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Nanoparticle Breakthrough Could Capture Unseen Light for Solar Energy Conversion

Image - An erbium atom (red) in a nanocrystal emits visible, green light via a process known as upconversion that could lead to the development of improved solar cells that capture some previously missed solar energy. Scientists discovered that coating the particles with dyes (blue and purple molecules at right) can greatly enhance this light-converting property. (Credit: Berkeley Lab)

Study Recommends Strong Role for National Labs in ‘Second Laser Revolution’

Image - A view of BELLA, the Berkeley Lab Laser Accelerator. (Credit: Roy Kaltschmidt/Berkeley Lab)

Largest Ever Database of U.S. Wind Turbines Released

In Pursuit of Perfect Chemistry: A Vision for Unifying Catalysis

Image - In a 2016 study, Berkeley Lab scientists used the bacterium Moorella thermoacetica in a hybrid artificial photosynthesis system for converting sunlight into valuable chemical products. (Credit: Berkeley Lab)

Valleytronics Discovery Could Extend Limits of Moore’s Law

Actual Fossil Fuel Emissions Checked with New Technique

A Core−Shell Nanotube Array for Artificial Photosynthesis

Tiny Distortions in Universe’s Oldest Light Reveal Clearer Picture of Strands in Cosmic Web

Illustration - In this illustration, the trajectory of cosmic microwave background light is bent by structures known as filaments that are invisible to our eyes, creating an effect known as weak lensing captured by the Planck satellite (left), a space observatory. Researchers used computers to study the weak lensing signals and produce a map of these filaments, which typically span hundreds of light years in length. (Credit: Siyu He, Shadab Alam, Wei Chen, and Planck/ESA)

First Direct Observations of Methane’s Increasing Greenhouse Effect at the Earth’s Surface

Scientists Develop Sugar-Coated Nanosheets to Selectively Target Pathogens

Image - A molecular model of a peptoid nanosheet that shows loop structures in sugars (orange) that bind to Shiga toxin (shown as a five-color bound structure at upper right). (Credit: Berkeley Lab)

Fleet of Automated Electric Taxis Could Deliver Environmental and Energy Benefits

Secretary of Energy Rick Perry Visits Berkeley Lab

Photo - Berkeley Lab Director Mike Witherell, left, meets with Energy Secretary Rick Perry during Perry's Tuesday visit to the Lab. (Credit: Kelly J. Owen/Berkeley Lab)