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May 25 | News
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory researchers have reported the first direct observation of nanoparticles undergoing oriented attachment, the critical step in biomineralization and the growth of nanocrystals. A better understanding of oriented attachment in nanoparticles is a key to synthesizing new materials with remarkable structural properties.
May 24 | News
Dark
matter accounts for at least 80% of the matter in the universe. No one
knows what it is, but most scientists would bet on weakly interacting
massive particles, or WIMPs. LUX, the Large Underground Xenon detector
at the Sanford Underground Research Facility nearly a mile below the
Black Hills of South Dakota, holds 350 kg of liquid xenon and is a trap
set for dark-matter WIMPs.
May 17 | News
Neutrinos may be even stranger than they seem, if indeed they are the only fermions (particles of matter) that are their own antiparticles. Proof would be a rare form of radioactive decay called neutrinoless double-beta decay, which could only be seen if there's virtually no background interference. The MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR now under construction at the Sanford Underground Research Facility aims to prove these near-perfect conditions can be met.
May 15 | News
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory theorists and experimenters have led in the exploration of the unique properties of topological insulators, where electrons may flow on the surface without resistance and with their spin orientations and directions intimately related. Recent research at beamline 12.0.1 of the Advanced Light Source opens the way to exciting prospects for practical new spintronic devices that exploit control of electron spin as well as charge.
May 15 | News
Researchers at the Joint BioEnergy Institute have identified a tropical rainforest microbe that can endure relatively high concentrations of an ionic liquid used to dissolve cellulosic biomass for the production of advanced biofuels. They've also determined how the microbe accomplishes this, a discovery that holds broad implications beyond biofuels.
May 14 | News
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory scientists have developed a way to generate power using harmless viruses that convert mechanical energy into electricity. The milestone could lead to tiny devices that harvest electrical energy from the vibrations of everyday tasks. It also points to a simpler way to make microelectronic devices.
May 10 | News
A fleet of 100 floating robots took a trip down the Sacramento River in a field test organized by engineers at the University of California, Berkeley. The smartphone-equipped floating robots demonstrated the next generation of water monitoring technology, promising to transform the way government agencies monitor one of the state's most precious resources.
May 9 | News
The just-completed NDCX-II, the second generation Neutralized Drift Compression Experiment at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, is an unusual special-purpose particle accelerator built by the U.S. Department of Energy's Heavy Ion Fusion Science Virtual National Laboratory. The accelerator is a compact machine designed to produce a high-quality, dense beam that can rapidly deliver a powerful punch to a solid target.
May 7 | News
A team of scientists, led by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, has figured out how to grow light-emitting nanocrystals small enough to not disrupt cell activity but bright enough to be imaged one at a time.
May 3 | News
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory scientists are exploring whether a common soil bacterium can be engineered to produce liquid transportation fuels much more efficiently than the ways in which advanced biofuels are made today. The process would be powered only by hydrogen and electricity. The goal is a biofuel—or electrofuel, as this new approach is called—that doesn’t require photosynthesis.
