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Nanoparticle supersoap creates 'bijel' with potential as sculptable fluid

DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new type of 'bijel' created by Berkeley Lab scientists could one day lead to applications in soft robotics, liquid circuitry, and a host of other applications that could benefit from shape-shifting fluids.

Journal: Nature Nanotechnology
Funder: Department of Energy

From science to finance: SLAC summer interns forge new paths in STEM

DOE/SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

Internships at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory have a way of opening surprising doors to the future.

High-speed movie aids scientists who design glowing molecules

DOE/SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

In a recent experiment conducted at the Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, a research team used bright, ultrafast X-ray pulses from SLAC's X-ray free-electron laser to create a high-speed movie of a fluorescent protein in action. With that information, the scientists began to design a marker that switches more easily, a quality that can improve resolution during biological imaging.

A TOAST for next generation CMB experiments

DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Computational cosmologists at Berkeley Lab they recently achieved a critical milestone in preparation for upcoming CMB experiments: scaling their data simulation and reduction framework TOAST to run on all 658,784 Intel Knights Landing Xeon Phi processor cores on the NERSC's Cori. The team also implemented a new module to simulate the noise introduced when ground-based telescopes look at the CMB through the atmosphere.

Copper catalyst yields high efficiency CO2-to-fuels conversion

DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Berkeley Lab scientists have developed a new electrocatalyst that can directly convert carbon dioxide into multicarbon fuels and alcohols using record-low inputs of energy. The work is the latest in a round of studies coming out of Berkeley Lab tackling the challenge of a creating a clean chemical manufacturing system that can put carbon dioxide to good use.

Journal: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Funder: DOE/US Department of Energy

Solar-to-fuel system recycles CO2 to make ethanol and ethylene

DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Berkeley Lab scientists have harnessed the power of photosynthesis to convert carbon dioxide into fuels and alcohols at efficiencies far greater than plants. The achievement marks a significant advance in the effort to move toward sustainable sources of fuel.

Journal: Energy & Environmental Science
Funder: Department of Energy

New study on graphene-wrapped nanocrystals makes inroads toward next-gen fuel cells

DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new Berkeley Lab-led study provides insight into how an ultrathin coating can enhance the performance of graphene-wrapped nanocrystals for hydrogen storage applications.

Journal: Nano Letters

SLAC-led project will use AI to prevent or minimize electric grid failures

DOE/SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A project led by the Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory will combine artificial intelligence with massive amounts of data and industry experience from a dozen U.S. partners to identify places where the electric grid is vulnerable to disruption, reinforce those spots in advance and recover faster when failures do occur.

Berkeley Lab scientists map key DNA protein complex at near-atomic resolution

DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Using cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM), Berkeley Lab researchers have obtained 3-D models of a human transcription factor at near-atomic resolutions. The protein complex is critical to gene expression and DNA repair, and could aid research in targeted drug development.

Journal: Nature
Funder: DOE/US Department of Energy, Swiss National Science Foundation, NIH/National Institute of General Medical Sciences

Hewlett Packard's Suhas Kumar wins 2017 Klein Award

DOE/SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

Suhas Kumar, a postdoctoral researcher at Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE), wants to develop next-generation information storage devices and better computers. His particular interest is a new type of electronic device, called a memristor, that could make future computer memories faster, more durable and more energy efficient than today's flash memory. Now, his work has been recognized with the 2017 Melvin P. Klein Scientific Development Award of the Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource (SSRL) at the Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory.

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