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UC Names Katherine Yelick to Head Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
2+ hour, 9+ min ago (231+ words) The University of California Board of Regents today (May 5) approved Katherine Yelick as the next director of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab). Her appointment as director begins on July 1. The Board of Regents approved Yelick's appointment following a national…...
Three Berkeley Lab Researchers Named AAAS Fellows
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (236+ words) The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) has announced their 2025 Fellows, including three scientists from the Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab). AAAS awards this lifetime honor to scientists, engineers, and innovators for distinguished achievements…...
Cracking the Code: Using AI to Solve Difficult-to-Map Proteins
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (695+ words) Leveraging AI and quantum calculations, scientists developed a new tool that yielded higher-quality structural information and solved notoriously elusive proteins. Cracking the Code: Using AI to Solve Difficult-to-Map Proteins - A new computer program developed at Berkeley Lab offers a faster…...
Two Berkeley Lab Scientists Elected to the National Academy of Engineering
2+ mon, 1+ day ago (167+ words) The National Academy of Engineering has named two scientists from the U. S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) to this year's class of 130 new members and 28 international members. Both of the 2026 members hold joint affiliations with UC Berkeley....
New Electron Microscopy Technique Reveals Atomic Structures From Nanocrystals Once Considered Unsolvable
2+ mon, 2+ day ago (523+ words) Scientists at the Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have developed a new way to determine atomic structures from nanocrystals previously considered unusable, a breakthrough that could transform how researchers study materials too small or imperfect for…...
Science on the Double: How an AI-Powered 'Digital Twin' Accelerates Chemistry and Materials Discoveries
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (581+ words) Crumlin and Qian are co-lead authors of a study and research briefing on DTCS published in the journal Nature Computational Science." Chemistry is entering a new digital era, from automated synthesis labs to voice-activated quantum calculations, Qian explained. And yet…...
Berkeley Lab Leads Effort to Build AI Assistant for Energy Materials Discovery
3+ mon, 2+ day ago (1083+ words) Developing the lithium-ion battery took decades of research. A new multi-institutional project led by the Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) aims to cut that timeline dramatically, using AI and supercomputers to speed the discovery of materials…...
AI, Automation, and Biosensors Speed the Path to Synthetic Jet Fuel
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (893+ words) These are two powerful complementary strategies. One is data-driven optimization; the other is discovery. Together, they give us a way to move much faster than traditional trial-and-error." " Thomas Eng Their shared target is isoprenol " a clear, volatile alcohol that can…...
Expert Interview: Soren Prestemon on Magnet Technology
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (1239+ words) Magnets are essential across scientific applications, particularly in particle physics and" in light sources. At Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab), Soren Prestemon leads cutting-edge research in magnet technology as the director of the Berkeley Center for Magnet Technology and…...
Leading the Field in Magnets
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (579+ words) In 1929, Ernest Orlando Lawrence invented the cyclotron: a compact, efficient particle accelerator that used magnets. Two years later, he founded what would become the Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab). Born with magnets in its DNA, the…...