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Electronic Bridge Allows Rapid Energy Sharing Between Semiconductors

Artistic depiction of electron transfer driven by an ultrashort laser pulse, across an interface between two atomically-thin materials.

Berkeley Lab Scientists Develop a Cool New Method of Refrigeration

Graphic collage depicting an air conditioning unit, the earth, a spilled salt container, an arm spraying an aerosol can, and various ions and arrows in front of a orange and blue gradient background.

The Donnan Potential, Revealed at Last

A scientist handles a large scientific instrument in the Advanced Light Source.

Berkeley Lab’s Big Science Stories of 2022

An intern and her mentor looks at a petri dish in the lab.

Say Hello to the Toughest Material on Earth

A black and white microscopy image of the material; it looks like zoomed in scratches on a hard surface on the left, then the same image in vivid multicolor on the right.

How to Edit the Genes of Nature’s Master Manipulators

A digital illustration of an hourglass filled with pieces of virus capsules and DNA strands. The pieces at the top of the hourglass are purple, and they are flowing downward into viral pieces that are orange.

From Qubits to Potential Cancer Treatments: Laser Upgrade Opens New Research Possibilities

Three scientists in protective gear hold up a green and blue radiochromic film.

Climate Expert William Collins Selected as New Associate Laboratory Director

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To Battle Climate Change, Scientists Tap Into Carbon-Hungry Microorganisms for Clues

Diagram of carbon dioxide being converted into solar fuels through artificial photosynthesis.

Limiting Global Warming Now Can Preserve Valuable Freshwater Resource

Spring snowmelt in the Ansel Adams Wilderness of the California Sierra Nevada against a setting sky.

Advanced Light Source Upgrade Approved to Start Construction

aerial view of the ALS overlooking the East Bay at sunset.

National Laboratories Launch Buildings Consortium Leveraging Benefits of Thermal and Electrochemical Energy Storage for All Americans

Illustration of a smart home running on electric and thermal battery power.