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New UN Report: Limiting Global Warming to 1.5 Degrees Celsius Requires Deep Decarbonization Across All Sectors

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A Biofuel Breakthrough, Courtesy of Fungi

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DOE Renews Funding for Berkeley Lab's Joint BioEnergy Institute

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India Can Achieve Energy Independence by 2047 Through Clean Technology: Study

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A Quick New Way to Screen Virus Proteins for Antibiotic Properties

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Science in Motion: Can enhanced weathering help slow climate change?

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A Day in the Half-Life

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Electric Vehicle Batteries Could Get Big Boost With New Polymer Coating

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New DESI Planetarium Show to Premiere in Spring 2023

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Berkeley Lab Director Mike Witherell to Serve on Governing Council of the National Academy of Sciences

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On the Road to Better Solid-State Batteries

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How a Record-Breaking Copper Catalyst Converts CO2 Into Liquid Fuels

Artist’s rendering of a copper nanoparticle life cycle during CO2 electrolysis: Copper nanoparticles (left) combine into larger metallic copper “nanograins” (right) within seconds of the electrochemical reaction, reducing CO2 into new multicarbon products.