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How Can Next-Generation Computer Chips Reduce Our Carbon Footprint?

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How Can Next-Generation computer Chips Reduce Our Carbon Footprint?

A Q&A with two scientists aiming to overcome limits in computing power and energy efficiency of electronics by designing new microchips. Our laptops and smartphones are compact yet powerful because…

21 January 2022 · 8 min read

Research Team Unlocks Secret Path to a Bright Quantum Future

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Research Team Unlocks Secret Path to a Bright Quantum Future

Artist’s illustration of hydrodynamical behavior from an interacting ensemble of quantum spin defects in diamond. Credit: Norman Yao/Berkeley Lab Berkeley Lab-led research key to next-gen quantum computing and technologies. In…

16 October 2021 · 10 min read

Microbe Genetic “Rewiring” Technique Promises a Boom in Biomanufacturing of Fuels, Materials and Chemicals

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Microbe Genetic “Rewiring” Technique in Biomanufacturing of Fuels, Materials and Chemicals

Study authors (from left to right) Andrew K. Lau, Thomas Eng, and Deepanwita Banerjee stand in front of a two-liter bioreactor containing P. putida cells that are producing indigoidine, which…

12 September 2021 · 5 min read

Optical Innovation Key to Unprecedented Accuracy in Beam Control of High-Power Lasers

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Optical Innovation Key to Unprecedented Accuracy in Beam Control of High-Power Lasers

Berkeley Lab doctoral student Fumika Isono (center), BELLA Center Deputy Director Jeroen van Tilborg (right), and research scientist Sam Barber set up a novel laser stabilization experiment at one of…

12 September 2021 · 6 min read

X-ray Experiments and Machine Learning Innovation Could Trim Years off Battery R&D

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X-ray Experiments and Machine Learning Innovation Could Trim Years off Battery R&D

Staff engineer Bruis van Vlijmen is seen working inside the Battery Informatics Lab 1070 in the Arrillaga Science Center, Bldg. 57. Credit: Jacqueline Orrell/SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory An X-ray instrument…

15 May 2021 · 3 min read

Quantum Leap for Quantum Computing: Ion Beams Create Chains of Closely Coupled Qubits

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Quantum Leap for Quantum Computing: Ion Beams Create Chains of Closely Coupled Qubits

Ion beams can create chains of closely coupled quantum bits (qubits) based on nitrogen-vacancy “color centers” in diamond for use in quantum computing hardware. The honeycomb pattern in the photo…

14 May 2021 · 7 min read

Revolutionary Eco-Friendly Plastic: The Future Looks Bright for Infinitely Recyclable Plastic

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Revolutionary Eco-Friendly Plastic: The Future Looks Bright for Infinitely Recyclable Plastic

Only about 2% of plastics are fully recycled currently. PDK plastics could solve the single-use crisis. A new environmental and technological analysis suggests that a revolutionary eco-friendly plastic is almost…

14 May 2021 · 9 min read