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Machine learning helps scientists hunt for particles, wrangle floppy proteins and speed discovery

DOE/SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

At the Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, machine learning is opening new avenues to advance the lab's unique scientific facilities and research.

Scientists capture candid snapshots of electrons harvesting light at the atomic scale

DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A team of scientists led by Berkeley Lab has gained important new insight into electrons' role in the harvesting of light in artificial photosynthesis systems. The scientists say that their findings can help researchers develop more efficient material combinations for the design of high-performance solar fuels devices.

Journal: The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Science snapshots September 2020

DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

2D Electronics, Plant Biofactories, Transforming Waste, and Vaccine Development.

Journal: ACS Central Science

Machine learning takes on synthetic biology: algorithms can bioengineer cells for you

DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Scientists at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have developed a new tool that adapts machine learning algorithms to the needs of synthetic biology to guide development systematically. The innovation means scientists will not have to spend years developing a meticulous understanding of each part of a cell and what it does in order to manipulate it.

Journal: Nature Communications
Funder: Department of Energy, Joint BioEnergy Institute, Agile BioFoundry

Faced with shortages, researchers combine heat and humidity to disinfect N95 masks

DOE/SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

They found that gently heating N95 masks in high relative humidity could inactivate SARS-CoV-2 virus trapped within the masks, without degrading the masks' performance.

Journal: ACS Nano
Funder: US Department of Energy Office of Science National Virtual Biotechnology Laboratory, National Institutes of Health

SLAC's Xijie Wang wins prestigious accelerator science award

DOE/SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

Xijie Wang, an accelerator physicist at the Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, will receive the 2021 Nuclear and Plasma Science Society's Particle Accelerator Science and Technology Award. Bestowed by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), the prestigious award recognizes individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the development of particle accelerator science and technology.

Berkeley team plays key role in analysis of particle interactions that produce matter from light

DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Researchers at Berkeley Lab played a key role in an analysis of data from the world's largest particle collider that found proof of rare, high-energy particle interactions in which matter was produced from light.

SLAC invention could make particle accelerators 10 times smaller

DOE/SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A team led by scientists at the Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory has invented a new type of accelerator structure that could make accelerators used for a given application 10 times shorter.

Journal: Applied Physics Letters

Lead lab selected for next-generation cosmic microwave background experiment

DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

The largest collaborative undertaking yet to explore the relic light emitted by the infant universe has taken a step forward with the U.S. Department of Energy's selection of Berkeley Lab to lead the partnership of national labs, universities, and other institutions that are joined in the effort to carry out the DOE roles and responsibilities.

Scientists probe the chemistry of a single battery electrode particle both inside and out

DOE/SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Cracks and chemical reactions on a battery particle's surface can degrade performance, and the particle's ability to absorb and release lithium ions also changes over time. Scientists stuck a single particle the size of a red blood cell to the tip of a microscopic needle and probed it with X-rays to see how interior and surface changes influence each other.

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

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