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Nanoparticle Supersoap Creates ‘Bijel’ With Potential as Sculptable Fluid

Copper Catalyst Yields High Efficiency CO2-to-Fuels Conversion

Solar-to-Fuel System Recycles CO2 to Make Ethanol and Ethylene

Schematic of a solar-powered electrolysis cell which converts carbon dioxide into hydrocarbon and oxygenate products with an efficiency far higher than natural photosynthesis. Power-matching electronics allow the system to operate over a range of sun conditions.

New Study on Graphene-Wrapped Nanocrystals Makes Inroads Toward Next-Gen Fuel Cells

Image - A new study explains how an ultrathin oxide layer (oxygen atoms shown in red) coating graphene-wrapped magnesium nanoparticles (gold) still allows in hydrogen atoms (blue) for hydrogen storage applications. (Credit: Berkeley Lab)

Berkeley Lab Scientists Map Key DNA Protein Complex at Near-Atomic Resolution

Bringing Atomic Mapping to the Mainstream

Image - This image shows the atomic composition of an iron-platinum nanoparticle. (Credit: Colin Ophus and Florian Niekiel/Berkeley Lab)

Scientists Fine-Tune System to Create ‘Syngas’ from CO2

X-ray Footprinting Solves Mystery of Metal-Breathing Protein

Photo - Sayan Gupta, an X-ray footprinting expert demonstrates a type of sample holder that was used to study how a protein binds to a mineral. (Credit: Paul Mueller)

Scientists Bring Visual ‘Magic’ to Light

New X-Ray Laser Technique Reveals Magnetic Skyrmion Fluctuations

ILLUSTRATION - This graphic depicts the orientations of electron spins in a magnetic skyrmion that is 100 nanometers in diameter and composed of about 8 million atoms. The spin of the central atom points down (yellow), while those of the surrounding atoms change slowly, eventually flipping to the “up” orientation at the circumference. (Greg Stewart/SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory)

Scientists Developing Innovative Techniques for High-Resolution Analysis of Hybrid Materials

New Results Reveal High Tunability of 2-D Material

Image - Kaiyuan Yao (seated at left), Nick Borys (seated at right), and P. James Schuck (standing), seen here at Berkeley Lab’s Molecular Foundry, measured a property in a 2-D material that will could help realize new applications. (Credit: Marilyn Chung/Berkeley Lab)