Berkeley Lab In the News, Week of Oct. 12, 2014

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. 17 CleanTechnicastory included work on a magnesium-ion battery by DavidPrendergast and Liwen Wan.

http://cleantechnica.com/2014/10/17/molecular-foundry-coughs-up-a-clue-about-mg-ion-batteries/

http://www.rdmag.com/news/2014/10/dispelling-misconception-about-mg-ion-batteries

On Oct. 17 Engineering.comfeatured a 3D map of the “adolescent” universe noting work by Martin White and Casey Stark. Daily Galaxyalso covered their work.

http://www.engineering.com/DesignerEdge/DesignerEdgeArticles/ArticleID/8721/The-Big-Bangs-Hidden-Infancy-Mapped-for-the-First-Time.aspx

http://www.dailygalaxy.com/my_weblog/2014/10/the-cosmic-web-astronomers-create-3-d-map-of-the-universe-as-it-was-11-billion-years-ago-.html

An Oct. 16 Oakland North story looked at a recent Science At The Theater event, quoting Katie Antypas and Jeff Miller.

http://oaklandnorth.net/2014/10/16/scientists/

An Oct. 16 Daily Calstory featured work on a possible cause of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, work co-led by John Tainer and David Shin.

http://www.dailycal.org/2014/10/16/berkeley-lab-scripps-institute-propose-cause-als/

http://www.biosciencetechnology.com/news/2014/10/als-progression-linked-increased-protein-instability

An Oct. 14 GCN.comstory highlighted the recent creation of a heat map and quoted Ronnen Levinson.

http://gcn.com/blogs/emerging-tech/2014/10/big-data-heat-mapping.aspx

An Oct. 14 CBS Moneywatchstory on an uptick in PV installations quoted GalenBarbose. He was also quoted in a similar story on WROC Rochester.

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/u-s-solar-power-industry-small-but-growing-rapidly/

http://www.rochesterhomepage.net/story/d/story/solar-power-is-casting-a-bigger-shadow/15552/nNUsOZ4zkEiYN1YvMOIkxQ