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Going Beyond Qubits: New Study Demonstrates Key Components for a Qutrit-Based Quantum Computer

A Day in the Half-Life

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The Future Looks Bright for Infinitely Recyclable Plastic

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How Techno-economic Analysis Can Improve Energy Technologies

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To Design Truly Compostable Plastic, Scientists Take Cues From Nature

In Calculating the Social Cost of Methane, Equity Matters

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Advanced Light Source Upgrade Project Achieves Major Milestone

This cutaway rendering of the Advanced Light Source dome shows the layout of three electron-accelerating rings with beamlines. A new approval step in the ALS Upgrade project will allow the installation of the middle ring, known as the accumulator ring. (Credit: Berkeley Lab)

Experts’ Predictions for Future Wind Energy Costs Drop Significantly

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From Smoky Skies to a Green Horizon: Scientists Convert Fire-Risk Wood into Biofuel

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U.S. Power Sector is Halfway to Zero Carbon Emissions

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X-Ray Study Recasts Role of Battery Material from Cathode to Catalyst

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)

The Spintronics Technology Revolution Could Be Just a Hopfion Away

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)