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Berkeley Lab Appoints Polly Arnold as Chemical Sciences Division Director

Here Comes the Sun: A New Framework for Artificial Photosynthesis

white hot sun and solar fuels

Separation Anxiety No More: A Faster Technique to Purify Elements

Three scientists in lab coats looking at a sample

Royal Society of London Elects Two Berkeley Lab Scientists

A Solar Cell That Does Double Duty for Renewable Energy

The HPEV cell's extra back outlet would allow the current to be split into two, so that one part of the current contributes to solar fuels generation, and the rest can be extracted as electrical power.

Scientists Present New Clues to Cut Through the Mystery of Titan’s Atmospheric Haze

Image - The atmospheric haze of Titan, Saturn’s largest moon (pictured here along Saturn’s midsection), is captured in this natural-color image (box at left). A new study, which involved X-ray experiments at Berkeley Lab’s Advanced Light Source, has revealed new clues that may help to unravel the formation of this haze. (Credits: NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Space Science Institute, Caltech)

Splitting Water: Nanoscale Imaging Yields Key Insights

Berkeley Lab researchers Francesca Toma (left) and Johanna Eichhorn used a photoconductive atomic force microscope to better understand materials for artificial photosynthesis.

Vote for Your Favorite Photos: 2018 Physics Photowalk Competition

4 Berkeley Lab-affiliated Scientists Elected as National Academy of Sciences Members

Photos - From left, Kristie Boering, Judith Campisi, Ehud "Udi" Isacoff, and Michael Manga.

In Pursuit of Perfect Chemistry: A Vision for Unifying Catalysis

Image - In a 2016 study, Berkeley Lab scientists used the bacterium Moorella thermoacetica in a hybrid artificial photosynthesis system for converting sunlight into valuable chemical products. (Credit: Berkeley Lab)

COSMIC Impact: Next-Gen X-Ray Microscopy Platform Now Operational

Chemical Sleuthing Unravels Possible Path to the Formation of Life’s Building Blocks in Space

Image - The atomic structure of pyrene molecules (upper left and upper right) are represented in an artist's rendering of an asteroid belt. A new study shows chemical steps for how pyrene, a type of hydrocarbon found in some meteorite samples, could form in space. (Credit: NASA-JPL-Caltech, Wikimedia Commons)