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Computational Chemistry Unlocked: A Record-Breaking Dataset to Train AI Models has Launched

An abstract decorative representation of atoms in molecules interacting. Many colorful interconnecting particles on a black field.

Scientists Crack Decades-Old Puzzle in CO2-to-Fuel Conversion

Close-up of a square metal and plastic lab component with tubes and copper wiring connected.

Scientists Develop Artificial Leaf That Uses Sunlight to Produce Valuable Chemicals

Two researchers posed to the right of a lab bench with various scientific instruments.

A New Age of Electron Microscopy: Magnifying Possibilities with Automation

Example of automated high-resolution imaging of core-shell nanoparticles

Moiré than Meets the Eye

A colorful schematic of an exciton surfing on a red and blue wave graph. A yellow and blue isometric view of molecules is below.

Scientists Discover New Heavy-Metal Molecule ‘Berkelocene’

The purple/blue solution contains crystals of the berkelocene “sandwich.”

A New Way to Engineer Composite Materials

Silica nanoparticles affixed with a distribution of polystyrene chains (purple) self-assemble into hexagonal lattices. Depending on how the chains are organized on the particle surface, they tangle together (purple) or unravel (blue) when compressed.

For Better Quantum Sensing, Go With the Flow

Dozens of droplets clustered together

Berkeley Lab Helps Explore Mysteries of Asteroid Bennu

Roughly diamond-shaped asteroid with a rocky, uneven surface, set against a completely black background.

A Film Capacitor That Can Take the Heat

Two researchers in blue coats and safety glasses look at an experimental setup.

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

Elemental mapping of Pd/COF confirming uniform Pd distribution.

Watching a Molecular Reaction in Real Time

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