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$13.5 million Moore grant to develop working 'accelerator on a chip' prototype

DOE/SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
Grant and Award Announcement

The Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation has awarded $13.5 million to Stanford University for an international effort, including key contributions from the Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, to build a working particle accelerator the size of a shoebox based on an innovative technology known as 'accelerator on a chip.'

Funder: Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation

Q&A: SLAC theorist Lance Dixon explains quantum gravity

DOE/SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

In this Q&A, Particle Physics and Astrophysics Professor Lance Dixon of Stanford University and the Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory explains one approach to developing such a theory, called quantum gravity.

SLAC's Helen Quinn to receive 2016 Compton Medal

DOE/SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

Helen Quinn, a professor emerita at the Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and Stanford University, will receive the 2016 Karl Taylor Compton Medal for Leadership in Physics for her contributions to science education and theoretical physics.

Scientists find bone protein inhibits prostate cancer invasion

DOE/Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Scientists from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in collaboration with researchers from University of California campuses at Merced and Davis have found that a secreted protein predominantly expressed in bone inhibits prostate cancer metastasis to bone.

Journal: PLOS One

X-ray microscope reveals 'solitons,' a special type of magnetic wave

DOE/SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

Researchers used a powerful, custom-built X-ray microscope at the Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory to directly observe the magnetic version of a soliton, a type of wave that can travel without resistance. Scientists are exploring whether such magnetic waves can be used to carry and store information in a new, more efficient form of computer memory that requires less energy and generates less heat.

Team of appraisers across six states find home buyers will pay premium for solar homes

DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Photovoltaics added value to homes in six markets, according to a new report led by a researcher from Berkeley Lab and a home appraisal expert. They engaged a team of seven appraisers from across the six states to determine the value that solar photovoltaic systems added to single-family homes using the industry-standard paired-sales valuation technique, which compares recent sales of comparable homes to estimate the premium buyers would pay for PV.

Funder: DOE SunShot Initiative

SLAC goes to bat for science at Discovery Day

DOE/SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

The annual Discovery Day at AT&T Park was yet again a grand slam for science: About 35,000 visitors flocked to the ballpark of the San Francisco Giants on Nov. 7 to attend the fifth edition of the family-friendly science fair. With 150 exhibits and activities, science and technology organizations from across the Bay Area made science fun and accessible to the public.

Scientists ID genetic factors that influence body weight and neurological disorders

DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new study by Berkeley Lab scientists has identified genetic factors that influence motor performance and body weight in a genetically diverse group of mice. The researchers also found the genes identified in the mice overlap significantly with genes related to neurological disorders and obesity in people.

Journal: Scientific Reports

Department of Energy's ESnet and NERSC blaze 400G production network path

DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Business Announcement

The Department of Energy's Energy Sciences Network (ESnet) and the National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center (NERSC) have built a 400 gigabit-per-second (Gbps) super-channel, the first-ever 400G production link to be deployed by a national research and education network.

Breakthrough prizes honor neutrino experiments Berkeley Lab helped make possible

DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Grant and Award Announcement

At a gala ceremony held in Silicon Valley on November 8, the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory, the Kamioka Liquid-scintillator Antineutrino Detector, and the Daya Bay Reactor Neutrino Experiment were among five neutrino experiments awarded the 2016 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics. All three were made possible by essential contributions from Berkeley Lab scientists and engineers.