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What happens underground influences global nutrient cycles

DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Grant and Award Announcement

Through the Facilities Integrating Collaborations for User Science (FICUS) program, two Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science national user facilities -- the Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory (EMSL) and the DOE Joint Genome Institute (JGI) -- have selected 11 proposals for support from 53 received through a joint research call.

Funder: US Department of Energy's Office of Science

Building a Scale to Weigh Superheavy Elements

DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Scientists made the first direct, definitive measurement of the weight, also known as the mass number, for two superheavy nuclei.

Plastics, fuels and chemical feedstocks from CO2? They're working on it

DOE/SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Four SUNCAT scientists describe recent research results related to the quest to capture CO2 from the smokestacks of factories and power plants and use renewable energy to turn it into industrial feedstocks and fuels.

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

Tiny, Sugar-Coated Sheets Selectively Target Pathogens

DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Researchers developed molecular flypaper that recognizes and traps viruses, bacteria, and other pathogens.

How California wildfires can impact water availability

DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new study by scientists at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) uses a numerical model of an important watershed in California to shed light on how wildfires can affect large-scale hydrological processes, such as stream flow, groundwater levels, and snowpack and snowmelt. The team found that post-wildfire conditions resulted in greater winter snowpack and subsequently greater summer runoff as well as increased groundwater storage.

Journal: Hydrological Processes

Study reveals 'radical' wrinkle in forming complex carbon molecules in space

DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A team of scientists has discovered a new possible pathway toward forming carbon structures in space using a specialized chemical exploration technique at Berkeley Lab's Advanced Light Source.

Journal: Nature Communications

Scientists explore aged paint in microscopic detail to inform preservation efforts

DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

To learn more about the chemical processes in oil paints that can damage aging artwork, a team led by researchers at the National Gallery of Art and the National Institute of Standards and Technology conducted a range of studies that included 3D X-ray imaging of a paint sample at Berkeley Lab's Advanced Light Source.

Journal: Angewandte Chemie International Edition

End-run Spreads Lithium Throughout Battery Electrodes

DOE/SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

Scientists used chemically sensitive X-ray microscopy to map lithium transport during battery operation.

Tiny toxins: How algal blooms affect coastal systems through a complex web of interactions

DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

A Q&A with scientist Michelle Newcomer on looking for unexpected causes of harmful algal blooms. Harmful and nuisance algal blooms are thought to have a number of contributing causal factors, including a build-up of nutrients, unusually high water temperatures, and extreme weather events such as floods and drought. But an understanding of the connectivity between these triggers is missing, as is an ability to predict the onset of the blooms.

First report of superconductivity in a nickel oxide material

DOE/SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Scientists at SLAC and Stanford have made the first nickel oxide material that shows clear signs of superconductivity - the ability to transmit electrical current with no loss. The first in a potential new family of unconventional superconductors, its similarity to the cuprates raises hopes that it can be made to superconduct at relatively high temperatures. But it's also different in key ways that could overturn theories of how these puzzling materials work.

Journal: Nature
Funder: Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation's Emergent Phenomena in Quantum Systems Initiative, US Department of Energy's Office of Science

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