Berkeley Lab

Studying a molecule’s vibrational changes can provide insight into how light can be used as a means to “finely tune” the dissociation of a molecule.

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

Out of thousands of nominees, Berkeley Lab’s new website has made it to the Top 5 finalists eligible to win the Webby Award, the “Oscars of the Internet.”

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory is beginning to use technoeconomic analysis to predict the best avenues for decarbonization and climate change solutions.

For over 90 years, UC Berkeley's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, or Berkeley Lab, has been committed to researching various areas of science.

Researchers at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory discovered a new method of refrigeration called ionocaloric cooling, which could help reduce the effects of global warming.

Carolyn Bertozzi and John Clauser — two former Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, or Berkeley Lab, scientists— were awarded 2022 Nobel Prizes in Chemistry and Physics respectively this week.

In a recent review, Berkeley Lab researchers identified indoor air-filtration strategies to mitigate the spread of infectious airborne diseases in the hopes of reducing superspreading events and outbreaks in congregate public spaces.

William Spencer Gilbert, a physicist at Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory and a UC Berkeley alumnus, died peacefully in his home on Aug. 26, as first reported by Berkeleyside.

A new experimental model will allow researchers to replicate earthquakes in a laboratory setting to advance earthquake safety for large structures.