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Coming Down the Pike: Long-Haul Trucks Powered by Hydrogen Fuel Cells
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...
8-Oct-2020 1:35 PM EDT
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New Algorithm Sharpens Focus of World’s Most Powerful Microscopes
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.
8-Oct-2020 11:00 AM EDT
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An Electrical Trigger Fires Single, Identical Photons
The precisely controlled photon source, made from an atomically thin semiconducting material, could aid the development of advanced quantum communication
8-Oct-2020 8:00 AM EDT
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Jennifer Doudna Wins 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
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...
7-Oct-2020 12:25 PM EDT
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Global Methane Emissions Soaring, But How Much Was Due to Wetlands?
A Q&A with Berkeley Lab scientist William Riley on the challenges in estimating methane emissions from wetlands and how nuanced computer models may help
13-Aug-2020 7:00 AM EDT
Keeping Cool Efficiently During Heat Waves
Heat waves are becoming a more regular occurrence across the country. Iain Walker, Leader of the Residential Building Systems Group at Berkeley Lab, has suggestions for how to weather them. Walker has more than 20 years’ experience as a building...
11-Aug-2020 7:00 AM EDT
How We Choose: Applying ‘Decision Science’ to Transportation Behaviors
Can scientists understand human behavior enough to figure out what drives the choices you make? In fact, it’s called “decision science,” and it’s something that Anna Spurlock, a behavioral economist with Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory...
12-Mar-2020 9:00 AM EDT
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
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