Making Do with More: Joint BioEnergy Institute Researchers Engineer Plant Cell Walls to Boost Sugar Yields for Biofuels
Using the tools of synthetic biology, JBEI researchers are engineering healthy plants whose lignocellulosic biomass can more easily be broken down into simple sugars for the production of clean, green and renewable advanced biofuels.
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NOvA neutrino detector records first 3-D particle tracks
Using the first completed section of the NOvA neutrino detector, scientists have begun collecting data from cosmic rays—particles produced by a constant rain of atomic nuclei falling on the Earth’s atmosphere from space .
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Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory achieves milestone, completing first part of heart of fusion experiment
Engineers and technicians at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) have completed a crucial stage of the $94 million upgrade of the National Spherical Torus Experiment (NSTX), the Laboratory’s major fusion project.
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Fake Shewanella reveals how bacteria breathe iron
Electrons conduct through bacterial proteins directly to minerals containing iron.
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Berkeley Lab Researchers Use Metamaterials to Observe Giant Photonic Spin Hall Effect
Engineering a unique metamaterial of gold nanoantennas, Berkeley Lab researchers were able to obtain the strongest signal yet of the photonic spin Hall effect, an optical phenomenon of quantum mechanics that could play a prominent role in the future of computing.
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Building the Massive Simulation Sets Essential to Planck Results
Using NERSC supercomputers, Berkeley Lab scientists generate thousands of simulations to analyze the flood of data from the Planck mission.
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Breakthrough Research Shows Chemical Reaction in Real Time
Menlo Park, Calif. — The ultrafast, ultrabright X-ray pulses of the Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS) have enabled unprecedented views of a catalyst in action, an important step in the effort to develop cleaner and more efficient energy sources.
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Long Predicted Atomic Collapse State Observed in Graphene
Berkeley Lab researchers recreate elusive phenomenon with artificial nuclei.
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Final Magnet Girders Installed at NSLS-II
With painstaking precision, Brookhaven engineers aligned and delivered the final magnet girders needed to focus the near-light-speed electron beam at NSLS-II. Aligning the magnets to within the width of a hair took years of planning, an incredibly skilled team, and surprisingly, a simple piece of wire.
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Engineering Bacterial Live Wires
Berkeley Lab scientists discover the balance that allows electricity to flow between cells and electronics.
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New Opportunities for Crystal Growth
Berkeley Lab Facility Provides Unique Capabilities for the Synthesis of New Crystals and Materials.
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Searching for the Solar System’s Chemical Recipe
Berkeley Lab’s Chemical Dynamics Beamline points to why isotope ratios in interplanetary dust and meteorites differ from Earth’s.
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