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Category: Science Shorts

Scientists Dig Deep to Track Down California’s Ever-Changing Groundwater Supply

Vote for Your Favorite Photos: 2018 Physics Photowalk Competition

There’s a New Microscope in Town: ThemIS, anyone?

Photo - The high-stability, high-resolution Thermo Fischer “ThemIS” transmission electron microscope. (Credit: Marilyn Chung/Berkeley Lab)

Dozens of Photographers Attend Berkeley Lab’s Physics Photowalk

Photo - Visiting photographers gather during the Berkeley Lab Photowalk on Wednesday, May 16. (Credit: Kelly J. Owen/Berkeley Lab)

Early Career Spotlight: Zach Marshall Searches for Supersymmetry

Photo - Zachary Marshall, early career LDRD recipient, at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory on Monday, November 13, 2017 in Berkeley, Calif. 11/13/17

Researcher Creates ‘Nancy Nano’ as a Cartoon Ambassador for Nanoscience Education

Photo - "Nancy Nano" creator Tracy Mattox. (Courtesy: Tracy Mattox)

Actual Fossil Fuel Emissions Checked with New Technique

A Core−Shell Nanotube Array for Artificial Photosynthesis

Strategies for Replacing Natural Gas to Help Decarbonize the University of California

Berkeley Lab Researchers ID Plant ‘Sunscreen’ Protein

New Catalyst Gives Artificial Photosynthesis a Big Boost

Photo - Phil De Luna of University of Toronto is one of the lead authors of a new study that reports a low-cost, highly efficient catalyst for chemical conversion of water into oxygen. The catalyst is part of an artificial photosynthesis system in development at the University of Toronto. (Credit: Tyler Irving/University of Toronto)

The Mystery of the Star That Wouldn’t Die

Image - An artist’s impression a supernova. (Credit: NASA/ESA/G. Bacon, STScI)