Berkeley Lab “In the News” is our weekly review of Lab researchers, staff, and students who have appeared in the news media this past week. This is but a sampling of our coverage. Please note that some links may expire after time.
Car and Driver magazine’s end-of-year list of Most Promising Technologies includes Lab efforts to use Metal-organic Framework Storage materials to store hydrogen for vehicles. (“Not That H2” on the list)
A Dec. 6 CleanTechnicastory noted an ARPA-E award to the Lab’s Delia Milliron to create smart windows. A Buildings.comstory also noted her recent award along with one given to Philip Haves.
A Dec. 5 Climate Wirestory looked at the recent announcement of a battery hub which includes Berkeley Lab. The Lab’s Venkat Srinivasan was quoted, as he was in an earlier EE News story. Similar stories ran on KQED-FM and CleanTechnica.
A Dec. 5 HPC Wirestory reported the appointment of the Lab’s John Shalf as NERSC’s CTO.
A Dec. 5 R&D magazine story featured research led by the Lab’s Marc Fischer showing higher than expected concentrations of N2O in California. Fischer also spoke with KQED-FM.
A Dec. 4 Arizona Starstory noted new funding for a proposed BigBOSS project involving Berkeley Lab. The Associated Press also covered the announcement.
A Dec. 3 Chemical and Engineering News cover story on making better biofuels quoted the Lab’s Susannah Tringe and Trent Northen.
A Dec. 3 EcoSeed story on solar costs cited recent research by the Lab’s Galen Barbose.