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Category: Materials Sciences

Century-Old Problem Solved With First-Ever 3D Atomic Imaging of an Amorphous Solid

At left, an experimental 3D atomic model of a metallic glass nanoparticle, 8 nanometers in diameter. Right: The 3D atomic packing of a supercluster within the structure. Differently colored balls represent different types of atoms. (Courtesy of Yao Yang and Jianwei “John” Miao/UCLA)

Actor in a Supporting Role: Substrate Effects on 2D Layers

This Ultrathin Sensor Could Save Your Lungs – and the Climate

VIDEO: Revealing the Nano Big Bang – Scientists Observe the First Milliseconds of Crystal Formation

Molecular Foundry gold crystal

Do You Know the Way to Berkelium, Californium?

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New Optical Antennas Could Overcome Data Limits

Topological Antenna

VIDEO: On the Line: Watching Nanoparticles Get in Shape

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A Sponge to Soak Up Carbon Dioxide in the Air

stock photo of coal-fired power plant

A Day in the Half-Life

Colorful data lines converging in the left-mid frame

9 Berkeley Lab Scientists Named 2020 AAAS Fellows

Photos - Berkeley Lab’s nine 2020 AAAS Fellows: (top row, from left to right) Wibe A. “Bert” de Jong, Spencer R. Klein, Sanjay Kumar, Mary E. Maxon, (bottom row, left to right) Esmond G. Ng, John Douglas Owens, Len Pennacchio, Robert Oliver Ritchie, and Peidong Yang.

A Closer Look at Water-Splitting’s Solar Fuel Potential

Francesca Toma (right) and Johanna Eichhorn developed a special technique using an atomic force microscope at Berkeley Lab’s JCAP laboratory to capture images of thin-film bismuth vanadate at the nanoscale to understand how a material’s properties can affect its performance in an artificial photosynthesis device. (Credit: Marilyn Sargent/Berkeley Lab)

Berkeley Lab Researchers Receive DOE Early Career Research Awards

Early Career 2020