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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)

The Heat is On

Photo - The Mars Science Laboratory, which landed the Curiosity rover on MARS, featured the largest heat shield (the underside is shown here)—at 14 feet 9 inches in diameter—to enter a planet’s atmosphere. NASA is now engaging in R&D for even larger heat shields made of flexible, foldable material that can open up like an umbrella to protect spacecraft during atmospheric entry. (Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Lockheed Martin)

When Rocket Science Meets X-ray Science

Photo - Francesco Panerai of Analytical Mechanical Associates Inc., a materials scientist leading a series of X-ray experiments at Berkeley Lab for NASA Ames Research Center, discusses a 3-D visualization (shown on screens) of a heat shield material's microscopic structure in simulated spacecraft atmospheric entry conditions. The visualization is based on X-ray imaging at Berkeley Lab’s Advanced Light Source. (Credit: Marilyn Chung/Berkeley Lab)

Researchers Catch Extreme Waves with High-Resolution Modeling

Next-Gen Dark Matter Detector in a Race to Finish Line

Photo - The PATRIC test bed at Brown University is used to test light-amplifying photomultiplier tubes (PMTs) for the LZ project. (Credit: Brown University)

Three Berkeley Lab Researchers Named to National Academy of Engineering

Chemicals Hitch a Ride onto New Protein for Better Compounds

Thirdhand Smoke Affects Weight, Blood Cell Development in Mice

Berkeley Lab Gets $4.6M in Functional Genomics Catalog Project

Scientists Determine Precise 3-D Location and Identity of All 23,000 Atoms in a Nanoparticle

High-Resolution Imaging Reveals New Understanding of Battery Cathode Particles

Berkeley Lab Breaks Ground on Integrative Genomics Building