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The Beauty of Imperfections: Linking Atomic Defects to 2D Materials’ Electronic Properties

November 20, 2019 sarah Jonas 0 Comments 2D materials, Advanced Light Source, atomic defect, atomic defects, Berkeley Lab, Catalysis, Conductivity, Department of Energy (DOE), Department of Energy Office of Science, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Molecular Foundry, nanotechnology, NERSC, Quantum information science, Quantum Mechanics, Quantum Physics, scanning tunneling microscopy, Semiconductor, Sulfur

Scientists at Berkeley Lab have revealed how atomic defects emerge in transition metal dichalcogenides, and how those defects shape the 2D material’s electronic properties. Their findings could provide a versatile yet targeted platform for designing 2D materials for quantum information science.

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Dark Matter Experiment’s Central Component Takes a Deep Dive – Nearly a Mile Underground

October 29, 2019 sarah Jonas 0 Comments Berkeley Lab, dark matter, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, LBNL, Particle Physics

Last week, crews at the Sanford Underground Research Facility in South Dakota strapped the central component of LUX-ZEPLIN – the largest direct-detection dark matter experiment in the U.S. – below an elevator and s-l-o-w-l-y lowered it 4,850 feet down a shaft formerly used in gold-mining operations.

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How to Get a Particle Detector on a Plane

September 19, 2019 sarah Jonas 0 Comments Berkeley, Berkeley Lab, Collider, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, LBNL, Nuclear Physics, Nuclear Science

Berkeley Lab is one of five sites around the globe that is building detector panels for an upgrade project that will improve the performance of a particle detector’s inner tracking system – including its resolution to take snapshots of particle collisions, its durability, and data-collection speed.

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The Chemistry of Art: Scientists Explore Aged Paint in Microscopic Detail to Inform Preservation Efforts

August 29, 2019 sarah Jonas 0 Comments Berkeley, Berkeley Lab, History, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, LBNL, NIST, X-Ray, X-rays

To learn more about the chemical processes in oil paints that can damage aging artwork, a team led by researchers at the National Gallery of Art and the National Institute of Standards and Technology conducted a range of studies that included 3D X-ray imaging of a paint sample at Berkeley Lab’s Advanced Light Source.

DOE Science News

Mineral Discovery Made Easier: X-Ray Technique Shines a New Light on Tiny, Rare Crystals

June 20, 2019June 20, 2019 Author 0 Comments Berkeley Lab, Cherepovets State University, Diffraction, ESRF, European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, Goethe University, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, LBNL, microdiffraction, National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center, NERSC, X-Ray, X-rays

Berkeley Lab scientists participate in the discovery of ognitite; other candidate new-mineral studies in progress Like a tiny needle in