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Five Berkeley Lab Researchers Receive DOE Early Career Research Awards

Cleansing Rain? Not So Fast.

Seeing Atoms and Molecules in Action with an Electron ‘Eye’

Rendering - The layout of the HiRES ultrafast electron diffraction beamline, which is located in the domed Advanced Light Source building at Berkeley Lab. (Computerized rendering courtesy of Daniele Filippetto/Berkeley Lab)

Roof Racks a Drag on Fuel Economy

Human Remains Found on Berkeley Lab Property

Four Berkeley Lab Scientists Elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

What Screens are Made of: New Twists (and Bends) in LCD Research

Graphic - Researchers examined the spiral “twist-bend” structure (right) formed by boomerang-shaped liquid crystal molecules (left and center) measuring 3 nanometers in length, using a pioneering X-ray technique at Berkeley Lab’s Advanced Light Source. A better understanding of this spiral form, discovered in 2013, could lead to new applications for liquid crystals and improved liquid-crystal display screens. (Credit: Zosia Rostomian/Berkeley Lab; Physical Review Letters, DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.116.147803; Journal of Materials Chemistry C, DOI: 10.1039/C4TC01927J)

Berkeley Lab Projects Could Save California More Than $2 Billion Annually in Energy Costs

Q&A: ‘Thyristors’ are for BART Trains and Particle Accelerators, Too

Existing State Laws Collectively Require a 50% Increase in U.S. Renewable Electricity

Construction Begins on Major Upgrade to World’s Brightest X-ray Laser

Image - An electron beam travels through a niobium cavity, a key component of a future LCLS-II X-ray laser, in this illustration. Kept at minus 456 degrees Fahrenheit, these cavities will power a highly energetic electron beam that will create up to 1 million X-ray flashes per second. (Credit: SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory)

Berkeley Lab Working on Key Components for LCLS-II X-ray Lasers

Image - A prototype LCLS-II undulator, which is designed to wiggle electrons so that they emit brilliant X-ray light, undergoes magnetic measurements testing at Berkeley Lab. (Credit: Roy Kaltschmidt/Berkeley Lab)