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Berkeley Lab’s CAMERA leads international effort on autonomous scientific discoveries

DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A paper published July 28 in Nature Reviews Physics highlights the growing adoption of autonomous discovery as a way to enhance data collection and analysis for research conducted at experimental facilities. Berkeley Lab's CAMERA organization has been at the forefront of this multi-year, multinational effort, which initially focused on synchrotron beamline research but is rapidly expanding into other scientific fields.

Journal: Nature Reviews Physics

SLAC partners with national labs and scientific publishing organizations on transgender-inclusive name-change process for published papers

DOE/SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

The agreement, announced today, will make it easier for researchers to change their names and claim work from all stages of their careers. It specifically addresses the administrative and emotional difficulties some transgender researchers have experienced when requesting such name changes.

How managing building energy demand can aid the clean energy transition

DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A comprehensive new study led by researchers from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) quantifies what can be done to make buildings more energy efficient and flexible in granular detail by both time (including time of day and year) and space (looking at regions across the U.S.). The research team found that maximizing the deployment of building demand management technologies could avoid the need for up to one-third of coal- or gas-fired power generation.

Journal: Joule
Funder: Department of Energy

Main attraction: Scientists create world's thinnest magnet

DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Scientists at Berkeley Lab and UC Berkeley have created an ultrathin magnet that operates at room temperature. The ultrathin magnet could lead to new applications in computing and electronics - such as high-density, compact spintronic memory devices - and new tools for the study of quantum physics.

Journal: Nature Communications

Deconstructing the infectious machinery of SARS-CoV-2

DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Scientists from three national labs have published a comprehensive study that - alongside other recent, complementary studies of coronavirus proteins and genetics - represents the first step toward developing treatments for COVID-19.

Journal: Biophysical Journal

What if we could give viruses a one-two punch?

DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Researchers at Stanford and Berkeley Lab's Molecular Foundry have developed virus-killing molecules called peptoids. The technology could make possible an emerging category of antiviral drugs that could treat everything from herpes and COVID-19 to the common cold.

Science snapshots from Berkeley Lab

DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Science snapshots from Berkeley Lab: Energy-saving windows, microbial fingerprints, lithium-ion batteries & fuel cells

Journal: Cell

Scientists take first snapshots of ultrafast switching in a quantum electronic device

DOE/SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Scientist demonstrated a new way of observing atoms as they move in a tiny quantum electronic switch as it operates. Along the way, they discovered a new material state that could pave the way for faster, more energy-efficient computing.

Journal: Science

SLAC hosts Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm for a virtual visit

DOE/SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

Highlights of the two-hour visit included behind-the-scenes looks at one of the most powerful X-ray sources on the planet and at the construction of the world's largest digital camera for astronomy. She also joined presentations of the lab's research in machine learning, quantum technology and climate science and engaged in discussions about diversity, equity and inclusion at SLAC.

First study of nickelate's magnetism finds a strong kinship with cuprate superconductors

DOE/SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Are new nickelate superconductors close kin to the original high-temperature superconductors, the cuprates? The first study of their magnetic properties says the answer is yes. Scientists from SLAC, Stanford and Diamond Light Source found important similarities but also subtle differences between the two.

Journal: Science
Funder: DOE/US Department of Energy

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