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Staff at Berkeley Lab’s X-Ray Facility Mobilize to Support COVID-19-Related Research

Photo - The domed Advanced Light Source building at Berkeley Lab, and the nearby UC Berkeley campus, are visible in this drone photo taken in March 2020. (Credit: Thor Swift, Marilyn Sargent/Berkeley Lab)

Rare Disease Q&A: What Rare Diseases Are and Why That Matters

A Matchmaker for Microbiomes

An illustration of a community of microbes

A Game-Changing Test for Prion, Alzheimer’s, and Parkinson’s Diseases is on the Horizon

A digital model of a peptoid, bound to a magnetic bead, attaching on its other end to a prion protein aggregate

Perfectly Raw or Cooked to Perfection? How Food Preparation Affects the Gut Microbiome

New Investigation Cuts Through the Haze Surrounding ‘Smoke-Free’ Tobacco Products

Cool Roofs Can Help Shield California’s Cities Against Heat Waves

Separation Anxiety No More: A Faster Technique to Purify Elements

Three scientists in lab coats looking at a sample

Berkeley Lab Team Uses Deep Learning to Help Veterans Administration Address Suicide Risks

A photo of a male doctor speaking with a veteran in a wheelchair.

Uncovering Uncultivated Microbes in the Human Gut

Q&A: How to Protect Yourself and Your Family From Wildfire Smoke

View of a baseball field from the stands with smoky air.

Light-Emitting Nanoparticles Could Provide a Safer Way to Image Living Cells

Image - Light emitted by nanoparticles injected into the mammary fat pads of a live mouse is imaged through several millimeters of tissue. This sequence shows how the light emitted by these laser-excited particles can be imaged through deep tissue two hours after injection (left), four hours after injection (center), and six hours after injection (right). (Credit: UC San Francisco)