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Revealing the Mysteries Within Microbial Genomes

A digital illustration of light green rod-shaped bacteria floating in front of an uneven dark green surface suggestive of the gut lining.

Kristin Persson Receives Distinguished Scientist Fellow Award

Kristin Persson holding a molecule model.

DUNE Scientists Observe First Neutrinos with Prototype Detector at Fermilab

Two scientists in hard hats working on the 2x2 prototype detector for the DUNE near detector.

R&D 100 Awards Honor Two Berkeley Lab Innovations

White R&D 100 Awards logo on a dark green background.

A Better Understanding of DNA Unpacking

A digital illustration showing a strand of DNA (red and blue) wrapped around histone proteins (gray). The DNA strand comprising each chromosome is tightly packed into clusters of wrapped histones to compress the long molecule and streamline separation of copied chromosomes during cell replication. The strand is carefully unwound by different enzymes, including TIP60, to make it accessible for duplication and gene expression. (Credit:Wirestock Creators/Shutterstock)

Go-To Particle Physics Reference Hits 100,000 Citations

Collage of PDG's 'Review of Particle Physics' presentations in print and online, with sample code labeled PDG API in the center, on a blue background.

A New Way to Make Element 116 Opens the Door to Heavier Atoms

Scientist Jacklyn Gates at the Berkeley Gas-filled Separator used to separate atoms of element 116, livermorium.

Creating Carbon Negative Materials with Ancient Microbes

A chrome-colored methane storage tank featuring the Mango Materials logo rises above a rooftop, with a cloudy blue sky and rainbow in the background.

A New Approach to Accelerate the Discovery of Quantum Materials

This image shows the cobalt defect fabricated by the study team. The green and yellow circles are tungsten and sulfur atoms that make up a 2D tungsten disulfide sample. The dark blue circles on the surface are cobalt atoms. The lower-right area highlighted in blue-green is a hole previously occupied by a sulfur atom. The area highlighted in reddish-purple is a defect—a sulfur vacancy filled with a cobalt atom. The scanning tunneling microscope (gray) is using electric current (light blue) to measure the defect’s atomic-scale properties.

Turning Agricultural Trash to Treasure

Close-up of almond shells

Caught in the Actinium

Jen Wacker processes a sample of actinium at Berkeley Lab.

Biological Science Helps Fuel the Future of Electric Air Travel

Two smiling people in blue lab coats and safety glasses. The person on the right has their arm raised in the center of the frame presenting a nickel-sized sample.