Forbesmentioned ESnet and the world record set last year on the network with 1 PB of data transferred in 29 hours.
Science reported that former Lab director and Nobel Laureate Steven Chu will assume a one-year term as AAAS president.
Marin Independent Journaland others picked up the CalMatters piece featuring Lab affiliate Edward Vine (ETA) on housing students with retirees as one solution to the lack of affordable housing.
Freakonomics radio featured Nobel Laureate Saul Perlmutter, along with celebrities such as Conan O’Brien, Jennifer Egan and Rosanne Cash, in a piece titled “Where Do Good Ideas Come From?”
Physics Today ran a piece by Wim Leemans (PH) on progress in plasma physics and accelerator science research advancing astrophysics, energy production, and other science.
Prabhat (NERSC) is mentioned as a finalist for the Gordon Bell Prize in insideHPC, which highlighted the impact of Ai.
The Herald Democrat profiled nuclear physicist James Harris and reported him to be “one of only two Texans...and the only African-American” responsible for the discovery of a new element, in this case element 104, discovered by a team at the Lab and eventually named Rutherfordium.
Cosmos quoted Trevor Keenan (EESA) and mentioned the Lab’s AmeriFlux management project in a piece on discovering an overestimate of daytime plant respiration.
Physics World mentioned the Lab, along with other national labs, as a key facility in materials-science research in reference to a new reportFrontiers of Materials Research: A Decadal Survey that emphasized the importance of collaboration.
In a piece on HPC code portability, InsideHPC mentioned Singularity, the open-source framework originally developed by the Lab. Physics World reported on a new result involving magnetic monopoles obtained at the ALS that will be of interest in developing spintronics and information technology devices of the future. San Jose Mercury Newsand others ran a profile piece on Kamala Harris that mentioned her mother’s work as a scientist at the Lab and quoted Mina Bissell (BSE). Physics World quoted Arman Shehabi (ETA) on energy efficiency measures for data centers. InsideHPC and HPCwire pictured NERSC’s Wayne Hurlbert and Damian Hazen in a piece on the transfer of 43 years’ worth of data to new tape libraries at Shyh Wang Hall. The Lab was mentioned in a satirical piece in The Daily Cal on 3D printing houses. c&enmentioned work by Oak Ridge researchers and Lab collaborators in a piece on a new adsorbent soaking up uranium from seawater, leaving interfering ions behind. Bloomberg Environment mentioned the Lab report on renewable portfolio standards by Galen Barbose (ETA) in a piece on pursuing national clean energy mandates. San Francisco Examiner cited a Lab study on gas burners and indoor air quality in a piece on the hazards of natural gas. In a piece on cannabis companies raising money, Forbes cited a Lab study on the electricity costs of cultivating the crop indoors. The U.S. Department of Justice,SF Gate,and others ran pieces on the conviction of two contractors for their unsuccessful attempt in 2013 to circumvent federal guidelines in awarding contracts in a bid for renovating a Lab building. Utility Divequoted Lab affiliate Chris Marnay (ETA) in a piece on de-energizing utility lines as a safety measure. An article in the San Francisco Chronicle about problems with construction of an Oakland school mentioned that one of the contractors has been indicted on fraud charges related to renovations at the Lab. (Nov. 27) In a piece on Ong’s Hat and early internet conspiracy games, Gizmodo mentioned research by Nick Herbert as a member of “the boundary-smashing Fundamental Fysiks Group” at the Lab.