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Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:04:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 Hydrogen from Acidic Water: http://newscenter.lbl.gov/news-releases/2012/02/09/hydrogen-from-acidic-water/ http://newscenter.lbl.gov/news-releases/2012/02/09/hydrogen-from-acidic-water/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:03:24 +0000 lcyarris http://newscenter.lbl.gov/?p=20371 http://newscenter.lbl.gov/news-releases/2012/02/09/hydrogen-from-acidic-water/feed/ 0 Berkeley Lab Launches New Institute to Build Low-Carbon Pathways to Prosperity http://newscenter.lbl.gov/news-releases/2012/02/08/ligtt/ http://newscenter.lbl.gov/news-releases/2012/02/08/ligtt/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:33:27 +0000 juliechao http://newscenter.lbl.gov/?p=20349 http://newscenter.lbl.gov/news-releases/2012/02/08/ligtt/feed/ 0 Self-Assembling Nanorods: http://newscenter.lbl.gov/feature-stories/2012/02/01/self-assembling-nanorods/ http://newscenter.lbl.gov/feature-stories/2012/02/01/self-assembling-nanorods/#comments Wed, 01 Feb 2012 18:13:27 +0000 lcyarris http://newscenter.lbl.gov/?p=20321 http://newscenter.lbl.gov/feature-stories/2012/02/01/self-assembling-nanorods/feed/ 0 National Labs Seek Closer Industry Ties http://newscenter.lbl.gov/feature-stories/2012/01/30/national-labs-seek-closer-industry-ties/ http://newscenter.lbl.gov/feature-stories/2012/01/30/national-labs-seek-closer-industry-ties/#comments Mon, 30 Jan 2012 17:14:51 +0000 juliechao http://newscenter.lbl.gov/?p=20273 http://newscenter.lbl.gov/feature-stories/2012/01/30/national-labs-seek-closer-industry-ties/feed/ 0 Bright Lights of Purity: http://newscenter.lbl.gov/feature-stories/2012/01/30/nanocrystal-luminescence/ http://newscenter.lbl.gov/feature-stories/2012/01/30/nanocrystal-luminescence/#comments Mon, 30 Jan 2012 17:11:38 +0000 lcyarris http://newscenter.lbl.gov/?p=20294 http://newscenter.lbl.gov/feature-stories/2012/01/30/nanocrystal-luminescence/feed/ 0 From Cancer Research to Energy Storage, Berkeley Lab Scientist Takes on Big Challenges http://newscenter.lbl.gov/feature-stories/2012/01/27/big-challenges/ http://newscenter.lbl.gov/feature-stories/2012/01/27/big-challenges/#comments Fri, 27 Jan 2012 17:54:48 +0000 dankrotz http://newscenter.lbl.gov/?p=20196 http://newscenter.lbl.gov/feature-stories/2012/01/27/big-challenges/feed/ 0 Berkeley Lab to Develop Novel Materials for Hydrogen Storage http://newscenter.lbl.gov/feature-stories/2012/01/26/berkeley-lab-to-develop-novel-materials-for-hydrogen-storage/ http://newscenter.lbl.gov/feature-stories/2012/01/26/berkeley-lab-to-develop-novel-materials-for-hydrogen-storage/#comments Thu, 26 Jan 2012 18:07:02 +0000 juliechao http://newscenter.lbl.gov/?p=20188 http://newscenter.lbl.gov/feature-stories/2012/01/26/berkeley-lab-to-develop-novel-materials-for-hydrogen-storage/feed/ 0 Berkeley Lab Researchers Discover a Rotational Motion of Cells that Plays a Critical Role in Their Normal Development http://newscenter.lbl.gov/news-releases/2012/01/26/camo-discovery/ http://newscenter.lbl.gov/news-releases/2012/01/26/camo-discovery/#comments Thu, 26 Jan 2012 16:08:22 +0000 lcyarris http://newscenter.lbl.gov/?p=20124 http://newscenter.lbl.gov/news-releases/2012/01/26/camo-discovery/feed/ 0 Under the Electron Microscope – A 3-D Image of an Individual Protein http://newscenter.lbl.gov/feature-stories/2012/01/24/3d-protein/ http://newscenter.lbl.gov/feature-stories/2012/01/24/3d-protein/#comments Tue, 24 Jan 2012 22:14:16 +0000 dankrotz http://newscenter.lbl.gov/?p=20146 http://newscenter.lbl.gov/feature-stories/2012/01/24/3d-protein/feed/ 0 Berkeley Lab Selects Richmond Field Station as Preferred Site http://newscenter.lbl.gov/feature-stories/2012/01/23/berkeley-lab-selects-richmond-field-station-as-preferred-site/ http://newscenter.lbl.gov/feature-stories/2012/01/23/berkeley-lab-selects-richmond-field-station-as-preferred-site/#comments Mon, 23 Jan 2012 17:11:59 +0000 jonweiner http://newscenter.lbl.gov/?p=20115 http://newscenter.lbl.gov/feature-stories/2012/01/23/berkeley-lab-selects-richmond-field-station-as-preferred-site/feed/ 0 Berkeley Lab’s Ashok Gadgil Wins Zayed Future Energy Prize’s Lifetime Achievement Award http://newscenter.lbl.gov/feature-stories/2012/01/17/ashok-gadgil-wins-zayed-future-energy-prize/ http://newscenter.lbl.gov/feature-stories/2012/01/17/ashok-gadgil-wins-zayed-future-energy-prize/#comments Tue, 17 Jan 2012 23:24:44 +0000 juliechao http://newscenter.lbl.gov/?p=20101 http://newscenter.lbl.gov/feature-stories/2012/01/17/ashok-gadgil-wins-zayed-future-energy-prize/feed/ 0 Berkeley Lab Director Paul Alivisatos Wins Wolf Prize in Chemistry http://newscenter.lbl.gov/news-releases/2012/01/12/alivisatos-wins-wolf-prize-in-chemistry/ http://newscenter.lbl.gov/news-releases/2012/01/12/alivisatos-wins-wolf-prize-in-chemistry/#comments Thu, 12 Jan 2012 15:29:26 +0000 lcyarris http://newscenter.lbl.gov/?p=20068 http://newscenter.lbl.gov/news-releases/2012/01/12/alivisatos-wins-wolf-prize-in-chemistry/feed/ 0 Calculating What’s in the Universe from the Biggest Color 3-D Map http://newscenter.lbl.gov/news-releases/2012/01/11/what%e2%80%99s-in-the-universe/ http://newscenter.lbl.gov/news-releases/2012/01/11/what%e2%80%99s-in-the-universe/#comments Wed, 11 Jan 2012 19:59:44 +0000 paulpreuss http://newscenter.lbl.gov/?p=19698 http://newscenter.lbl.gov/news-releases/2012/01/11/what%e2%80%99s-in-the-universe/feed/ 0 New Information on the Waste-Disposal Units of Living Cells http://newscenter.lbl.gov/news-releases/2012/01/11/new-information-on-proteasomes/ http://newscenter.lbl.gov/news-releases/2012/01/11/new-information-on-proteasomes/#comments Wed, 11 Jan 2012 18:16:04 +0000 lcyarris http://newscenter.lbl.gov/?p=20041 http://newscenter.lbl.gov/news-releases/2012/01/11/new-information-on-proteasomes/feed/ 0 Berkeley Lab Seeks to Help U.S. Assert Scientific Leadership in Critical Materials http://newscenter.lbl.gov/feature-stories/2012/01/11/critical-materials/ http://newscenter.lbl.gov/feature-stories/2012/01/11/critical-materials/#comments Wed, 11 Jan 2012 17:38:39 +0000 juliechao http://newscenter.lbl.gov/?p=19983 http://newscenter.lbl.gov/feature-stories/2012/01/11/critical-materials/feed/ 0 Clearing a Potential Road Block to Bisabolane http://newscenter.lbl.gov/feature-stories/2012/01/09/agbis-structure-solved/ http://newscenter.lbl.gov/feature-stories/2012/01/09/agbis-structure-solved/#comments Mon, 09 Jan 2012 21:21:23 +0000 lcyarris http://newscenter.lbl.gov/?p=19853 http://newscenter.lbl.gov/feature-stories/2012/01/09/agbis-structure-solved/feed/ 0 Clearest Picture Yet of Dark Matter Points the Way to Better Understanding of Dark Energy http://newscenter.lbl.gov/news-releases/2012/01/09/clearest-view-dark-matter/ http://newscenter.lbl.gov/news-releases/2012/01/09/clearest-view-dark-matter/#comments Mon, 09 Jan 2012 20:00:27 +0000 paulpreuss http://newscenter.lbl.gov/?p=19831 http://newscenter.lbl.gov/news-releases/2012/01/09/clearest-view-dark-matter/feed/ 0 Omar Yaghi to Direct Berkeley Lab’s Molecular Foundry http://newscenter.lbl.gov/news-releases/2012/01/09/yaghi-molecular-foundry/ http://newscenter.lbl.gov/news-releases/2012/01/09/yaghi-molecular-foundry/#comments Mon, 09 Jan 2012 15:55:21 +0000 lcyarris http://newscenter.lbl.gov/?p=19834 http://newscenter.lbl.gov/news-releases/2012/01/09/yaghi-molecular-foundry/feed/ 0 The Next Big Step Toward Atom-Specific Dynamical Chemistry http://newscenter.lbl.gov/feature-stories/2012/01/05/atom-specific-chemistry/ http://newscenter.lbl.gov/feature-stories/2012/01/05/atom-specific-chemistry/#comments Thu, 05 Jan 2012 22:37:45 +0000 paulpreuss http://newscenter.lbl.gov/?p=19784 http://newscenter.lbl.gov/feature-stories/2012/01/05/atom-specific-chemistry/feed/ 0 Depleted Gas Reservoirs Can Double as Geologic Carbon Storage Sites http://newscenter.lbl.gov/feature-stories/2012/01/05/otway-project/ http://newscenter.lbl.gov/feature-stories/2012/01/05/otway-project/#comments Thu, 05 Jan 2012 19:22:54 +0000 dankrotz http://newscenter.lbl.gov/?p=19709 http://newscenter.lbl.gov/feature-stories/2012/01/05/otway-project/feed/ 0 Better Batteries for Transportation http://newscenter.lbl.gov/videos/2012/01/03/better-batteries-for-transportation/ http://newscenter.lbl.gov/videos/2012/01/03/better-batteries-for-transportation/#comments Wed, 04 Jan 2012 00:57:45 +0000 dankrotz http://newscenter.lbl.gov/?p=19705 http://newscenter.lbl.gov/videos/2012/01/03/better-batteries-for-transportation/feed/ 0 CAD for RNA http://newscenter.lbl.gov/news-releases/2011/12/22/cad-for-rna/ http://newscenter.lbl.gov/news-releases/2011/12/22/cad-for-rna/#comments Thu, 22 Dec 2011 18:59:53 +0000 lcyarris http://newscenter.lbl.gov/?p=19628 http://newscenter.lbl.gov/news-releases/2011/12/22/cad-for-rna/feed/ 0 A Single Cell Endoscope http://newscenter.lbl.gov/news-releases/2011/12/20/a-single-cell-endoscope/ http://newscenter.lbl.gov/news-releases/2011/12/20/a-single-cell-endoscope/#comments Tue, 20 Dec 2011 19:28:16 +0000 lcyarris http://newscenter.lbl.gov/?p=19648 http://newscenter.lbl.gov/news-releases/2011/12/20/a-single-cell-endoscope/feed/ 0 Saving on Energy Bills: Meeting Families in the Middle http://newscenter.lbl.gov/news-releases/2011/12/20/saving-on-energy-bills-meeting-families-in-the-middle/ http://newscenter.lbl.gov/news-releases/2011/12/20/saving-on-energy-bills-meeting-families-in-the-middle/#comments Tue, 20 Dec 2011 18:10:11 +0000 juliechao http://newscenter.lbl.gov/?p=19578 http://newscenter.lbl.gov/news-releases/2011/12/20/saving-on-energy-bills-meeting-families-in-the-middle/feed/ 0 New Take on Impacts of Low Dose Radiation http://newscenter.lbl.gov/news-releases/2011/12/20/low-dose-radiation/ http://newscenter.lbl.gov/news-releases/2011/12/20/low-dose-radiation/#comments Tue, 20 Dec 2011 16:19:53 +0000 lcyarris http://newscenter.lbl.gov/?p=19495 http://newscenter.lbl.gov/news-releases/2011/12/20/low-dose-radiation/feed/ 0 Playback: 130-Year-Old Sounds Revealed http://newscenter.lbl.gov/feature-stories/2011/12/14/old-sounds-revealed/ http://newscenter.lbl.gov/feature-stories/2011/12/14/old-sounds-revealed/#comments Wed, 14 Dec 2011 21:01:30 +0000 dankrotz http://newscenter.lbl.gov/?p=19563 http://newscenter.lbl.gov/feature-stories/2011/12/14/old-sounds-revealed/feed/ 0 Closest Type Ia Supernova in Decades Solves a Cosmic Mystery http://newscenter.lbl.gov/news-releases/2011/12/14/sn-2011fe/ http://newscenter.lbl.gov/news-releases/2011/12/14/sn-2011fe/#comments Wed, 14 Dec 2011 18:00:09 +0000 paulpreuss http://newscenter.lbl.gov/?p=19406 http://newscenter.lbl.gov/news-releases/2011/12/14/sn-2011fe/feed/ 0 In memoriam, Clyde Taylor, 1930-2011 http://newscenter.lbl.gov/feature-stories/2011/12/13/clyde-taylor/ http://newscenter.lbl.gov/feature-stories/2011/12/13/clyde-taylor/#comments Tue, 13 Dec 2011 23:44:05 +0000 paulpreuss http://newscenter.lbl.gov/?p=19552 http://newscenter.lbl.gov/feature-stories/2011/12/13/clyde-taylor/feed/ 0 New Path to Flex and Stretch Electronics http://newscenter.lbl.gov/feature-stories/2011/12/13/flex-and-stretch-electronics/ http://newscenter.lbl.gov/feature-stories/2011/12/13/flex-and-stretch-electronics/#comments Tue, 13 Dec 2011 19:36:00 +0000 lcyarris http://newscenter.lbl.gov/?p=19520 http://newscenter.lbl.gov/feature-stories/2011/12/13/flex-and-stretch-electronics/feed/ 0 Diamonds and Dust for Better Cement http://newscenter.lbl.gov/news-releases/2011/12/12/diamonds-and-dust/ http://newscenter.lbl.gov/news-releases/2011/12/12/diamonds-and-dust/#comments Mon, 12 Dec 2011 16:47:01 +0000 paulpreuss http://newscenter.lbl.gov/?p=19460 http://newscenter.lbl.gov/news-releases/2011/12/12/diamonds-and-dust/feed/ 0 Nanocrystals Go Bare: http://newscenter.lbl.gov/feature-stories/2011/12/08/nanocrystals-go-bare/ http://newscenter.lbl.gov/feature-stories/2011/12/08/nanocrystals-go-bare/#comments Thu, 08 Dec 2011 15:46:57 +0000 lcyarris http://newscenter.lbl.gov/?p=19248 http://newscenter.lbl.gov/feature-stories/2011/12/08/nanocrystals-go-bare/feed/ 0 A Better Way to ID Extreme Weather Events in Climate Models http://newscenter.lbl.gov/feature-stories/2011/12/06/id-extreme-weather/ http://newscenter.lbl.gov/feature-stories/2011/12/06/id-extreme-weather/#comments Tue, 06 Dec 2011 21:36:03 +0000 dankrotz http://newscenter.lbl.gov/?p=19334 http://newscenter.lbl.gov/feature-stories/2011/12/06/id-extreme-weather/feed/ 0 Today’s Severe Drought, Tomorrow’s Normal http://newscenter.lbl.gov/feature-stories/2011/12/05/severe-drought/ http://newscenter.lbl.gov/feature-stories/2011/12/05/severe-drought/#comments Tue, 06 Dec 2011 00:16:01 +0000 dankrotz http://newscenter.lbl.gov/?p=19309 http://newscenter.lbl.gov/feature-stories/2011/12/05/severe-drought/feed/ 0 Partnership for Progress in Electronics Strengthened by New Lab-Industry Investment http://newscenter.lbl.gov/feature-stories/2011/12/05/lab-electronics-industry-partnership/ http://newscenter.lbl.gov/feature-stories/2011/12/05/lab-electronics-industry-partnership/#comments Mon, 05 Dec 2011 18:14:51 +0000 paulpreuss http://newscenter.lbl.gov/?p=19283 http://newscenter.lbl.gov/feature-stories/2011/12/05/lab-electronics-industry-partnership/feed/ 0 E. 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