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Transformational X-ray project takes a step forward

DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Business Announcement

A proposed upgrade to the Advanced Light Source -- which would provide new views of materials and chemistry at the nanoscale with X-ray beams up to 1,000 times brighter than possible now -- has cleared the first step in a Department of Energy approval process. The upgrade would enable new explorations of chemical reactions, battery performance, and biological processes.

10 new projects to be supported under Joint DOE user facility initiative

DOE/Joint Genome Institute
Business Announcement

The US Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute and the Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory have accepted 10 projects submitted during the 2017 call for proposals for their joint 'Facilities Integrating Collaborations for User Science' (FICUS) initiative. The accepted proposals will begin on Oct. 1, 2016 and fall under the following focused topic areas: Plant-Microbe Interactions, Biofuels and Bioproducts, and Biogeochemistry of Select Inorganics.

Funder: DOE/US Department of Energy

Berkeley lab to lead two DOE exascale computing proposals, support four others

DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Grant and Award Announcement

Scientists at the Department of Energy's Berkeley Lab will lead or play key roles in developing 11 critical research applications for next-generation supercomputers as part of DOE's Exascale Computing Project.

How fungi help trees tolerate drought

DOE/Joint Genome Institute
Peer-Reviewed Publication

In the transcriptome -- the set of its messenger RNA molecules that reflects actual biochemical activity by the organism -- of the most common ectomycorrhizal fungus Cenococcum geophilum, a team including DOE JGI researchers found specific adaptations that could help their hosts be more resistant to drought stress, a finding that could be useful in developing more plant feedstocks for bioenergy amidst the changing climate.

Journal: Nature Communications
Funder: US Department of Energy's Office of Science

SLAC Summer Institute students envision a new energy frontier

DOE/SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

Over a hundred physicists from around the world came to the Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory for two weeks in August to attend the 44th SLAC Summer Institute (SSI) on 'New Horizons on the Energy Frontier.'

SLAC, Stanford team finds a tough new catalyst for use in renewable fuels production

DOE/SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

Researchers at Stanford University and the Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory have developed a tough new catalyst that carries out a solar-powered reaction 100 times faster than ever before, works better as time goes on and stands up to acid.

Yijin Liu receives 2016 Spicer award for substantial research contributions using X-ray microscopy

DOE/SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

Yijin Liu is the winner of Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource's (SSRL) 2016 William E. and Diane M. Spicer Young Investigator Award. The award is given each year to early-career X-ray scientists who perform research at SSRL, a DOE Office of Science user facility at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory.

Researchers peel back another layer of chemistry with 'tender' X-rays

DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Scientists can now directly probe a previously hard-to-see layer of chemistry thanks to a unique X-ray toolkit developed at Berkeley Lab.

Journal: Nature Communications

Study finds potential new biomarker for cancer patient prognosis

DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Berkeley Lab researchers linked the overexpression of 14 genes related to cell division to cancer patients' prognosis and response to specific treatments. The findings could be used to develop a biomarker that doctors and patients use to make better informed decisions in clinical settings.

Journal: Nature Communications
Funder: National Institutes of Health

SLAC's high-speed 'electron camera' films atomic nuclei in vibrating molecules

DOE/SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

An ultrafast 'electron camera' at the Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory has made the first direct snapshots of atomic nuclei in molecules that are vibrating within millionths of a billionth of a second after being hit by a laser pulse. The method, called ultrafast electron diffraction, could help scientists better understand the role of nuclear motions in light-driven processes that naturally occur on extremely fast timescales.

Journal: Physical Review Letters