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.
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An Aug. 7 Inside HPCstory on measuring supercomputer speeds quoted Horst Simon.
An Aug. 7 Berkeleyside.comstory looked at a new book on Ernest Lawrence and the early history of Berkeley Lab.
An Aug. 6 Bloombergstory on China’s urban planning quoted Nan Zhou.
An Aug. 6 Daily Calstory looked at work led by Eva Nogaleson the dynamics of microtubules. The story was based on a lab news release.
An Aug 6 Poughkeepsie Journal story on indoor air quality quoted Max Sherman.
An Aug. 5 Popular Science story highlighted research on a coffee beetle led by JavierCeja-Navarro and Eoin Brodie. The work was also covered by Telemundonews. An embedded video in the PopSci story was created by the Lab’s Public Affairs department.
An Aug. 4 CalMatters story on cutting California gas use quoted Jeff Greenblatt.
An Aug. 4 HPC Wirestory noted the creation of the Pacific Research Platform involving the Lab and quoting ESnet Director Greg Bell. Reuters also covered the announcement.
An Aug. 3 Nature World News story covered new developments on a rice blight, work led by JBEI’s Pamela Ronald.
An Aug.3 GizMagstory, based on a lab news release, featured research on a single-molecule diode led by Jeff Neaton and Zhenfei Liu.
A July 31 Wired story on Google’s use of “sniffers” for pollution noted the Lab’s involvement, led by Lara Gundel. Fortune and Information Week also covered the project.
A July 30 column in The Guardian written by Evan Mills looked at the benefits of LED and solar technology in developing countries.
A July 30 Science magazine story on a White House announcement to build an exascale computer quoted Horst Simon. He was also mentioned on New York Times.com and The Platform on the same topic.
A July 29 Nature story on miniature organs quoted Mina Bissell.
A July 28 R&D.com feature looked at short wavelength plasmons research led by FengWang. The story was based on a news release written by lab Public Affairs.
A July 27 Vox story on residential solar cited a report by Naim Darghouth, Ryan Wiser, Galen Barbose and Andrew Mills.
A July 27 KQED Science story on efforts to create an artificial leaf quoted Chris Changand mentioned colleagues Peidong Yang and Michelle Chang. The interview was coordinated by lab Public Affairs.
A July 27 Fortune magazine story on silicon battery materials quoted Gao Liu.
A July 26 Denver Post story on solar PV quoted Galen Barbose.
A July 24 EE Times story looked at nanoparticle imaging using graphene, work led by Peter Ercius and Paul Alivisatos. The story resulted from a lab news release.
A July 24 Boston Globe story on green improvements that increase home values quoted Ben Hoen.
A July 21 New York Times story looked at questions about cellphone radiation and quoted Bob Cahn.
A July 21 Quartz.com story on Elon Musk’s latest Tesla announcement quoted Venkat Srinivasan.
A July 21 Sydney Morning Herald column on Moore’s Law was co-written by David Bailey.
A July 21 ClimateWirestory looked at research led by Evan Mills showing how gaming computers use large amounts of power.