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Department of Energy's ESnet extends 100G connectivity across Atlantic

DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Business Announcement

The Department of Energy's Energy Sciences Network (ESnet) is deploying four new high-speed transatlantic links, giving researchers at America's national laboratories and universities ultra-fast access to scientific data from the Large Hadron Collider and other research sites in Europe. ESnet's transatlantic extension will deliver a total capacity of 340 gigabits-per-second, and serve dozens of scientific collaborations.

Funder: DOE/US Department of Energy

Supercomputers link proteins to drug side effects

DOE/Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

New medications created by pharmaceutical companies have helped millions of Americans alleviate pain and suffering from their medical conditions. However, the drug creation process often misses many side effects that kill at least 100,000 patients a year.

Journal: PLOS One

Dispelling a misconception about Mg-ion batteries

DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Berkeley Lab researchers, working under the JCESR Energy Hub, used supercomputer simulations to dispel a popular misconception about magnesium-ion batteries that should help advance the development of multivalent ion battery technology.

Journal: Journal of the American Chemical Society
Funder: DOE/US Department of Energy

New directors, new science share spotlight at annual meeting and workshops

DOE/SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

Nobel Prize-winning scientists and other prominent researchers, including new directors for the X-ray free-electron laser and synchrotron light sources at the Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, led workshops and other scientific presentations at last week's 2014 LCLS/SSRL Annual Users' Meeting and Workshops.

Dead star shines on

DOE/Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A supernova is the cataclysmic death of a star, but it seems its remnants shine on. Astronomers have found a pulsating, dead star beaming with the energy of about 10 million suns.

Journal: Nature

Five years of scientific discoveries with SLAC's LCLS

DOE/SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

Five years ago, on the eve of the first X-ray laser experiment at the Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Linda Young summed up her role in leading this inaugural exploration: 'Wow ... Quite an honor, quite a responsibility.'

Bio researchers receive patent to fight superbugs

DOE/Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Business Announcement

Superbugs, antibiotic-resistant bacteria, have been on the rise since antibiotics were first introduced 80 years ago. That's because these germ-fighting agents have lost their punch from being overprescribed and misused, allowing bacteria pathogens to develop immunities against them.

Study reveals 'bellhops' in cell walls can double as hormones

DOE/SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

Researchers have discovered that some common messenger molecules in human cells double as hormones when bound to a protein that interacts with DNA. The finding could bring to light a class of previously unknown hormones and lead to new ways to target diseases -- including cancers and a host of hormone-related disorders.

A quick look at electron-boson coupling

DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Using an ultrafast spectroscopy technique called time- and angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy, Berkeley Lab researchers demonstrated a link between electron-boson coupling and high-temperature superconductivity in a high-Tc cuprate.

Journal: Nature Communications
Funder: DOE/US Department of Energy

Livermore scientists suggest Southern Hemisphere ocean warming underestimated

DOE/Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Using satellite observations and a large suite of climate models, Lawrence Livermore scientists have found that long-term ocean warming in the upper 700 meters has likely been underestimated.

Journal: Nature Climate Change