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Are Gut Microbes the Key to Unlocking Anxiety? The prevalence of anxiety disorders, already the most common mental illness in many countries, including the U.S., has surged during the novel coronavirus pandemic. A study led by researchers in Berkeley Lab’s Biosciences Area provides evidence that taking care of our gut microbiome may help mitigate some of that anxiety. The team used a genetically heterogeneous lineage of mice known as the Collaborative Cross (CC) to probe connections among g...

Mysterious Element Einsteinium Measured by Scientists For The First Time 3 FEBRUARY 2021 Dragons lurk at the edges of the map of known elements – atomic giants so delicate, and so scarce, they defy easy study. One such behemoth has finally given up at least some of its secrets, with chemists managing to gather just enough einsteinium to flesh out important details on the mysterious elements chemistry and ability to form bonds.   For the better part of 70 years, isotopes of einsteinium have...

AI Finds More Than 1,200 Gravitational Lensing Candidates A research team with participation by Berkeley Lab physicists has used artificial intelligence to identify more than 1,200 possible gravitational lenses – objects that can be powerful markers for the distribution of dark matter. The count, if all of the candidates turn out to be lenses, would more than double the number of known gravitational lenses. Gravitational lenses result from large celestial objects, like galaxies or galaxy clu...

 E-Mail IMAGE: Berkeley Lab scientists Leticia Arnedo-Sanchez (from left), Katherine Shield, Korey Carter, and Jennifer Wacker had to take precautions against radioactivity as well as coronavirus to conduct experiments with the rare... view more  Credit: Marilyn Sargent/Berkeley Lab Since element 99 - einsteinium - was discovered in 1952 at the Department of Energys Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) from the debris of the first hydrogen bomb, scientists have performed...

Date Time Discoveries at Edge of Periodic Table: First Ever Measurements of Einsteinium Berkeley Lab scientists Leticia Arnedo-Sanchez (from left), Katherine Shield, Korey Carter, and Jennifer Wacker had to take precautions against radioactivity as well as coronavirus to conduct experiments with the rare element, einsteinium. (Credit: Marilyn Sargent/Berkeley Lab) Since element 99 – einsteinium – was discovered in 1952 at the Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (B...

Pioneering Framework Could Reduce Energy Demand in Buildings Heating and cooling buildings is a large part of global energy demand and a significant source of CO2 and greenhouse gas emissions, and in the coming decades the energy demand for heating and cooling – also known as thermal energy – is expected to grow considerably. Scientists and engineers have made many advances in lowering building energy demand by improving energy efficiency in building technologies and reducing energy loss th...

Shares AI has identified more than 1,2o0 new possible gravitational lenses, which could help unravel the mysteries of dark matter. The lenses are formed when a vast amount of matter — like a cluster of galaxies — bends the direction of light traveling from more distant galaxies. The lenses then typically appear as arcs and streaks. These images can help scientists infer the existence of dark matter — which the naked eye can’t see — by observing its gravitational e...

Date Time Are Gut Microbes Key to Unlocking Anxiety? A scanning electron micrograph of Escherichia coli, which are one of many strains of bacteria found in mammalian guts. (Credit: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health) The prevalence of anxiety disorders, already the most common mental illness in many countries, including the U.S., has surged during the novel coronavirus pandemic. A study led by researchers in Berkeley Lab’s Biosciences Area pro...

UC Berkeley startups win at UC Startup Innovation Challenge Miki Carver/Courtesy As the UC Office of Innovation and Entrepreneurship continues to promote innovation and entrepreneurship across the system, several startups affiliated with UC Berkeley secured prizes at the UC Startup Innovation Challenge, including a grand prize of $50,000 Thursday. As the UC Office of Innovation and Entrepreneurship continues to promote innovation and entrepreneurship across the UC system, several startups affil...

(Department of Energy/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory/EurekAlert)  … Identifying and breeding varieties that have high productivity across a range of environments is becoming increasingly important for food, fuel and other applications, and breeders aren’t interested in waiting decades to develop new crops. One example is an ongoing collaborative effort to improve the emerging bioenergy crop switchgrass (Panicum virgatum), which has established 10 experimental gardens located in eigh...