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An 'Artificial Forest' for Solar Water-Splitting

Berkeley Lab researchers have created the first fully integrated artificial photosynthesis nanosystem. While "artificial leaf" is the popular term for such a system, the key to this success was an "artificial forest." »

Mathematics of Popping Bubbles in a Foam

Foam. It's beautiful, yet ephemeral, as the bubbles pop one by one. Now, two Berkeley researchers have described mathematically the successive stages in the complex evolution of foamy bubbles, a feat that could help in modeling industrial processes such as those used to cushion bicycle helmets. »

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Evolution of the Cyclotron
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Go Behind the Scenes at the Lab's Mechanical Fabrication Facility

Through a combination of skilled craftsmanship and precision equipment, Berkeley Lab's fabrication facility produces unique tools essential to the Lab's scientific mission.

Berkeley Lab Startup Brings Fuel Cells to the Developing World

Point Source Power, a startup company spun from technology developed at Berkeley Lab, has created a cheap, rugged fuel cell that can provide electricity to the 2.5 billion people in the world who don't get it reliably. More>

Apollo 11's Moon Dust Reappears After 44 Years

When Apollo 11 returned from its historic flight in 1969, the moon rocks and lunar soil collected by Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin eventually found their way to some 150 laboratories worldwide. One of those was the Space Sciences Laboratory on the UC Berkeley campus. After experiments were conducted, those samples should have been sent back to NASA. Instead they wound up in storage, where they sat collecting dust until they were discovered more than four decades later. More >