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AI Finds More Than 1,200 Gravitational Lensing Candidates

Image - A gravitational lens found in the DESI Legacy Surveys data. There are four sets of lensed images that correspond to four background galaxies, which appear as partial rings around an orange galaxy at the center and foreground. (Credit: DESI Legacy Imaging Surveys, Berkeley Lab, DOE, KPNO, CTIO, NOIRLab, NSF, AURA)

Getting to Net Zero – and Even Net Negative – is Surprisingly Feasible, and Affordable

infographic of 8 actions needed by 2030

A New Way to Measure Record-Setting Electron Beams

Photo - Sam Barber, left, a research scientist at Berkeley Lab’s BELLA Center, and Jeroen van Tilborg, a staff scientist at the BELLA Center, hold the active plasma lens, right, and dipole magnets used in an electron-beam diagnostic experiment. Combined, the magnets allowed measurements of electron-beam energy, with range and resolution comparable to what is achieved using the multi-ton magnet located behind them. (Credit: Marilyn Sargent/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)

How to Find Mutated Sperm? Just Go FISH

An illustration of sperm cells and an egg

Study: X-Rays Surrounding ‘Magnificent 7’ May Be Traces of Sought-After Particle

Image - An artistic rendering of the XMM-Newton (X-ray multi-mirror mission) space telescope. A study of archival data from the XMM-Newton and the Chandra X-ray space telescopes found evidence of high levels of X-ray emission from the nearby Magnificent Seven neutron stars, which may arise from the hypothetical particles known as axions. (Credits: D.Ducros; ESA/XMM-Newton, CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO)

Primer on Carbon Dioxide Removal Provides Vital Resource at Critical Time

A 1-Atom-Deep Look at a Water-Splitting Catalyst

Rendering - This illustration shows two possible types of surface layers for a catalyst that performs the water-splitting reaction, the first step in making hydrogen fuel: The gray surface is lanthanum oxide and the colorful surface is nickel oxide. A rearrangement of nickel oxide’s atoms while carrying out the reaction made it twice as efficient. Researchers hope to harness this phenomenon to make better catalysts. Lanthanum atoms are depicted in green, nickel atoms in blue, and oxygen atoms in red. (Credit: CUBE3D)

New Research Technique Sheds Light on Least Understood Part of Lithium Batteries

A user works on MALDI at the Molecular Foundry

Ozone Generators May Help Remediate Contamination Caused by Thirdhand Smoke

photo of cigarette butts on ashtray

Building a Giant 2D Map of the Universe to Prepare for the Largest 3D Map

Screenshot - A spiral galaxy, viewed with the Sky Viewer tool. (Credit: DESI Legacy Imaging Surveys)

Shine On: Avalanching Nanoparticles Break Barriers to Imaging Cells in Real Time

avalanching nanoparticles make possible real-time bioimaging

Two Berkeley Lab Scientists Honored with the Lawrence Award

Photo - Collage of three winners.