Berkeley Lab In the News, Week of October 14, 2012

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.

An Oct. 19 Wall Street Journal story featured research on indoor C02 levels, work coauthored by the Lab’s William Fisk and Mark Mendell. Their work was also covered by Science News, The Daily Mail, R&D Magazine, ANI News service and many more.

http://blogs.wsj.com/ideas-market/2012/10/19/what-you-exhale-carbon-dioxide-impairs-decision-making/

http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/345791/description/Elevated_carbon_dioxide_may_impair_reasoning

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2220218/Why-office-sending-sleep.html

http://psychcentral.com/news/2012/10/19/modest-levels-of-carbon-dioxide-indoors-can-impair-decision-making/46328.html

http://www.rdmag.com/news/2012/10/elevated-indoor-carbon-dioxide-impairs-decision-making-performance

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/relationships/work/Claustrophobic-rooms-do-not-let-us-think/articleshow/16864303.cms

http://truthdive.com/2012/10/18/Poorly-ventilated-rooms-may-impair-people-s-decision-making-performance.html

http://www.science20.com/news_articles/co2_indoors_marked_concern_also-95353

http://www.khaleejtimes.com/kt-article-display-1.asp?section=lifestyle&xfile=/data/lifestyle/2012/October/lifestyle_October18.xml

http://www.firstpost.com/fwire/indoor-co2-levels-affects-decision-making-495083.html

An Oct. 17 San Francisco Weekly story featured the Lab’s cool pavement research.

http://www.sfweekly.com/2012-10-17/news/berkeley-lab-heat-island-group-pavement-coating-temperature-lists/

Last week’s Open House received coverage by Cal TV as did the unveiling of Perlmutter Road, named for the Lab’s most recent Nobel Prize winner. The San Francisco Business Journal andKCBS-AM radio also covered the events.

http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/blog/2012/10/berkeley-lab-runs-out-of-streets-to.html

http://youtu.be/44GFJSlFBsU?t=2m23s

A recent CNN Moneystory on ways to cut your energy bill mentioned the Lab’s Jim Lutz.

http://money.cnn.com/gallery/pf/2012/10/12/cut-energy-bills.moneymag/7.html

The latest issue of symmetryincludes a story on David Nygren’sTime Projection Chamber.

http://www.symmetrymagazine.org/article/october-2012/time-projection-chambers-a-milestone-in-particle-detector-technology