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Plastic gets a do-over: Breakthrough discovery recycles plastic from the inside out

DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A team of researchers at Berkeley Lab has designed a recyclable plastic that, like a Lego playset, can be disassembled into its constituent parts at the molecular level, and then reassembled into a different shape, texture, and color again and again without loss of performance or quality.

Journal: Nature Chemistry

The 'little' computer cluster that could

DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

A computer cluster at Berkeley Lab, which switched off earlier this month, since 1996 had served as a steady workhorse in supporting groundbreaking physics research conducted by large collaborations.

Berkeley Lab science snapshots April 2019

DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Three science briefs from Berkeley Lab.

Journal: Climate Dynamics

Bridge over coupled waters: Scientists 3D-print all-liquid 'lab on a chip'

DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Researchers at Berkeley Lab have 3D-printed an all-liquid "lab on a chip" that, with the click of a button, can be repeatedly reconfigured on demand to serve a wide range of applications - from making battery materials to screening drug candidates.

Journal: Nature Communications

A breakthrough in the study of laser/plasma interactions

DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Researchers from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and CEA Saclay have developed a particle-in-cell simulation tool that is enabling cutting-edge simulations of laser/plasma coupling mechanisms. More detailed understanding of these mechanisms is critical to the development of ultra-compact particle accelerators and light sources that could solve long-standing challenges in medicine, industry, and fundamental science.

Journal: Physical Review X

Researchers create the first maps of two melatonin receptors essential for sleep

DOE/SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

An international team of researchers used an X-ray laser at the Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory to create the first detailed maps of two melatonin receptors that tell our bodies when to go to sleep or wake up and guide other biological processes. A better understanding of how they work could enable researchers to design better drugs to combat sleep disorders, cancer and type 2 diabetes. Their findings were published in two papers today in Nature.

Journal: Nature

Capturing the behavior of single-atom catalysts on the move

DOE/SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

Scientists are excited by the prospect of stripping catalysts down to single atoms. Attached by the millions to a supporting surface, they could offer the ultimate in speed and specificity. Now researchers have taken an important step toward understanding single-atom catalysts by deliberately tweaking how they're attached to the surfaces that support them - in this case the surfaces of nanoparticles.

Watching molecules split in real time

DOE/SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

Using a new X-ray technique, a team of researchers was able to watch in real time as a molecule split apart into two new molecules. The method could be used to look at chemical reactions that other techniques can't catch, for instance in catalysis, photovoltaics, peptide and combustion research. The team, led by researchers from Brown University in collaboration with the Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, published their results in March in Angewandte Chemie.

SLAC celebrates 10 years of innovative science at the Linac Coherent Light Source

DOE/SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

The Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory celebrated the 10-year anniversary of the first light at the Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS) April 10. More than 300 participants -- a mix of SLAC staff and scientists from partner laboratories and the international user community - gathered for a day-long symposium that highlighted the past, present and future trajectory of the revolutionary X-ray free-electron laser (XFEL).

A day in the life of a midnight beam master

DOE/SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

When is a day not a day? When you work in the central nervous system of the world's longest linear accelerator, open 24-7.

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