Five scientists at Berkeley Lab have been selected by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Science to receive funding through the Early Career Research Program (ECRP). The post Five Berkeley Lab Scientists Receive Prestigious Five-Year Research Grant appeared first on News Center.

The U.S. Department of Energy has formally approved a key milestone in the High-Luminosity LHC Accelerator Upgrade Project being carried out at eight U.S. institutions, including the DOE’s Berkeley Lab. The post U.S. Magnet Development Project for CERN Particle Collider Upgrade Moves Forward appeared first on News Center.

Teams at three national labs worked together to design, build, and fully test a new state-of-the-art, half-meter-long prototype magnet that meets the requirements for use in existing and future light source facilities. The post National Labs Band Together to Build Prototype Magnet for Future and Existing Light Sources appeared first on News Center.

The renowned synthetic biologist will be given $1 million in funding to support bioenergy and bioproduct innovation. The post Jay Keasling Receives Distinguished Scientist Fellow Award appeared first on News Center.

Astrophysicist Saul Perlmutter and climate scientist Inez Fung, both scientists at Berkeley Lab, have been appointed to the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST), the White House announced today. The post Two Berkeley Lab Scientists Appointed to President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology appeared first on News Center.

Having good room ventilation to dilute and disperse indoor air pollutants has long been recognized, and with the COVID-19 pandemic its importance has become all the more heightened. But new experiments by Berkeley Lab indoor air researchers show that certain circumstances will result in poor mixing of room air, meaning airborne contaminants may not be […]

Scientists have reported new clues to solving a cosmic conundrum: How the quark-gluon plasma – nature’s perfect fluid – evolved into the building blocks of matter during the birth of the early universe. The post How to Catch a Perfect Wave: Scientists Take a Closer Look Inside the Perfect Fluid appeared first on News Center.

New research on plasma lensing at BELLA helps confirm laser plasma accelerators can be scaled up as BELLA Center pushes toward higher energies The post Unprecedented Plasma Lensing for High-Intensity Lasers appeared first on News Center.