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This color-enhanced image, taken by scanning electron microscopy, shows huge quantities of SARS-CoV-2 particles (purple) that have burst out of kidney cells (green), which the virus hijacked for replication. The bulging, spherical cells in the upper-right and bottom-left corners are distorted and about to burst from the viral particles inside, and are beginning to self-destruct. (Credit: NIAID Integrated Research Facility) A map showing clusters of microbes found across the world Detailed X-ray measurements at the Advanced Light Source helped a research team co-led by Berkeley Lab, SLAC, and Stanford University reveal how oxygen seeps out of the billions of nanoparticles that make up lithium-ion battery electrodes. (Credit: Berkeley Lab) Three-dimensional drawing of electrode molecular surface, with gas molecules above and a yellow arrow representing incoming X-rays. Michael Connolly (left) and Natalia Molchanova (right) preparing antiviral peptoid samples at the Molecular Foundry. (Credit: Marilyn Sargent/Berkeley Lab) two scientists collect air sensor data outside a home An illustration of two cats (one living and one skeletal) perched in a computer screen Artist’s illustration of pyrite mineral crystals. (Credit: Cagla Acikgoz/Shutterstock) A scientist wearing gloves holds up a ceramic palette sample in two small glass tubes.