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Scientists Discover How Oxygen Loss Saps a Lithium-Ion Battery’s Voltage

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)

Scientists Uncover a Different Facet of Fuel Cell Chemistry

Three-dimensional drawing of electrode molecular surface, with gas molecules above and a yellow arrow representing incoming X-rays.

What if We Could Give Viruses a One-Two Punch?

Michael Connolly (left) and Natalia Molchanova (right) preparing antiviral peptoid samples at the Molecular Foundry. (Credit: Marilyn Sargent/Berkeley Lab)

Empowering a Neighborhood to Breathe Easy

two scientists collect air sensor data outside a home

A Day in the Half-Life

An illustration of two cats (one living and one skeletal) perched in a computer screen

This Crystal Impurity Is Sheer Perfection

Artist’s illustration of pyrite mineral crystals. (Credit: Cagla Acikgoz/Shutterstock)

One-of-a-Kind Course Aims to Build the Bioeconomy Workforce

Bevatron Site Recognized for Historical Contributions to Physics

How to Make Lithium-ion Batteries Invincible

A scientist wearing gloves holds up a ceramic palette sample in two small glass tubes.

The Story Behind Our Infinitely Recyclable Plastic

Key to Cleaner Combustion? Look to the Stars

Cabling for Large Hadron Collider Upgrade Project Reaches Halfway Mark