Construction of World’s Most Sensitive Dark Matter Detector Moves Forward
September 26th, 2016LUX-ZEPLIN, an ultrasensitive dark matter detector, has cleared a major approval milestone and is on track to begin its mile-deep hunt for theoretical particles known as WIMPs in 2020.
Scientists Find Twisting 3-D Raceway for Electrons in Nanoscale Crystal Slices
September 23rd, 2016Researchers have observed, for the first time, an exotic 3-D racetrack for electrons in ultrathin slices of a tiny crystal they made at Berkeley Lab.
Ed Lofgren, Pioneering ‘Rad Lab,’ Berkeley Lab, and Manhattan Project Physicist, dies at 102
September 22nd, 2016Edward Joseph Lofgren, a pioneering Berkeley Lab physicist who was a close associate of E.O. Lawrence and worked on the Manhattan Project, died Sept. 6 at age 102.
A Conscious Coupling of Magnetic and Electric Materials
September 21st, 2016Scientists at Berkeley Lab and Cornell University have successfully paired ferroelectric and ferrimagnetic materials so that their alignment can be controlled with a small electric field at near room temperatures. The achievement could open doors to ultra low-power microprocessors, storage devices and next-generation electronics.
We’re Not in Kansas Anymore: Fluorescent Ruby Red Roofs Stay as Cool as White
September 21st, 2016Elementary school science teaches us that in the sun, dark colors get hot while white stays cool. Now new research from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory has found an exception: scientists have determined that certain dark pigments can stay just as cool as white by using fluorescence, the re-emission of absorbed light.
Nine Innovative Approaches That Utilities are Using to Plan for Increased Rooftop Solar
September 20th, 2016Berkeley Lab-led report offers a comparative analysis of roughly 30 recent utility integrated resource plans or other generation planning studies, transmission planning studies, and distribution system plans.
Nanoscale Tetrapods Could Provide Early Warning of a Material’s Failure
September 19th, 2016Light-emitting, four-armed nanocrystals could someday form the basis of an early warning system in structural materials by revealing microscopic cracks that portend failure.
