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Two Berkeley Lab Researchers Elected to the National Academy of Sciences

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New Insights Lead to Better Next-Gen Solar Cells

Carolin Sutter-Fella (standing), Staff Scientist, and Tim Kodalle, Postdoctoral Researcher, discuss their research at the Advanced Light Source (ALS).

This Alloy is Kinky

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How Scientists Are Accelerating Chemistry Discoveries With Automation

Illustration of a robot arm, vials, a laptop, and a beaker on a desk facing the window.

An Unexpected Discovery at the Air-Water Interface

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Putting an End to Plastic Separation Anxiety

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Scaling Up Nano for Sustainable Manufacturing

Transmission electron microscope (TEM) images of the new 2D nanosheet as a barrier coating that self-assembles on a variety of substrates: a Teflon beaker and membrane, polyester film, thick and thin silicon films, and glass.

Why Do Batteries Sometimes Catch Fire and Explode?

KIA NIRO electric car is charging on street parking lot of Lindholmen, Gothenburg

Accelerating Sustainable Semiconductors With ‘Multielement Ink’

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New Consortium to Make Batteries for Electric Vehicles More Sustainable

An electric vehicle lithium-ion battery pack.

Scientists Theorize a Hidden Phase Transition Between Liquid and a Solid

Collage of two pictures showing 2D material behavior side by side. (Left) Above an onset temperature, a 2D material exhibits normal liquid behavior with all particles similarly mobile (yellow). (Right) Below that temperature, it becomes supercooled, with the onset of rigidity leading to just some mobile particles (yellow) amongst solid-like ‘frozen’ regions (blue).

Making Renewable, Infinitely Recyclable Plastics Using Bacteria

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