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Quantum Computation to Tackle Fundamental Science Problems

Berkeley Lab Aims to Strengthen the Cybersecurity of the Grid

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)