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Category: Science Snapshots

New Synthetic Biology Tools Unlock Complex Plant Engineering

Green Fluorescent Protein glowing in leaf

High-Performance Windows to Benefit Low-Income California Communities

photo of double pane and triple pane window sections

Ultrafine Control: Researchers Discover Ferroelectricity at the Atomic Scale

Hafnium oxide ferroelectric

New Research Evaluates How U.S. Wind Plant Performance Changes with Age

Investigation into Fungi Food Choices Yields a Buffet of Information

The World’s Forests Are Growing Younger

Scientists Capture 3D Images of Nanoparticles, Atom by Atom, With Unprecedented Precision

3D images of platinum particles

Fine-Tuning Magnetic Spin for Faster, Smaller Memory Devices

A team of researchers at Berkeley Lab and UC Berkeley have developed an antiferromagnetic switch for computer memory and processing applications. Credit: James Analytis/Berkeley Lab]

X-ray imaging Reveals Insights into a Natural Mosquito-Killing Compound

The 3D structure of the activated toxin overlaid on an image of mosquito larvae.

One Step Closer to a Fast-Charging Battery

New Library of Artificial Antibodies Could Target Pathogens With Molecular Precision

Computer simulation of an anthrax PA63 protein binding to loopoids (purple). The base nanosheet is shown in green. Designing artificial antibodies could accelerate the discovery of affordable therapies that target viruses and bacteria with molecular precision. (Credit: Ryan Spencer and Ron Zuckermann/Berkeley Lab).

Berkeley Lab Helps Reveal How Dinosaur Blood Vessels Can Preserve Through the Ages

Tyrannosaurus rex and Triceratops horridus fossils posed at the Smithsonian Nation Museum of Natural History