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How Plants Manage Light: New Insights Into Nature’s Oxygen-Making Machinery

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Basics 2 Breakthroughs

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The Accelerator Behind the Scenes of Essential Tech

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New Membrane Technology Could Expand Access to Water for Agricultural and Industrial Use

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Jay Keasling Named 2025 Department of Energy/National Academy of Inventors Innovator of the Year

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Atomic X-ray Laser Opens Door to Attosecond Imaging

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Science Power-up: The Most Exciting Thing in Microelectronics

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Cracking the Genome’s Switchboard: How AI Helps Decode Gene Regulation

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Expert Interview: Ashfia Huq on the Macroscale Promise of Nanoscale Science

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Six Scientific Advances Made Possible by Berkeley Lab’s Molecular Foundry

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New Process Uses Microbes to Create Valuable Materials from Urine

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Expert Interview: Nigel Mouncey

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