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3-Oct-2013

3D dynamic imaging of soft materials

DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Through a combination of transmission electron microscopy and ta unique graphene liquid cell, Berkeley Lab researchers have recorded the three-dimensional motion of DNA connected to gold nanocrystals, the first reported use of TEM for 3D dynamic imaging of soft materials.

Journal: Nano Letters
Funder: National Science Foundation

30-Sep-2013

Cold, salty and promiscuous -- Gene-shuffling microbes dominate Antarctica's Deep Lake

DOE/Joint Genome Institute
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Antarctica's Deep Lake is a saltwater ecosystem that remains liquid in extreme cold. For the first time, researchers describe a complete ecological picture of the microbial community thriving in Deep Lake. The detailed analysis appeared in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences the week of September 30, 2013 and was led by scientists from the University of New South Wales, Australia partnered with the US Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute.

Journal: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Funder: US Department of Energy's Office of Science

27-Sep-2013

Researchers demonstrate 'accelerator on a chip'

DOE/SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

In an advance that could dramatically shrink particle accelerators for science and medicine, researchers used a laser to accelerate electrons at a rate 10 times higher than conventional technology in a nanostructured glass chip smaller than a grain of rice.

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

23-Sep-2013

Berkeley Lab releases most comprehensive databook on China's energy and environment

DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Book Announcement

In the five years since the China Energy Group of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory released its last edition of the China Energy Databook, China has achieved two dubious distinctions: it surpassed the United States in energy consumption and it surpassed the United States in energy-related emissions of carbon dioxide, becoming the world leader on both scores. With these important shifts in the global energy landscape, the eighth edition of the China Energy Databook is being released this week.

18-Sep-2013

In water as in love, likes can attract

DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Berkeley Lab researchers have shown that, contrary to the scientific axiom that only opposite charges attract, when hydrated in water, positively charged ions can pair up with one another.

Journal: The Journal of Chemical Physics
Funder: US Department of Energy's Office of Science

17-Sep-2013

Lawrence Livermore study finds human activity affects vertical structure of atmospheric temperature

DOE/Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Human influences have directly impacted the latitude/altitude pattern of atmospheric temperature. That is the conclusion of a new report by scientists from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and six other scientific institutions. The research compares multiple satellite records of atmospheric temperature change with results from a large, multi-model archive of simulations.

Journal: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

16-Sep-2013

On the road to fault-tolerant quantum computing

DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

An international collaboration at Berkeley Lab's Advanced Light Source has induced high temperature superconductivity in a toplogical insulator, an important step on the road to fault-tolerant quantum computing.

Journal: Nature Physics
Funder: National Natural Science Foundation of China

16-Sep-2013

It's a shock: Life on Earth may have come from out of this world

DOE/Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A group of international scientists including a Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory researcher have confirmed that life really could have come from out of this world.

Journal: Nature Geoscience

11-Sep-2013

Technoeconomic model for biofuels

DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Business Announcement

JBEI researchers are developing wiki-based technoeconomic models to help accelerate the development of next generation biofuels that are economically competitive with petroleum-based fuels.

Funder: US Department of Energy's Office of Science

11-Sep-2013

Radiotherapy in girls and the risk of breast cancer later in life

DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Berkeley Lab researchers have helped determine why exposing young women and girls under the age of 20 to ionizing radiation can substantially raise the risk of their developing breast cancer later in life.

Journal: Stem Cell Research
Funder: DOE/US Department of Energy, NASA