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Berkeley Lab researchers participate in Homeland Security study of subway airflow

DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Business Announcement

As part of a Homeland Security study on the spread of airborne contaminants released in subway systems, Berkeley Lab researchers are measuring the flow of gas throughout tunnels and cars.

Funder: US Department of Homeland Security

Berkeley Lab awarded $15.9 million for Net-Zero Energy Buildings User Facility

DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Grant and Award Announcement

Berkeley Lab will build and operate a new National User Facility for Net-Zero Energy Buildings using a competitively selected award of $15.9 million in stimulus funds from the US Department of Energy.

Funder: DOE/US Department of Energy

New biological route for swine flu to human infections

DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Berkeley Lab researchers have discovered a new biological pathway by which the H1N1 flu virus can make the jump from swine to humans. Early tests indicate this pathway may have played an important role in transmitting the virus into humans.

Journal: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Funder: NIH/National Institute of General Medical Sciences

Berkeley Lab experts assist in the greening of China

DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

"China is now singularly and amazingly committed to the concept of resource conservation," said Berkeley Lab researcher David Fridley. "You don't find the level of skepticism about climate change there that you do in the US."

A superbright supernova that's the first of its kind

DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A superbright supernova found in a dwarf galaxy by a robotic search is the first confirmed example of a pair-instability supernova, the result of the partial core collapse and thermonuclear detonation of an enormously massive star, like the earliest stars in the Universe.

Journal: Nature
Funder: DOE/US Department of Energy, National Science Foundation

No widespread impact of wind power projects on surrounding residential property values in the US

DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A major new Berkeley Lab report finds that proximity to wind energy facilities does not have a pervasive or widespread adverse effect on the property values of nearby homes.

Atomic-level snapshot catches protein motor in action

DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

The atomic-level action of a remarkable class of ring-shaped protein motors has been uncovered by researchers with the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory using a state-of-the-art protein crystallography beamline at the Advanced Light Source. These protein motors play pivotal roles in gene expression and replication, and are vital to the survival of all biological cells, as well as infectious agents, such as the human papillomavirus, which has been linked to cervical cancer.

Journal: Cell
Funder: National Institutes of Health

Scientists watch as peptides control crystal growth with 'switches, throttles and brakes'

DOE/Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

By producing some of the highest resolution images of peptides attaching to mineral surfaces, scientists have a deeper understanding how biomolecules manipulate the growth crystals. This research may lead to a new treatment for kidney stones using biomolecules.

Journal: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Berkeley Lab lends expertise to India to promote energy efficiency

DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

India may rank only a distant fourth in terms of carbon dioxide emissions, behind China, the United States and Russia, but its rapid economic growth rate coupled with aging and inefficient energy infrastructure suggest dire environmental consequences if "business as usual" continues. That's why experts from the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have been working to expand collaborations with India on energy efficiency.

Berkeley researchers take the lead out of piezoelectrics

DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

By applying epitaxial strain to thin films of bismuth ferrite, Berkeley Lab researchers have produced a lead-free alternative to the current crop of piezoelectric materials.

Journal: Science
Funder: DOE/US Department of Energy