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2 Berkeley Lab Scientists, Visiting Scientist Elected as New Members of Honorary Society

Photo collage - Richmond Sarpong, Marjorie Shapiro, M. Zahid Hasan.

Q&A With Eric Seaborg: Science Writer, Author, and Outdoorsman

Photo - Eric Seaborg (Credit C-SPAN)

New MOF Can Take On Toxic Sulfur Dioxide Gas

Study Reveals ‘Radical’ Wrinkle in Forming Complex Carbon Molecules in Space

Composite image: This composite image shows an illustration of a carbon-rich red giant star (bottom left) warming an exoplanet (middle) and an overlay of a newly found pathway that could enable complex carbons to form near these stars. (Credits: ESO/L. Calçada; Berkeley Lab, Florida International University, and University of Hawaii at Manoa)

The Chemistry of Art: Scientists Explore Aged Paint in Microscopic Detail to Inform Preservation Efforts

Photo illustration - The periodic table is displayed on an art gallery canvas.

Separation Anxiety No More: A Faster Technique to Purify Elements

Three scientists in lab coats looking at a sample

Lithium Doesn’t Crack Under Pressure, It Transforms

A sample of the mineral lepidolite, a key source of lithium, mined in Finland.

A ‘Silver Bullet’ for the Chemical Conversion of Carbon Dioxide

Big Data at the Atomic Scale: New Detector Reaches New Frontier in Speed

Photo - A technician works on the TEAM 0.5 microscope. The microscope has been upgraded with a superfast detector called the 4D Camera that can capture atomic-scale images in millionths-of-a-second increments. (Credit: Thor Swift/Berkeley Lab)

16 Elements: Berkeley Lab's Contributions to the Periodic Table

A tabletop covered in a collage of LBNL historic photos and schematics.

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)

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