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Sunday, December 12, 2021

Berkeley Lab scientists create 1st continuous, self-powered liquid robots

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Scientists at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and the University of Massachusetts Amherst created the first aqueous, self-powered, continuously operating autonomous robots, which aim to mimic the movement of water striders.

Scientists at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and the University of Massachusetts Amherst created the first aqueous robots that can run continuously without electricity.
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Sunday, July 25, 2021

UC Berkeley, Berkeley Lab develop 1-atom-thin 2-dimensional magnet

Reaching the “fundamental limit” proposed by physicists years ago, UC Berkeley associate professor in materials science and engineering Jie Yao and his team created a thinner two-dimensional magnet.
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Sunday, July 18, 2021

Researchers synthesize peptoids at Berkeley Lab to combat viruses

A team of researchers discovered that molecules called peptoids, which they synthesized at the Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, or the Berkeley Lab, can be used to fight a variety of viruses.
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Wednesday, December 16, 2020

Researchers develop rechargeable, custom-fitting N95 masks

With personal protective equipment, or PPE, continuing to be in short supply due to the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers from the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and UC Berkeley have developed a rechargeable, custom-fitting N95 mask.
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Sunday, June 24, 2018

6 Berkeley Lab researchers win US Department of Energy funding award

“It’s a substantial benefit to young scientists because normally young scientists … have to work at specific existing lab projects in order to fund their research,” said Berkeley Lab Researcher Dan Dwyer.
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Monday, October 26, 2015

Berkeley Lab scientists use black phosphorus to discover possibilities for conductivity

A team of researchers from the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have experimentally discovered new possibilities for conductivity in a range of technological devices through the use of black phosphorus, a layered semiconductor.
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Berkeley Lab scientists create 1st continuous, self-powered liquid robots

UC Berkeley, Berkeley Lab develop 1-atom-thin 2-dimensional magnet

Researchers synthesize peptoids at Berkeley Lab to combat viruses

Researchers develop rechargeable, custom-fitting N95 masks

6 Berkeley Lab researchers win US Department of Energy funding award

Berkeley Lab scientists use black phosphorus to discover possibilities for conductivity