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Benchmarking Tool Will Help Semiconductor Manufacturers Improve Energy Efficiency

[11/18/09]

Berkeley Lab scientists, in cooperation with the International SEMATECH Manufacturing Initiative, are releasing for beta testing a computer-based tool to help the world’s semiconductor manufacturing facilities evaluate and improve their energy efficiency.

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Berkeley Researchers Take the Lead Out of Piezoelectrics

[11/13/09]

By applying just the right compression to thin films of bismuth ferrite, Berkeley Lab researchers have produced a lead-free alternative to the current crop of piezoelectric materials.

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Berkeley Lab Receives $7 Million for Enhanced Geothermal Energy Technologies

[10/29/09]

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory has been awarded $7 million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funding for four projects that seek to advance Enhanced Geothermal Systems (EGS), which is capable of harnessing the Earth’s heat where conventional geothermal technologies cannot. The funding is part of a $400 million investment that the Department of Energy has made in geothermal energy thanks to the Recovery Act.

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New Agreement Brings Apprentice Electricians to Facilities Division

[10/28/09]

Apprentice electricians will join Berkeley Lab’s Facilities Division thanks to a historic agreement with the Alameda County Electrical Joint Apprenticeship and Training Committee, sponsored by Local 595 of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers and the Northern California chapter of the National Electrical Contractors Association.

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Feature Stories

Atomic-level Snapshot Catches Protein Motor in Action

[11/19/09]

Using a state-of-the-art protein crystallography beamline at Berkeley Lab’s Advanced Light Source, researchers have captured a critical action shapshot of an enzyme that is vital to the survival of all biological cells.

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Berkeley Lab Lends Expertise to India to Promote Energy Efficiency

[11/18/09]

India may rank only a distant fourth in terms of carbon dioxide emissions, behind China, the United States and Russia, but its rapid economic growth rate coupled with aging and inefficient energy infrastructure suggest dire environmental consequences if “business as usual” continues. That’s why experts from the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have been working to expand collaborations with India on energy efficiency.

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Berkeley Lab and China’s Peking University forge ties on carbon capture and storage research

[11/12/09]

Scientists from the U.S. and China will jointly tackle carbon capture and storage research, thanks to a memorandum of understanding that was entered into between the University of California, which manages Berkeley Lab, and Peking University on Nov. 12.

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Farewell to the Bevatron 1954-1993

[11/11/09]

For 39 years, it stood as the workhorse for high-energy and heavy-ion physics, a service record of accomplishment that is unrivaled. On November 6, 2009, nearly 200 Laboratory and retired Laboratory staff and well-wishers braved the rain and fog to pay final tribute and farewell to the Bevatron.

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