Berkeley Lab research finds utility customer-funded energy efficiency programs expanding across the United States; Midwest and South on the rise Spending on energy efficiency programs funded... Read more
The median installed price of residential and commercial PV systems completed in 2011 fell by roughly 11 to 14 percent from the year before The installed price of solar photovoltaic (PV) pow... Read more
These results from this study provide hope that a viable alternative to fossil fuels may soon be available. With increasing demands for sustainable energy, being able to cost-efficiently pro... Read more
Long-abandoned bacterial fermentation process resurrected to feed catalysis into fuel mixture A long-abandoned fermentation process once used to turn starch into explosives can be used to pr... Read more
Initial results in mice could lead to new way to fight neurodegenerative diseases There’s new hope in the fight against Huntington’s disease. A group of researchers that includes scientists... Read more
Compact accelerators can open up new possibilities for doctors, universities and industry Not even a month since researchers at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory‘s National Ig... Read more
Low-cost, high efficiency solar cells to be made from virtually any semiconductor material A technology that would enable low-cost, high efficiency solar cells to be made from virtually any... Read more
Promising news for those who relish the prospects of a one-inch chip storing multiple terabytes of data Some clarity has been brought to the here-to-fore confusing physics of ferroelectric n... Read more
A very promising path to solving the challenge of energy efficiency Energy efficiency is the most significant challenge standing in the way of continued miniaturization of electronic systems... Read more
Imagine charging your phone as you walk, thanks to a paper-thin generator embedded in the sole of your shoe. This futuristic scenario is now a little closer to reality. Scientists fro... Read more
Devices a thousand times smaller than those of today’s microtechnologies could be mass-produced Scientists with the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) and the Univers... Read more
Fragrant New Biofuel A class of chemical compounds best known today for fragrance and flavor may one day provide the clean, green and renewable fuel with which truck and auto drivers fill th... Read more
A much more effective alternative The New York Times recently reported that in the darkest moments of the triple meltdown last year of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, Japan... Read more
The new anodes are made from low-cost materials, Lithium-ion batteries are everywhere, in smart phones, laptops, an array of other consumer electronics, and the newest electric cars. Good as... Read more
There’s good news in the search for the next generation of semiconductors. Researchers with the U.S. Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) a... Read more
