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forest fire infographic on power sector emissions Wanli Yang, a senior scientist in Berkeley Lab’s Advanced Light Source, working on a resonant inelastic X-ray scattering (RIXS) system. Yang adapted the RIXS technique to study lithium-rich battery materials. (Credit: Wanli Yang/Berkeley Lab) Artist’s drawing of characteristic 3D spin texture of a magnetic hopfion. Top layer shows a simulation of the spin structure viewed with surface-sensitive X-PEEM; bottom layer is a simulation of a bulk-sensitive X-ray transmission microscopy image; middle layer – colors indicate the varying direction of the spins showing the winding characteristic. (Credit: Peter Fischer and Frances Hellman/Berkeley Lab) stock photo of hydrogen fueling station An artistic rendering of tailocins attached to a target bacteria Illustration of caged lithium ions in a new polymer membrane for lithium batteries. Scientists at Berkeley Lab's Molecular Foundry used a drug-discovery toolbox to design the selective membranes. The technology could enable more efficient flows in batteries and energy storage devices. (Credit: Artem Baskin/Berkeley Lab) At left, an experimental 3D atomic model of a metallic glass nanoparticle, 8 nanometers in diameter. Right: The 3D atomic packing of a supercluster within the structure. Differently colored balls represent different types of atoms. (Courtesy of Yao Yang and Jianwei “John” Miao/UCLA)