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Off the scales: Fish armor both tough and flexible

DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Humans have drawn technological inspiration from fish scales going back to ancient times: Romans, Egyptians, and other civilizations would dress their warriors in scale armor, providing both protection and mobility. Now, using advanced X-ray imaging techniques, Berkeley Lab scientists have characterized carp scales down to the nanoscale, enabling them to understand how the material is resistant to penetration while retaining flexibility.

Journal: Matter

In International Physics Collaborations, Working Remotely Is Nothing New

DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Marjorie Shapiro, an experimental particle physicist and faculty senior scientist at Berkeley Lab, has been accustomed to working remotely and observing extreme social distancing from some colleagues for years, given that the scientific experiment she supports is 5,800 miles away.

Researchers map out intricate processes that activate key brain molecule

DOE/SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

For the first time, scientists have revealed the steps needed to turn on a receptor that helps regulate neuron firing. The findings might help researchers understand and someday treat addiction, psychosis and other neuropsychological diseases.

Journal: Nature
Funder: US Department of Energy Laboratory Directed Research and Development program, French Institute of Public Health Research/Institute of Public Health and partners; National Research Agency through the French EQUIPEX programme of investments in the future; PREMUP Foundation; Foundation of France; Foundation for Medical Research; and h, National Institutes of Health

New technique pinpoints locations of individual molecules in their cellular neighborhoods

DOE/SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Developed in the lab of Stanford University Nobelist W.E. Moerner, the new method combines cryoelectron tomography and low temperature single-molecule microscopy. Researchers called it a big leap for biology, with the potential to answer fundamental questions about the molecular machinery of bacteria, viruses, parasites, and processes like photosynthesis.

Journal: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Funder: DOE/US Department of Energy, NIH/National Institute of General Medical Sciences

Shock waves created in the lab mimic supernova particle accelerators

DOE/SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

In experiments at the National Ignition Facility, a SLAC-led team found new details about how supernovas boost charged particles to nearly the speed of light.

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

Scientists aim gene-targeting breakthrough against COVID-19

DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Scientists at Berkeley Lab's Molecular Foundry have joined forces with a research team at Stanford to aim a gene-targeting, antiviral agent called PAC-MAN against COVID-19.

Journal: Cell

Showtime for photosynthesis

DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Using a unique combination of nanoscale imaging and chemical analysis, an international team of researchers has revealed a key step in the molecular mechanism behind the water splitting reaction of photosynthesis, a finding that could help inform the design of renewable energy technology.

Journal: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Science snapshots May 2020

DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

World's forests are growing younger, US wind plant performance changes with age, and fungi food choices opens the door to better methods for producing bio-based products

Journal: Science

Smart farms of the future: Making bioenergy crops more environmentally friendly

DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Grant and Award Announcement

Farmers have enough worries -- between bad weather, rising costs, and shifting market demands -- without having to stress about the carbon footprint of their operations. But now a new set of projects by scientists at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) could make agriculture both more sustainable and more profitable.

Funder: Department of Energy ARPA-E

Can CT scans be used to quickly and accurately diagnose COVID-19?

DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Berkeley Lab data scientist Daniela Ushizima is exploring whether image recognition algorithms and a data analysis pipeline can help accurately distinguish COVID-19 abnormalities in CT scans and chest X-rays from other overlapping respiratory illnesses.

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