The Advanced Light Source — one of the world’s brightest sources of ultraviolet and soft x-ray beams — will maintain its position at the cutting edge of soft x-ray science thanks to $11.3 million in funding through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.

In order to facilitate data-intensive research, ESnet, the Department of Energy’s high-performance networking facility managed by the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, is receiving $62 million to develop what will be the world’s fastest computer network, designed specifically to support science.

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has announced that Berkeley Lab will receive $40.3 million in funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to support research in biofuels, fusion energy and the nation’s power grid. This allocation brings Berkeley Lab’s total ARRA funding from the DOE’s Office of Science to $156.1 million.

Berkeley Lab won four of R&D Magazine’s R&D 100 Awards for 2009, which recognize the 100 most significant proven technological advances of the year. This year’s winners offer the promise of cost-competitive solar cells, more computer memory at less cost, an unmatched look at atomic scale matter in 3-D, and a more powerful way to find hidden energy sources.