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1-May-2018

Valleytronics discovery could extend limits of Moore's Law

DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Research appearing today in Nature Communications finds useful new information-handling potential in samples of tin(II) sulfide (SnS), a candidate 'valleytronics' transistor material that might one day enable chipmakers to pack more computing power onto microchips. 

Journal

Nature Communications

30-Apr-2018

SLAC and Stanford open one of World's most advanced facilities for Cryo-EM

DOE/SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
Business Announcement

A new facility for cryogenic electron microscopy, or cryo-EM, has opened at the Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory. Built and operated in partnership with Stanford University, it's equipped with four state-of-the-art instruments for cryo-EM, a groundbreaking technology whose rapid development over the past few years has given scientists unprecedented views of the inner workings of the cell.

26-Apr-2018

X-ray scientists create tiny, super-thin sheets of flowing water that shimmer like soap bubbles

DOE/SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

A team led by scientists at the Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory turned tiny liquid jets that carry samples into the path of an X-ray beam into thin, free-flowing sheets, 100 times thinner than any produced before. They're so thin that X-rays pass through them unhindered, so images of the samples they carry come out clear.

23-Apr-2018

A SLAC legend gives the lab his lifetime collection of precious foils

DOE/SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

Scientists who conduct experiments at the Stanford Radiation Synchrotron Lightsource (SSRL) have received an unusual and highly valuable gift -- a library of element calibration foils for a technique used to understand the structure of matter called X-ray absorption spectroscopy.

23-Apr-2018

Nanoparticle breakthrough could capture unseen light for solar energy conversion

DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

An international team, led by Berkeley Lab scientists, has demonstrated a breakthrough in the design and function of nanoparticles that could make solar panels more efficient by converting light usually missed by solar cells into usable energy.

Journal

Nature Photonics

20-Apr-2018

Study recommends strong role for national labs in 'second laser revolution'

DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new study calls for the US to step up its laser R&D efforts to better compete with major overseas efforts to build large, high-power laser systems, and notes progress and milestones at the BELLA Center at the Department of Energy's Berkeley Lab, and at other sites.

19-Apr-2018

Largest ever database of US wind turbines released

DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Business Announcement

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab), in collaboration with public and private partners, has released the most comprehensive publicly available database yet of US wind turbine locations and characteristics. The United States Wind Turbine Database (USWTDB) will allow unparalleled ability for government agencies and others to make planning decisions.

16-Apr-2018

SLAC produces first electron beam with superconducting electron gun

DOE/SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

Accelerator scientists at the Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory are testing a new type of electron gun for a future generation of instruments that take snapshots of the atomic world in never-before-seen quality and detail, with applications in chemistry, biology, energy and materials science.

13-Apr-2018

Scientists use machine learning to speed discovery of metallic glass

DOE/SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Blend two or three metals together and you get an alloy that usually looks and acts like a metal, with its atoms arranged in rigid geometric patterns. But once in a while, under just the right conditions, you get something entirely new: a futuristic alloy called metallic glass. Now new research reports a shortcut for discovering and improving metallic glass -- and, by extension, other elusive materials -- at a fraction of the time and cost.

Journal

Science Advances

Funder

DOE/US Department of Energy, NIH/National Institute of Standards and Technology, DOE/Advanced Manufacturing Office

10-Apr-2018

Tiny distortions in universe's oldest light reveal strands in cosmic web

DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Scientists have decoded faint distortions in the patterns of the universe's earliest light to map huge tubelike structures invisible to our eyes -- known as filaments -- that serve as superhighways for delivering matter to dense hubs such as galaxy clusters.

Journal

Nature Astronomy