Lab materials scientists Cyrus Wadia and Ali Javey have been recognized by Technology Review magazine as being among the world's top innovators under age 35. Wadia was chosen for identifying materials that could be unexpectedly useful in solar cells, while Javey was honored for his efforts to engineer nanomaterials for technological applications. More>
Smart grid software and hardware developed by Berkeley Lab helped Northern California power utility PG&E and several of its commercial and industrial customers demonstrate that they can reduce power usage automatically and quickly—in less than 10 minutes—in support of grid reliability. The demonstration is the first of its kind in the U.S. More>
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. More>
ESnet, DOE’s high-performance networking facility managed by Berkeley Lab, is receiving $62 million to develop what will be the world’s fastest computer network, designed specifically to support science. More>
Researchers at Berkeley Lab and UC Berkeley have for the first time captured elusive nanoscale movements of ribosomes at work, shedding light on how these cellular factories take in genetic instructions and amino acids to churn out proteins.
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Climate sleuthsBerkeley Lab scientists and state-of-the-art computing resources located at Berkeley Lab have helped to pioneer our understanding of global climate and the impacts of climate change.
