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Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, or LBNL, Director Mike Witherfell appointed Paul Adams as the lab's associate director of biosciences Jan. 31 following an international search for potential candidates.
Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm visited the Bay Area on Friday, Aug. 20, making a two-hour stop at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.
Berkeley Lab’s Advanced Light Source at sunset. (Credit: Thor Swift/Berkeley Lab) The U.S. Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) supports more than 10,000 jobs in the Bay Area and nearly 20,000 jobs across the country, according to a new economic impact study that underscores Berkeley Lab’s role as a major employer in the East Bay in addition to being a powerhouse of innovation. The study also determined that every federal dollar invested in Berkeley Lab, one of the world’s top research institutions, produces nearly three dollars in economic outpu...
E-Mail IMAGE: Michael Grätzel, winner of the BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award in Basic Sciences. view more Credit: BBVA FOUNDATION The BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award in the Basic Sciences category has gone in this thirteenth edition to Paul Alivisatos (University of California, Berkeley, United States) and Michael Grätzel (Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland) for their fundamental contributions to the development of new nanomaterials already in use for the production of renewable energies and in latest-generation electronics. "Grätz...
E-Mail IMAGE: From left: Berkeley Lab scientist Susannah Tringe, Dan Kasen, and former Berkeley Lab scientist M. Zahid are winners of the Lawrence Award. view more Credit: Berkeley Lab, Noah Berger/UC Berkeley, Princeton University The Department of Energy has announced that Susannah Tringe and Dan Kasen, two scientists at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab), will receive the Ernest Orlando Lawrence Award, one of DOE's highest honors. Additionally, former Berkeley Lab scientist M. Zahid Hasan, was also named as one of the eight recipients. The Lawrence Award, name...