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Skyrmions Could Be Future of Computing; X-Ray Experiments Reveal Their Secrets

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Stronger, Lighter, Better: Nanotwinned Titanium Forges Path to Sustainable Manufacturing

An image of the structure of pure titanium with a nanotwinned structure. Each color (blues, greens, reds, pinks, oranges) represents a unique orientation of the grains.

New Technique Paves the Way for Perfect Perovskites

Research Team Unlocks Secret Path to a Quantum Future

Artist’s illustration of hydrodynamical behavior from an interacting ensemble of quantum spin defects in diamond. (Credit: Norman Yao/Berkeley Lab)

ABPDU Celebrates a Decade of Bio-Innovation

Photograph depicting a panoramic view of laboratory space inside the ABPDU facility, located in Emeryville, CA.

LED Material Shines Under Strain

According to a recent Science study led by Berkeley Lab and UC Berkeley, applying mechanical strain on this atomically thin, transparent monolayer semiconductor results in a material with loss-free light emission efficiency. (Credit: Ali Javey/Berkeley Lab)

This Exotic Particle Had an Out-of-Body Experience; These Scientists Took a Picture of It

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Main Attraction: Scientists Create World’s Thinnest Magnet

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Scientists Uncover a Different Facet of Fuel Cell Chemistry

Three-dimensional drawing of electrode molecular surface, with gas molecules above and a yellow arrow representing incoming X-rays.

What if We Could Give Viruses a One-Two Punch?

Michael Connolly (left) and Natalia Molchanova (right) preparing antiviral peptoid samples at the Molecular Foundry. (Credit: Marilyn Sargent/Berkeley Lab)

This Crystal Impurity Is Sheer Perfection

Artist’s illustration of pyrite mineral crystals. (Credit: Cagla Acikgoz/Shutterstock)

How to Make Lithium-ion Batteries Invincible

A scientist wearing gloves holds up a ceramic palette sample in two small glass tubes.