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Atomic Neighborhoods in Semiconductors Provide New Avenue for Designing Microelectronics

An illustration showing a layer of closely packed spheres, mostly gray, with a few blue and red ones mixed in. Floating above the layer are several small clusters of spheres in different arrangements of the blue, red, and gray.

Computational Chemistry Unlocked: A Record-Breaking Dataset to Train AI Models has Launched

An abstract decorative representation of atoms in molecules interacting. Many colorful interconnecting particles on a black field.

The Future Looks Bright for Infinitely Recyclable Plastic

Person standing in front of plastic compressed recycling blocks

X-Ray Study Recasts Role of Battery Material from Cathode to Catalyst

Wanli Yang, a senior scientist in Berkeley Lab’s Advanced Light Source, working on a resonant inelastic X-ray scattering (RIXS) system. Yang adapted the RIXS technique to study lithium-rich battery materials. (Credit: Wanli Yang/Berkeley Lab)

Century-Old Problem Solved With First-Ever 3D Atomic Imaging of an Amorphous Solid

At left, an experimental 3D atomic model of a metallic glass nanoparticle, 8 nanometers in diameter. Right: The 3D atomic packing of a supercluster within the structure. Differently colored balls represent different types of atoms. (Courtesy of Yao Yang and Jianwei “John” Miao/UCLA)

This Hydrogen Fuel Machine Could Be the Ultimate Guide to Self-Improvement

Actor in a Supporting Role: Substrate Effects on 2D Layers

This Ultrathin Sensor Could Save Your Lungs – and the Climate

A 1-Atom-Deep Look at a Water-Splitting Catalyst

Rendering - This illustration shows two possible types of surface layers for a catalyst that performs the water-splitting reaction, the first step in making hydrogen fuel: The gray surface is lanthanum oxide and the colorful surface is nickel oxide. A rearrangement of nickel oxide’s atoms while carrying out the reaction made it twice as efficient. Researchers hope to harness this phenomenon to make better catalysts. Lanthanum atoms are depicted in green, nickel atoms in blue, and oxygen atoms in red. (Credit: CUBE3D)

Two Berkeley Lab Scientists Honored with the Lawrence Award

Photo - Collage of three winners.

Speeding Toward Improved Hydrogen Fuel Production

An illustration of the 2D boron nitride substrate with imperfections that host tiny nickel clusters. The catalyst aids the chemical reaction that removes hydrogen from liquid chemical carriers, making it available for use as a fuel. (Credit: Jeff Urban/Berkeley Lab)