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Berkeley Lab scientists developing quick way to id people exposed to ionizing radiation

DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Research conducted by Berkeley Lab scientists could lead to a blood test that detects if a person has been exposed to radiation, measures their dose, and separates people suffering from inflammation injuries -- all in a matter of hours. They identified eight DNA-repair genes in human blood whose expression responses change more than twofold soon after blood is exposed to radiation.

Journal: PLOS One

Berkeley Lab research finds the insurance industry paying increasing attention to climate change

DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

The insurance industry, the world's largest business with $4.6 trillion in revenues, is making larger efforts to manage climate change-related risks, according to a new study published today in the journal Science.

Journal: Science

Nanocrystals not small enough to avoid defects

DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A team of researchers from Berkeley Lab and other institutes has shown that contrary to computer simulations, the tiny size of nanocrystals is no safeguard from defects. Studies at Berkeley Lab's Advanced Light Source show that dislocations can form in the finest of nanocrystals when stress is applied.

Journal: Science

X-ray laser takes aim at cosmic mystery

DOE/Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

An international collaboration including researchers from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory has refined a key process in understanding extreme plasmas such as those found in the sun, stars, at the rims of black holes and galaxy clusters.

Journal: Nature

X-ray laser takes aim at cosmic mystery

DOE/SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Scientists have used powerful X-rays from the Linac Coherent Light Source free-electron laser, to study and measure, in atomic detail, a key process at work in extreme plasmas like those found in stars, the rims of black holes and other massive cosmic phenomena.

Journal: Nature

Space-age ceramics get their toughest test

DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Space-age ceramics at their best promise advanced jet and gas turbine engines that burn with greater fuel efficiencies and less pollution. Berkeley Lab scientists have developed the first mechanical test rig for obtaining real-time X-ray computed microtomography images at ultrahigh temperatures for improving the composition and architecture of advanced ceramic composites.

Journal: Nature Materials
Funder: Office of Scientific Research (Grant FA8655-09-1-3065);MH15750 training fellowship UCLA, US Air Force Research Laboratory, National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Experiment finds ulcer bug's Achilles' heel

DOE/SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Experiments at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory have revealed a potential new way to attack common stomach bacteria that cause ulcers and significantly increase the odds of developing stomach cancer.

Journal: Nature
Funder: DOE/US Department of Energy

6 Berkeley Lab scientists are 2012 APS Fellows

DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Grant and Award Announcement

A bumper crop of American Physical Society (APS) honorees from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory -- John Byrd, Derun Li, David Robin, and Carl Schroeder of the Accelerator and Fusion Research Division, Zoltan Ligeti of the Physics Division, and Howard Padmore of the Advanced Light Source -- have been named APS Fellows for 2012. Their citations cover a range of contributions in fields from accelerator physics to theoretical physics to international cooperation.

Funder: American Physical Society

Seeing in color at the nanoscale

DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

If nanoscience were television, we'd be in the 1950s. Although scientists can make and manipulate nanoscale objects with increasingly awesome control, they are limited to black-and-white imagery for examining those objects. But that may all change with the introduction of a new microscopy tool from researchers at Berkeley Lab that delivers exquisite chemical details with a resolution once thought impossible.

Journal: Science
Funder: Deptartment of Energy Office of Science

Berkeley Lab applies US tools and technologies to spur low-carbon cities in China

DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

With nearly 25 years experience analyzing energy use in China, the China Energy Group has tailored a variety of resources to help local Chinese officials turn government mandates into practical how-to guides for understanding their energy usage and reducing their carbon dioxide emissions.