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Cryo-Electron Microscopy Achieves Unprecedented Resolution Using New Computational Methods

New Study Maps Space Dust in 3-D

Image - The dark regions show very dense dust clouds. The red stars tend to be reddened by dust, while the blue stars are in front of the dust clouds. These images are part of a survey of the southern galactic plane. (Credit: Legacy Survey/NOAO, AURA, NSF)

New Machine Learning Technique Provides Translational Results

What a Genome-Wide Screening Can Reveal about Cancer Survival

Study: Soils Could Release Much More Carbon Than Expected as Climate Warms

Scientist Caitlin Hicks Pries downloads soil temperature data while fellow Berkeley Lab scientists Cristina Castanha (left) and Neslihan Tas (middle) work on an experimental plot in the background.

Attention Earthlings: Help Wanted in Finding a New Planet

Image - The public is now invited to participate in the hunt for a hypothetical ninth planet in our solar system, dubbed Planet Nine. This image shows an artist's concept of how Planet Nine may appear—if it exists. (Credit: NASA)

New Materials Could Turn Water into the Fuel of the Future

Researchers are using a new high-throughput method of identifying new materials.

New Evidence for a Water-Rich History on Mars

Image - This image of Mars was created from about 1,000 Viking Orbiter images. (Credit: NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, U.S. Geological Survey)

New Projects to Make Geothermal Energy More Economically Attractive

Cyclotron Road Researchers Hit Their Stride, Bringing Benefits for Berkeley Lab Scientists Along the Way

Getting to Know Meteors Better

Illustration - Asteroids pass close to Earth in this illustration. NASA is partnering with Berkeley Lab to study meteorite materials to better understand how meteors fracture as they enter Earth’s atmosphere and assess the risks they pose. (Credit: ESA/P.Carril)

A New Paradigm in Parachute Design

Photo - This array of parachutes, designed for NASA’s Orion spacecraft, is seen here during a test above Eloy, Ariz., in 2015. Several parachute designs for Orion have also been tested in NASA wind tunnels. (Credit: NASA)