Berkeley Lab and USDA research could lead to new ways to fight beetle that devastates coffee crops worldwide.

The vast majority of the thousands of chemicals in our homes and workplaces have not been tested to determine if they cause cancer. That’s because today’s options are lacking. Rodent tests are too slow, and cell culture tests don’t replicate how cells interact in the body, so their relevance to cancer is limited. Scientists from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have set out to change that.

There’s an urgent demand for new antimicrobial compounds that are effective against constantly emerging drug-resistant bacteria. Two robotic chemical-synthesizing machines, named Symphony X and Overture, have joined the search. Their specialty is creating custom nanoscale structures that mimic nature’s proven designs. They’re also fast, able to assemble dozens of compounds at a time.

Stereophotogrammetry provides unique window into clouds, thus improving climate models.

Berkeley Lab study shows properly managed damage can boost material thermoelectric performances.

Work at Berkeley Lab’s Advanced Light Source will receive $2.4M over 5 years.

Berkeley researchers develop breakthrough technique for non-invasive nano-scale imaging.

ENIGMA study shows natural bacterial communities as effective geochemical sensors.

A next-generation experiment will create the largest 3D map of the universe and help Berkeley Lab scientists get a handle on dark energy.

An international team of scientists releases early results from the CUORE experiment with implications for why there’s more matter than antimatter in the universe.

Study at Berkeley Lab’s Advanced Light Source shows why skin is resistant to tearing.

Berkeley Lab researchers find way to improve the cost-effectiveness through the use of MOFs.

Berkeley Lab research provides comprehensive description of ultra-small bacteria.

Berkeley Lab researchers link rising CO2 levels from fossil fuels to an upward trend in radiative forcing at two locations.

Berkeley Lab and UC Berkeley team engineers the shape and properties of nanoscale strips of graphene.