Berkeley Lab In the News, September 15-27, 2013

Berkeley Lab “In the News” is our weekly review of Lab researchers, staff, and students who have appeared in the news media recently. This is but a sampling of our coverage. Please note that some links may expire after time.

The Sept. 25 announcement of a MacArthur Prize given to the Lab’s Carl Haber received significant coverage. Stories prominently featuring Haber’s work appeared on NPR, National Geographic, The Washington Post, San Francisco Chronicle, Los Angeles Times, KPIX-TV Channel 5, PBS, San Jose Mercury News, NBC News, theAssociated Press, BBC News and many others.

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=226205891

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2013/09/130925-genius-macarthur-carl-haber-sound-bell/

http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/video/9347578-uc-berkeley-physicist-awarded-grant-for-unlocking-sounds-of-history/

http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2013/09/25/226034788/latest-macarthur-geniuses-include-sound-savior

http://www.washingtonpost.com/

http://www.latimes.com/local/la-me-macarthur-grants-20130925,0,2007450.story

http://www.scpr.org/programs/airtalk/2013/09/25/33899/uc-berkeley-s-carl-haber-on-his-macarthur-genius-g

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/2013/09/macarthur-genius-grant-winners-include-american-author-and-audio-preservationist.html

http://online.wsj.com/article/APeb733063b61641199458e4d79a0f7c53.html?KEYWORDS=haber

http://www.scpr.org/news/2013/09/24/39476/calif-physicist-one-of-24-macarthur-genius-grant-r/

http://www.sfgate.com/default/article/3-area-scientists-win-MacArthur-grants-4841306.php

http://www.mercurynews.com/science/ci_24169086/stanford-and-berkeley-researchers-among-macarthur-genius-grant

WAMU-FM, Washington

http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/news/2013/09/25/berkeley-lab-carl-haber-macarthur-genius.html

http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/national_world&id=9261003

http://www.nbcnews.com/science/macarthur-foundation-honors-genius-scientists-among-us-8C11260834

http://www.dailycal.org/2013/09/25/berkeley-lab-scientist-receives-macarthur-genius-grant/

A Sept. 24 Technology Review story on a cheaper grid battery quoted the Lab’s Venkat Srinivasan.

http://www.technologyreview.com/news/519316/startup-shows-off-its-cheaper-grid-battery/

A Sept. 23 The Energy Collective story featured work at the Lab’s Advanced Light Source, Material Genome Project, and Molecular Foundry, and cited Roger Falcone, Ron Zuckerman, and Kristin Persson.

http://theenergycollective.com/mstepp/277291/pt-2-mad-scientists-department-energy-s-national-laboratories

A Sept. 23 HPC Wire story looked at NERSC’s role in climate modeling.

http://www.hpcwire.com/hpcwire/2013-09-23/supercomputing_enables_climate_time_machine.html

A Sept. 22 Wall Street Journal story on myths associated with renewable energy cited recent lab research.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324432404579052900100464562.html

A Sept 21 Contra Costa Times story looked at the Lab’s current plans for the proposed Richmond Bay Campus. Richmond Confidential, the San Francisco Business Times, Daily Cal and San Francisco Chronicle also covered the story.

http://www.contracostatimes.com/news/ci_24148765/richmond-site-lawrence-berkeley-laboratory-expansion-not-jeopardy

http://richmondconfidential.org/2013/09/22/richmond-bay-campus-faces-delays/

http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/blog/biotech/2013/09/uc-berkeley-lawrence-lab-richmond.html?page=all

http://www.dailycal.org/2013/09/16/lawrence-berkeley-lab-denied-contract-for-x-ray-project/

http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/matier-ross/article/Cal-contract-loss-threatens-lab-s-Richmond-4816913.php

A Sept. 20 EE Timesstory featured work towards reliable quantum computing by the Lab’s Alexei Fedorov. HPC Wire also covered his work.

http://www.eetimes.com/document.asp?doc_id=1319552

http://www.hpcwire.com/hpcwire/2013-09-18/toward_stable_quantum_computing.html

A Sept. 20 Chemistry World magazine story on a new imaging technique quoted lead researcher Michael Crommie.

http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/2013/09/stm-ir-combined-technique

A Sept. 19 New Yorkerstory highlighted the work at the Labs’ Joint Center for Artificial Photosynthesis and included Joel Ager, Rachel Segalman and Frances Houle.

http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/elements/2013/09/jcap-solar-fuel-generator-artificial-leaf-liquid-hydrocarbons.html

A Sept. 19 Science News story highlighted cancer research by the Lab’s Mina Bissell.

http://www.sciencenews.org/view/feature/id/353369/description/Dangerous_Digs

A Sept. 17 HPC Wirestory featured the Lab’s David Brownand his thoughts on math and supercomputing.

http://www.hpcwire.com/hpcwire/2013-09-17/the_math-supercomputing_connection.html

A Sept. 17 MacLean’smagazine story on building a better battery quoted the Lab’s Venkat Srinivasan.

http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/09/17/the-race-is-on-to-build-a-better-battery/

A Sept. 17 Daily Calstory highlighted work by the Lab’s Jonathan Tang and SylvainCostes showing the risk of radiation on young girls.

http://www.dailycal.org/2013/09/17/uc-berkeley-researchers-find-correlation-between-radiotherapy-and-breast-cancer-in-young-girls/