Dark Energy Instrument’s Lenses See the Night Sky for the First Time

Researchers at the Joint Center for Artificial Photosynthesis have demonstrated that recycling carbon dioxide into valuable chemicals such as ethylene and propanol, and fuels such as ethanol, can be economical and efficient – all through product-specific “active sites” on a single copper catalyst.

A Solar Cell That Does Double Duty for Renewable Energy - Researchers develop an artificial photosynthesis system that generates hydrogen fuel and electricity at the same time

Physicists leverage supercomputers to more precisely measure the lifetime of neutrons

Scientists have developed a new nanoparticle that can absorb near-infrared light and re-emit it as visible light, which could allow solar panels to convert unseen light into usable energy.

Berkeley Lab Scientists Print All-Liquid 3-D Structures

Scientists Discover ‘Chiral Phonons’ – Atomic Rotations in a 2-D Semiconductor Crystal

How the Earth Stops High-Energy Neutrinos

Solar-to-Fuel System Recycles CO2 to Make Ethanol and Ethylene - Berkeley Lab advance is first demonstration of efficient, light-powered production of fuel via artificial photosynthesis

For This Metal, Electricity Flows, but Not the Heat

A New Understanding of Metastability Clears Path for Next-Generation Materials | Berkeley Lab

X-Rays Capture Unprecedented Images of Photosynthesis in Action.

One of the most detailed genomic studies of any ecosystem to date has revealed an underground world of stunning microbial diversity, and added dozens of new branches to the tree of life.

Annual Wind Power Market Report Confirms Technology Advancements, Improved Project Performance, and Low Wind Energy Prices

Berkeley researchers report a major advance in understanding how oxygen oxidation creates extra capacity in such “lithium-rich” cathodes, opening the door to batteries with far higher energy density, meaning your phone or electric vehicle will be able to run for much longer between charges.

What a drag. Roof racks responsible for one percent of vehicle fuel use

Dealing with Data Deluge at LHC

Scientists "teach" non-photosynthetic bacterium to perform artificial photosynthesis, and to synthesize semiconductor nanoparticles

New clues to how gatekeeper for the cell nucleus works: Scientists study the nuclear pore complex, which contributes to many diseases when it malfunctions

Celeste: A New Model for Cataloging the Universe

Black phosphorous may be the next big thing in materials

Major Innovation in Molecular Imaging Delivers Spatial and Spectral Info Simultaneously: Berkeley Lab scientist invents technique to combine spectroscopy with super-resolution microscopy, enabling new ways to examine cell structures and study diseases.

Berkeley Lab Researchers Observe Shortest Wavelength Plasmons Ever in Single Walled Nanotubes

Major Advance in Artificial Photosynthesis Poses Win/Win for the Environment

Electric Vehicles May Be More Useful Than Previously Thought

First Detailed Microscopy Evidence of Bacteria at the Lower Size Limit of Life

World Record for Compact Particle Accelerator

Researchers have used an electric field to reverse the magnetization direction in a multiferroic spintronic device at room temperature.

Back to the Future with Roman Architectural Concrete

Berkeley Lab air quality scientists measure truck ‪emissions‬ at Port of Oakland and Caldecott Tunnel

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