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Menlo Park CA (SPX) May 04, 2023 - Photosynthesis plays a crucial role in shaping and sustaining life on Earth, yet many aspects of the process remain a mystery. One such mystery is how Photosystem II, a protein complex in plants, al

Photosynthesis plays a crucial role in shaping and sustaining life on Earth, yet many aspects of the process remain a mystery.

After decades of effort, scientists have finally seen the process by which nature creates the oxygen we breathe using SLAC’s X-ray laser.

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Utility industry news and analysis for energy professionals.

For a third year in a row, zero-carbon sources accounted for the majority of electricity generated in Minnesota, according to the latest edition of an annual report measuring the states clean-energy transition. The findings are issued by the group Clean Energy Economy Minnesota, which said the industry shift toward these sources is now "locked in" around the state. It showed in 2022, 55% of the states power came from carbon-free sources, well above the national share of 41%. ...

Berkeley Lab scientists Dung-Hai Lee and Jizhong Zhou were recently elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. 

Wisconsin regulators are being asked to take another look at previously approved plans for a proposed natural gas plant. An environmental group says changes in the energy sector and the evolving climate crisis are hard to ignore. In 2020, the Public Service Commission granted a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity for the Nemadji Trail Energy Center in Superior, which is still navigating the permitting process. ...

AI and robots increased the speed of a material research lab by 100 times! A-Lab is now considered an autonomous laboratory.

Everything that has ever been observed, with all of humans’ senses and tools on Earth and beyond, only accounts for 5% of the universe. The rest is energy and matter that has eluded scientists.Dark Matter and Dark Energy compose 95% of the universe. That means everything humans have ever sensed or measured, composes just a small fraction of what makes up the cosmos.