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Lab Scientists Help Develop Promising Therapy for Huntington’s Disease

Berkeley Lab scientists have helped design a compound that suppresses symptoms of Huntington's Disease in mice. The researchers believe the compound is a promising therapeutic deserving of further investigation in the fight against this devastating neurodegenerative disease. »

Folding Funnels Key to Biomimicry

In a boost for biomimicry and self-assembling molecular systems, Berkeley Lab researchers have shown that a concept widely accepted as describing the folding of a single individual protein is also applicable to the self-assembly of multiple proteins. »

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Advanced Light Source Stars in New Video from California Academy of Sciences

Videographers from the California Academy of Sciences came to the ALS to film scientists talking about their work and about how the ALS provides exciting opportunities for research in everything from bone strength to faster computer chips. The video, shown on screens throughout the Academy, is part of the Academy's Science in Action effort "to make science accessible for everyone and discuss its relevance in our everyday lives.

Lab Scientists Help Restore America's Oldest Voice Recording

It's scratchy, lasts only 78 seconds and features the world's first recorded blooper. The public can now listen to what experts say is the oldest playable recording of an American voice, thanks to optical sound restoration tools developed by the Lab's Carl Haber and Earl Cornell in collaboration with the Library of Congress. The 1878 St. Louis Edison tinfoil was brought to Berkeley Lab this summer and digitally restored by Haber and Cornell.

Nobelists Explore Connections Between Mayan Astronomers and Modern Cosmologists

Berkeley Lab's Science at the Theater traveled across the Bay to San Francisco for a City Arts and Lectures event with Lab Nobel laureates George Smoot and Saul Perlmutter. They discussed what physics says about the beginning and end of the universe. The event included a screening of "Looking to the Skies," a video that explores the connections between Mayan astronomers and modern cosmologists featuring Smoot, Perlmutter and fellow Lab physicist Eric Linder. Go here to view the full City Arts and Lectures talk.