Missing Baryons Found in Far-Out Reaches of Galactic Halos
Berkeley Lab physicists play key role in studies that solve a cosmological mystery. Researchers have channeled the universe’s earliest light – a relic of the universe’s…
Berkeley Lab physicists play key role in studies that solve a cosmological mystery. Researchers have channeled the universe’s earliest light – a relic of the universe’s…
Microbes found in the goat gut microbiome could help humans convert plant material into valuable, eco-friendly commodities. Converting the tough fibers and complex sugars in…
A mouse study suggests the genetic contribution to anxiety is partially mediated by the gut microbiome. The prevalence of anxiety disorders, already the most common…
Computational biologists dig into the origins of the single unique protein in the SARS-CoV-2 lineage. As the COVID-19 pandemic enters its second year, scientists are…
Instrument at Berkeley Lab’s Advanced Light Source achieves a world-leading resolution of nanomaterials. COSMIC, a multipurpose X-ray instrument at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory’s (Berkeley Lab’s)…
New analysis provides detailed blueprint for the U.S. to become carbon neutral by 2050. Reaching zero net emissions of carbon dioxide from energy and industry…
Removing one charged molecule from a one-dimensional array causes the others to alternately turn ‘on’ or ‘off,’ paving the way for information transfer in tiny…
Advanced X-ray techniques yield insights into a bacterial enzyme that turns methane gas into liquid fuel. Scientists have determined the structure of a unique enzyme,…
Experiments by Berkeley Lab scientists on this highly radioactive element reveal some unexpected properties. Since element 99 — einsteinium — was discovered in 1952 at…
A new test quickly and easily identifies when sperm are carrying chromosomal mutations, and could be applied for men hoping to have children. Chemotherapy and…
Study co-led by Berkeley Lab and Columbia Engineering could lead to simple, high-resolution bioimaging in real time by overcoming a fundamental property of light. Since…
Biologists used crystallography performed at Berkeley Lab’s Advanced Light Source to reveal the new virus’s unusual protein structure. A team of HIV researchers, cellular biologists,…
Researchers say they may have found proof of theorized axions, and possibly dark matter, around a group of neutron stars. A new study, led by…
A new genetic approach can accelerate the study of phage-microbe interactions with implications for health, agriculture, and climate. Scientists are continually searching for new and…
Scientists from Berkeley Lab and UC Berkeley have designed a rechargeable N95 mask with a custom fit. In the early days of the pandemic, amidst…
A new nanomaterial helps obtain hydrogen from a liquid energy carrier, in a key step toward a stable and clean fuel source. Hydrogen is a…
Scientists recruit new atomic heavyweights in targeted fight against cancer. A promising approach to treating cancer — called targeted alpha-particle therapy or TAT — could…
Despite advances in sequencing technologies and computational methods in the past decade, researchers have uncovered genomes for just a small fraction of Earth’s microbial diversity….