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National labs support safe nuclear waste disposal by studying safety material for underground sites

DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Geoscientists from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) and two other U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) National Laboratories, Sandia and Los Alamos, are collaborating on the HotBENT project. This international field experiment is evaluating how well the natural, clay-based material (bentonite) placed around canisters of buried, high-level nuclear waste retains its safety functions when exposed to simulated long-term heating.

Electricity regulation with equity and justice for all

DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Reports and Proceedings

Advancing Equity in Utility Regulation, a new report published by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab), makes a unifying case that utilities, regulators, and stakeholders need to prioritize energy equity in the deployment of clean energy technologies and resources.

Funder: DOE/US Department of Energy

Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) creates largest 3D map of the cosmos

DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Reports and Proceedings

The Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) has capped off the first seven months of its survey run by smashing through all previous records for three-dimensional galaxy surveys, creating the largest and most detailed map of the universe ever.

First realistic portraits of squishy layer that’s key to battery performance

DOE/SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Scientists have made the first realistic close-ups of a plump, squishy layer called the solid-electrolyte interphase (SEI) that forms on lithium metal anodes as a result of chemical reactions with the electrolyte. Knowing what it really looks will give them a new way to improve next-gen battery design.

Journal: Science
Funder: U.S. Department of Energy

Revitalizing batteries by bringing ‘dead’ lithium back to life

DOE/SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Scientists brought islands of “dead” lithium back to life by making them creep worms to reconnect with their electrodes in next-gen lithium metal batteries. This extended battery life by nearly 30%.

Journal: Nature
Funder: DOE/US Department of Energy

New technique tunes into graphene nanoribbons’ electronic potential

DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Researchers at Berkeley Lab and UC Berkeley have discovered how to directly measure the unique magnetic properties of superthin graphene nanoribbons. The breakthrough could lead to high-speed, low-power nanoscale data storage technologies.

Journal: Nature

Science snapshots from Berkeley Lab

DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

This month's issue highlights "community editing" with CRISPR, Zebrafish pigment cells in 3D, and the economic viability of waste-heat.

Journal: Nature Microbiology

New device advances commercial viability of solar fuels

DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A research team has developed a new artificial photosynthesis device with remarkable stability and longevity as it converts sunlight and carbon dioxide into two promising sources of renewable fuels – ethylene and hydrogen.

Journal: Nature Energy

Room-temperature crystallography aids new study of photosynthetic bacteria

DOE/SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Recently developed methods at SLAC’s X-ray synchrotron helped a team of Stanford University and Washington University chemists better understand how certain bacteria turn light into chemical energy.

Journal: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

New smart-roof coating enables year-round energy savings

DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Scientists have developed an all-season smart-roof coating that keeps homes warm during the winter and cool during the summer – without consuming natural gas or electricity. Research findings point to a groundbreaking technology that outperforms commercial cool-roof systems in energy savings.

Journal: Science

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