Skip to main content

All News

From Days to Hours: A Faster Way to Make a Promising New Catalyst

Elemental mapping of Pd/COF confirming uniform Pd distribution.

Cataloging the Microbiome of U.S. Rivers

Aerial view of a winding river snaking through a green landscape.

New DESI Results Weigh In On Gravity

Meteors from the Geminid meteor shower streak across the sky above the Nicholas U. Mayall 4-meter telescope at Kitt Peak National Observatory (KPNO).

Watching a Molecular Reaction in Real Time

Graphic illustration of molecules floating with cinema tape against a dark background.

Scientists Capture Images of Electron Molecular Crystals

2 rows of 3 scanning tunnel microscope images showing purple shapes against a dark background.

New Plant Engineering Method Promises to Dramatically Improve Biofuel and Bioproduct Development

Young plants lined up in a row in a petri dish, ranging from green to red hues.

Exploring the Cost and Feasibility of Battery-Electric Ships

Container ship under Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco.

Researchers Succeed in Taking 3D X-ray Images of a Skyrmion

A rendering in paraview of the product of the 3D reconstruction. (Credit: David Raftrey)

Manganese Cathodes Could Boost Lithium-ion Batteries

Gray particles of various sizes against a dark background, imaged here by a scanning electron microscope.

Peter Fischer Appointed Director of Berkeley Lab’s Materials Sciences Division

Portrait of Peter Fischer, a person with short brown gray hair wearing glasses and a dark top, photographed against a gray backdrop.

Magnifying Deep Space Through the 'Carousel Lens'

The Carousel Lens, an alignment consisting of 1 foreground galaxy cluster (the ‘lens’) and 7 background galaxies spanning immense cosmic distances through the gravitationally distorted space-time around the lens, as seen through the Hubble Space Telescope.

New Computer Simulations Help Scientists Advance Energy-Efficient Microelectronics

Three individuals are pictured in separate circular frames against a background of a green circuit board. The person on the left has a beard and short dark hair, wearing a blue shirt. The person in the center has long black hair and is smiling, wearing a dark shirt. The person on the right has a beard and is wearing a suit jacket over a white shirt.