Current News Releases

2004 News Releases

• Berkeley Lab and Partners Provide Advice On ‘How to Buy Green Power’
  New Guidebook will help organizations, facility managers buy renewable energy (10/6/04)
   
• Laser Wakefield Acceleration: Channeling the Best Beams Ever (9/29/04)
   
• New Insights into Hydrated Electrons Will Aid Biologists, Chemists (9/22/04)
   
• Berkeley Lab Scientist Wins E. O. Lawrence Award (9/22/04)
   
• Moore Foundation Awards $2.38 Million for Supernova Research (9/21/04)
   
• Berkeley Lab Program Helps Building Managers Prepare for Chemical, Biological, and Radiological Threats (9/21/04)
   
• Berkeley Lab Soil Scientist Margaret Torn Receives Presidential Early Career Award (9/9/04)
   
• A Guiding Light on the Nanoscale (9/1/04)
   
• U.S. Department of Energy's ESnet to Increase Network Performance and Reliability With Metropolitan Area Networks (8/31/04)
   
• JGI Announces Community Sequencing Program Portfolio
  Extreme-environment microbes, antibiotic-resistant bacterium, moss, sponge, leech, and red-tide algae are among the selections (8/24/04)
   
• The First Engineering of Cell Surfaces in Living Animals (8/18/04)
   
• The Telomere Crisis: A Crucial Stage in Breast Cancer (8/9/04)
   
• Good News For Anticancer Drug Designers
  Promising Families of Drugs Combat the Spread of Tumors in Different Ways (8/5/04)
   
• New Light on How Metals Change Shape at the Nanoscale (8/2/04)
   
• A New Advance in Gallium Nitride Nanowires (7/28/04)
   
• Environment-Friendly Ethanol Debuts at Berkeley Lab
  First Dispensing Station in Northern California (7/15/04)
   
• Oxygen Sensing in Worms May Hold Key to Healthy Blood Pressure in Humans (7/14/04)
   
• Berkeley Lab Welcomes DOE’s Science Education Initiative (7/8/04)
   
• Tuning the Nanoworld
  New Methods for Constructing Nanostructures and Calculating Their Electronic States (7/7/04)
   
• Berkeley Lab Wins "R&D 100" Awards for Unique Electrochromic Windows and Synthetic Nanomotor (7/6/04)
   
• Berkeley Lab to Operate PIER Demand Response Research Center for California Energy
  Commission
  New Center Will Evaluate and Develop Technologies and Strategies to Reduce Electricity Use, Power Price Increases, Threats to the Electric Grid (6/30/04)
   
• Anatomy of a Web(bed) Legend
  "Virtual Frog" Still Making Splash After 10 Years (6/28/04)
   
• A Revolutionary Supernova Spectrograph Sees First Light
  SNIFS: the Supernova Integral Field Spectrograph (6/24/04)
   
• New Results Change Estimate of Higgs Boson Mass (6/09/04)
   
• Berkeley Lab Recognized for Efforts to Protect Buildings From Chemical and Biological Weapon Attacks (5/26/04)
   
• A Conveyor Belt for the Nano-Age (4/28/04)
   
• From Top Quarks to the Blues
  Berkeley Lab physicists develop way to digitally restore and preserve audio recordings (4/16/04)
   
• Robotic Floats Shed New Light on the Iron Hypothesis (4/15/04)
   
• Robots Score Big with Protein Crystallographers (4/9/04)
   
• Bay Area To Get Unique X-Ray Microscopy Resource (3/30/04)
   
• A White Dwarf Explodes Inside a Dense Circumstellar Disk
  Peeking at a Puzzling Supernova with Spectropolarimetry (3/22/04)
   
• Detection at a Distance for More Sensitive MRI (3/15/04)
   
• Doping Buckyballs With Atoms, One at a Time
  Researchers Tune the Electronic Properties of Individual C60 Molecules (3/11/04)
   
• The Harker School Wins Regional Science Bowl Competition (3/2/04)
   
• Groundbreaking Marks Berkeley Lab's Leap into Nano-Revolution (2/2/04)
   
• Multi-Building Internet Demand-Response Control System: the First Successful Test
  Technology Will Help Prevent Blackouts and Electrical Grid Overloads (2/2/04)
   
• Berkeley Lab Mathematician James Sethian Receives Prestigious Norbert Wiener Prize in Applied Mathematics (1/21/04)
   

2003 News Releases

• Berkeley Lab Mathematician Coauthors Two New Books on Experimental Mathematics (11/3/03)
   
• Berkeley Scientists Find DNA Gold in Genetic Desert (10/16/03)
   
• Computer Simulations Point Way to New Finding About the Immune System (9/25/03)
   
• Homing in on Dark Energy with Supernova Studies from Space (9/16/03)
   
• Genomes of Tiny Microbes Yield Clues to Global Climate Change (8/14/03)
   
• Supernovae Shape Up for Cosmology
  First Direct Shape Measurement of an Exploding White Dwarf (8/5/03)
   
• Berkeley Lab's Environmental Energy Technologies Division Wins 2003 World Technology Award for Energy (7/11/03)
   
• Berkeley Lab Wins "R&D 100" Awards for EnergyPlus Software and Extreme Ultraviolet Lithography
  2003 Awards called "Oscars of Invention" (7/03/03)
   
• Berkeley Lab Physicist Challenges Speed of Gravity Claim (6/18/03)
   
• Two Mathematicians from Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Honored for Contributions to Computational Science and Engineering (6/16/03)
   
• Imaging Lithium Atoms
  One Angstrom Microscope's observations of the smallest, lightest metal atoms are a first for electron microscopy (6/13/03)
   
• Portable CT Scanner Joins Hunt for Alternative Energy (6/10/03)
   
• Cool new atomizers make for snug seals in commercial ducts
  Berkeley Lab researchers invent an aerosol duct sealing system to reduce energy loss in large commercial buildings (5/16/03)
   
• Secrets Of Drug Resistance Revealed (5/9/03)
   
• A Fiery Debate About Volcanoes (5/8/03)
   
• Eight-fold quantum states blossom in a high-temperature superconductor (4/9/03)
   
• Department of Energy's ESnet leaps ahead by two generations, upgrades backbone to 10 billion bits per second (3/25/03)
   
• Sacramento hotel to host demonstration of energy-efficient lighting control system based on Berkeley Lab research (3/17/03)
   
• Tracking Cancer in 3-D, One Cell at a Time (3/11/03)
   
• DOE's NERSC Center deploys 10 teraflops per second IBM supercomputer (3/10/03)
   
• Scientists Find That Apes and Monkeys Provide Needed Help in Understanding the Human Genome (2/28/03)
   
• Berkeley Scientists Create First 3-D Map of Protein Universe (2/17/03)
   
• The History and Fate of the Universe Chart Debuts (2/10/03)
   
• Eddy Rubin named JGI Director (1/28/03)
   
• Lab Mourns Death of Molly Lawrence, Widow of Ernest O. Lawrence (1/08/03)
   
• Nearby Supernova Factory announces 34 supernovae in one year
  Best rookie year ever for a supernova search (1/07/03)

• Disappearing Neutrinos at KamLAND
  Support the Case for Neutrino Mass (12/06/02)
   
• An unexpected discovery could yield a full spectrum solar cell (11/18/02)
   
• John Clarke and Alexander Pines named in new "Scientific American 50" list of visionaries (11/11/02)
   
• NERSC to Offer 10 Teraflop/s System by Early 2003 (11/04/02)
   
• Asian dust storm causes plankton to bloom in the North Pacific (10/24/02)
   
• JGI to decode DNA of destructive plant pathogen
  Researchers will sequence genomes of microbes that cause sudden oak death syndrome and soybean rot (10/16/02)
   
• Revealed: How a master protein remodels chromosomes to orchestrate gene expression (10/9/02)
   
• Researchers to toast 'good' bacteria
  Joint Genome Institute 'jamboree' will examine the genetic properties of lactic-acid-producing microbes (10/3/02)
   
• Saul Perlmutter Wins E. O. Lawrence Award in Physics (9/26/02)
   
• Water Molecules Star in Action Movies (9/12/02)
   
• NERSC Helps Climate Scientists Complete First-Ever 1,000-Year Run of Nations's Leading Climate-Change Modeling Application (9/04/02)
   
• AN EXCITING NEW STATE FOR EXCITONS (8/22/02)
   
• Joint Genome Institute to sequence key African frog genome
  DNA of Xenopus tropicalis will provide new clues to vertebrate development (8/20/02)
   
• A Most Unusual Superconductor and How It Works (8/14/02)
   
• Pufferfish DNA yields clues to human biology
  Analysis of Fugu rubripes genome predicts nearly 1,000 new human genes (7/25/02)
   
• Berkeley Lab Scientist Honored with World Technology Network Award (7/22/02)
   
• BERKELEY LAB TO EXPAND FIRE
  RESOURCES IN NEW CONTRACT WITH
  ALAMEDA COUNTY (7/10/02)
   
• Biosig: A Program To Find New Meaning In Microscope Images (6/24/02)
   
• California Consumers Kept Lights on During Electricity Crisis by Conserving and Investing in Efficient Equipment (6/06/02)
   
• A RARE PROTEIN MUTATION OFFERS NEW HOPE FOR HEART DISEASE PATIENTS (5/17/02)
   
• ALEXANDER PINES ELECTED TO FOREIGN MEMBERSHIP IN ROYAL SOCIETY (5/13/02)
   
• Two Berkeley Lab Scientists Win National Medal of Science (5/09/02)
   
• A FIRST LINE OF DEFENSE AGAINST DISEASE ORGANISMS
  Joint Genome Institute to Sequence Infectious Bacteria (5/07/02)
   
• FIRST STAGE OF SPALLATION NEUTRON SOURCE COMPLETED (5/02/02)
   
• Berkeley Lab Researchers Develop Concise Website on Handling Chemical-Biological Attacks Against Buildings (4/03/02)
   
• NEW HYBRID SOLAR CELLS COMBINE NANOTECH WITH PLASTICS (3/29/02)
   
• IBM and DOE Supercomputing Center to Transform Far-Flung Supercomputers into a Utility-like Service Called DOE Science Grid (3/22/02)
   
• A New Sensor Speeds Papermaking (2/25/02)
   
• A "Little Robot That Could" Tracks Plankton Growth in Stormy Antarctic Waters (2/15/02)
   
• New Findings on Breast Cancer Reported at AAAS (2/15/02)
   
• Pointing the way to granular
  superconductivity in BSCCO (1/23/02)
   
• DISORDERLY SUPERCONDUCTORS CAUGHT
  IN THE ACT: Atom by atom, researchers track
  down granularity in a high-temperature superconductor (1/23/02)
   
• NEW SECRETS OF CELL DIVISION: Familiar Proteins Play an Unsuspected Role (1/02/02)
  

• Architecture of a Cell-Membrane Water Channel: High Resolution Unveils Secrets of Specificity and Speed (12/19/01)
   
• Berkeley Lab Offers Homeland Security Expertise (11/28/01)
   
• Gene-Rich Pufferfish DNA Decoded (10/25/01)
   
• World's Largest Unclassified Supercomputer Goes Online: Scientists Already Report Significant Results (10/08/01)
   
• New Risk Factor in Heart Disease Identified (10/05/01)
   
• Energy Efficient Berkeley Fume Hood Cuts Electricity Use in Half (8/31/01)
   
• Lab To Develop New Computational Tools For Advancing Research (8/15/01)
   
• Are the Digits of Pi Random? New Research May Resolve Issue (7/24/01)
   
• New Technique for High-resolution NMR Spectroscopy Outside the Magnet (7/6/01)
   
• NERSC Has World's Most Powerful Unclassified Supercomputer (6/21/01)
   
• SNO: Neutrinos Have Mass Equal to All the Visible Stars in Universe (6/18/01)
   
• Lab, Industry Team To Create Smaller, Faster Optical Network Devices (6/15/01)
   
• Site Shows California Electricity Supply and Demand in Real-Time (5/29/01)
   
• Berkeley Lab Dedicates Computing Sciences Facility In Oakland (5/24/01)
   
• Twenty Percent Solution Web Site Advises Californians How To Slash Electricity Use and Receive Utility Bill Rebate (5/23/01)
   
• Oldest, Most Distant Type 1A Supernova Confirmed By Analysis At NERSC (4/2/01)
   
• New Breast Cancer Gene Found That Can Affect Cell Growth Controls (3/13/01)
   
• New Energy-Efficient Table Lamp Saves Energy, Improves Light Quality (3/6/01)
   
• Atmospheric Aerosols Impact On Smog Formation Being Reassessed (2/6/01)
   
• Improvements Announced at Lab's National Tritium Labeling Facility (1/18/01)
   
• Hubble Space Telescope To Put New Spectra Theory To Test (1/10/01)

• Research Projects Receive Energy 100 Consumer Impact Awards (12/14/00)
   
• Joint Genome Institute Sequences 15 Microbes In Single Month (11/02/00)
   
• Fugu Fish Genome Project Potential Boon For Gene Hunters (10/26/00)
   
• Major New Initiative To Resolve Structure of Protein Families (9/26/00)
   
• New Commercial Building Energy Efficiency Research Program Launched (8/24/00)
   
• Strange Quasicrystal Alloys Spring Electronic Surprise (8/9/00)
   
• Researchers Pin Down Phenomenon of "Pinning" of Magnetic Layers (6/14/00)
   
• Genes Involved In Cardiac Hypertrophy And Recovery Identified (5/30/00)
   
• MAXIMA Project's Imaging of Early Universe Agrees It Is Flat, But ... (5/9/00)
   
• Strong Evidence for Flat Universe Reported by BOOMERANG Collaboration (4/26/00)
   
• Laboratory Acts To Address Questions About Tritium (4/21/00)
   
• Mouse Genome Revealing Which DNA Sequences Activate Human Genes (4/11/00)
   
• Unique Study Reveals Details of How Genes Are Transcribed (4/3/00)
   
• NERSC's New IBM RS/6000 SP Moves from Testing to Production (3/28/00)
   
• Femtosecond Pulses Produced From Synchrotron Light Source At ALS (3/23/00)
   
• Drosophila Sequencing Stands As Genetic Research Milestone (3/23/00)
   
• A New Way To Engineer Cells: The Staudinger Ligation (3/16/00)
   
• Resolving Problem of Turbulence A Mission For Alexandre Chorin (3/10/00)
   
• Lunar Cratering Shows Surprising Increase At Time of Cambrian Explosion of Life on Earth (3/8/00)
   
• Researchers Make First Rod-shaped Semiconductor Nanocrystals (3/6/00)
   
• Joan Daisey, Distinguished Indoor Air Quality Expert, Dies (3/1/00)
   
• Synchrotron Radiation Reveals Secrets of Antiferromagnetism (2/10/00)
   
• An Algorithm for the Ages: PSLQ A Better Way to Find Integer Relations (1/20/00)
   
• Advanced Fume Hood Could Save $300 Million Annually In U.S. Energy Costs (1/14/00)

• Solved At Last: Fundamental Problem of Quantum Physics (12/23/99)
   
• Howard Hughes Medical Institute Funds Two Biomedical Beamlines at ALS (12/15/99)
   
• 3D Structure of Human Transcription Factor Proteins Revealed (12/9/99)
   
• New Refrigerators in China: Energy Efficiency With Global Impact (12/7/99)
   
• Advanced Light Source Uncovers New Clues To High-Temperature Superconductivity (10/8/99)
   
• Asthma-linked Genes Discovered at Berkeley Lab (10/4/99)
   
• Element 107 May Soon Find Place on Chemists' Periodic Table (10/4/99)
   
• Advanced Light Source Reveals Secrets of Ribosome Structure (9/24/99)
   
• Consumer Test of Compact Fluorescent Torchieres Launched in Sacramento (9/15/99)
   
• Microbes in Basalt Thrive on Mixed Diet of Toxic Waste (8/30/99)
   
• Berkeley Lab To Open Computing Facility in Downtown Oakland (8/25/99)
   
• Quake Research Finds New Way to Measure Slippage Deep Underground (8/10/99)
   
• New Biological Database Seeks Out Products of Alternative Gene Splicing (8/2/99)
   
• Sparks Fly as Novel Metallic Glass Throws Off Fireworks (6/14/99)
   
• One Ångstrom Microscope Achieves Sub One-Ångstrom Resolution (6/9/99)
   
• Striking Effects of Nitrogen in Semiconductor Alloy Explained (6/4/99)
   
• Exploiting Magnetism To Control Movement of Subsurface Fluids (6/1/99)
   
• New Carbon Monoxide Sensor Developed for Occupational Use (5/17/99)
   
• Tapping and Managing Natural Light To Reduce Building Energy Usage (5/3/99)
   
• NERSC Selects IBM RS/6000 SP for Next-Generation Supercomputer (4/28/99)
   
• Finer Copper Wires for Faster Integrated Circuits (4/5/99)
   
• Home Energy Saver Website Computes Savings Possibilities for Consumers (3/18/99)
   
• Berkeley Lab's Glenn Seaborg Dies After Life Integral to History of 20th Century (2/26/99)
   
• DOE To Broaden Peer Review Process for Use of NERSC (2/22/99)
   
• Model Polymers Reveal New Clues to Protein Folding (2/16/99)