Tag: "lbnl"
Why Don't We Get Cancer More Often?
Dr. Mina Bissell of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory is one of the world’s leading researchers on breast cancer. Her group recently found that normal breast cells provide an innate defense mechanism against cancer by secreting a protein to actively and specifically kill breast cancer cells without harming normal ones.
Post on Apr 09, 2012 by Jennifer Huber from QUEST Northern California
Resolving Clouds in Climate Change Models
As supercomputers grow, so does their energy appetite. Researchers are trying to solve that problem by using a smaller, more pervasive technology.
Post on Jun 24, 2011 by Lauren Sommer
Supercomputers Hit an Energy Wall
As supercomputers grow, so does their energy appetite. Researchers are trying to solve that problem by using a smaller, more pervasive technology.
Post on Jun 24, 2011 by from QUEST Northern California
Goodbye to the Bevatron
With the demolition of the Bevatron, a chapter of the Bay Area's high-level physics research comes to a close.
Post on Jan 13, 2011 by Amy Standen
Reporter's Notes: Getting Paid to Go Solar
To go solar or not to go solar? Homeowners looking to save money on their energy bills have a number of factor to consider.
Post on Nov 06, 2009 by Amy Standen
50 Years Later, Still Plenty of Room at the Bottom
50 years ago, eminent physicist Richard Feynman gave a gave a prophetic speech at Caltech entitled, "There's Plenty of Room at the Bottom." The speech described a rich world of possibilities that could arise if we only applied ourselves toward controlling matter on smaller and smaller scales.
Post on Nov 02, 2009 by Christopher Smallwood
Toward Greener Biofuels and Greener Cars
For all the excitement, selling the American public on biofuels feels a little like feeding methadone to a heroin addict.
Post on Oct 05, 2009 by Christopher Smallwood
Is Your House Haunted by Electronic Vampires?
When it comes to climate, the inside and the outside of Bay Area homes are pretty much the same for most of the year. But there are other energy vampires beyond heating and cooling in California homes that threaten to drain your wallet.
Post on Aug 27, 2009 by Jim Gunshinan
New Nanoparticles Shed Light on Cell Behavior
Happily, while Michael Crichton's nanoparticles coordinate an attack on a your vital organs, these new bright, stable particles behave more like benign light bulbs in your cells.
Post on Jun 29, 2009 by Christopher Smallwood
Playing the Oldest Recordings
Last summer, QUEST told you about how scientists at Lawrence Berkeley National Lab have developed a technology to playback old audio recordings using visual scans.
Post on Jun 12, 2009 by Rachel Zurer
Chu, Two and Btu
People around here at Lawrence Berkeley Lab are saddened by the loss of Dr. Chu as director, but extremely excited about his nomination as Secretary of Energy.
Post on Dec 26, 2008 by Jim Gunshinan
Producer's Notes: How Edison Got His Groove Back
I love the idea that he was just listening to the radio one day and heard that the Library of Congress was failing in its struggle to preserve a significant portion of our nation's music and sound heritage. Haber basically thought, "well, as a designer of instrumentation for particle physics, I think I can help." And that's what he did.
Post on Jul 29, 2008 by Josh Rosen
Saving Energy in a Hurry
Yeah Alaska! Yeah Brazil! Yeah California? The people of Juneau saved electricity in a hurry– when electricity went to 55 cents per kilowatt-hourIn Juneau, Alaska, an avalanche on April 16th downed transmission lines and cut off the city from it's cheap source of hydroelectric power; electricity prices jumped by 500%. Alan Meier-a scientist at Lawrence [...]
Post on Jun 02, 2008 by Jim Gunshinan
Producer's Notes: Darfur Stoves Project
There are times when you are in the production trenches, plumbing the depths of a story, that you realize how lucky you are to work on QUEST. Assisting QUEST Producer Amy Miller on this segment was yet another occasion to experience such a sentiment, as we found out about the amazing work of Ashok Gadgil [...]
Post on May 20, 2008 by Sheraz Sadiq
Pixels are so 20th century – say hello to 'spaxels'
Making Every Photon Count Last week I went to a talk given by the leader of the Supernova Factory collaboration at LBNL. What is SN factory? This is an ambitious project to study supernovae like never before. I mentioned this project briefly in a previous post , now that they are so close to releasing [...]
Post on Apr 23, 2008 by Kyle S. Dawson
Supernova Legacy
Last night we completed our observations for the Supernova Legacy Survey. This was a five year program to study supernovae using a 4-meter telescope in Hawaii in combination with several of the largest optical telescopes in the world. The project was headed by a group at a university in Toronto and a group at a [...]
Post on Apr 08, 2008 by Kyle S. Dawson
Producer's Notes – Biofuels: Beyond Ethanol
A sample of switchgrass at Sandia National LaboratoriesIt doesn't need to be said that there's a heated debate about how to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions with actions that lessen our society's carbon footprint. Biofuels like ethanol or biodiesel are one option. They're touted as being carbon neutral because the CO2 they emit comes from crops [...]
Post on Apr 08, 2008 by Sheraz Sadiq
Excellent conditions for skiing and supernovae
Julien Guy: supernova cosmologistI'm sitting in the airport right now, passing time as I wait for my flight back to SFO. Looking at the clock now, I see that my jet lag future does not bode well. I awoke at 5:00 AM here and nearly 11 hours later feel like the day is over, yet [...]
Post on Mar 24, 2008 by Kyle S. Dawson
