Berkeley Lab In the News, Week of Oct. 19, 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. 24 Scientific Computing story looked at a new Atlantic extension of ESnet. Symmetry, insideHPC andNetwork World also covered the announcement.

http://www.scientific-computing.com/news/news_story.php?news_id=2566

http://www.symmetrymagazine.org/article/october-2014/transatlantic-data-transfer-gets-a-boost

http://insidehpc.com/2014/10/new-high-speed-transatlantic-network-benefit-science-collaborations-across-u-s/

http://www.networkworld.com/article/2836232/lan-wan/100g-ethernet-bringing-large-hadron-collider-closer-than-ever-to-us-researchers.html

An Oct. 24 Fars News story featured a new 3D map of the universe and quoted DavidSchlegel. Several other outlets also covered the work.

http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.aspx?nn=13930802000137

http://www.europapress.es/ciencia/astronomia/noticia-mejor-mapa-tridimensional-universo-adolescente-20141024122731.html

http://www.fromquarkstoquasars.com/astronomers-create-first-3d-map-cosmic-web-11-billion-years-ago/

A recent special edition issue of Cosmos Magazine on artificial intelligence quoted the Lab’s Horst Simon.

https://cosmosmagazine.com/special-edition-robots-and-ai/artificiai-intelligence-your-future-today

An Oct. 22 Physics World story highlighted work led by Xiang Zhang on a new amplifier design for quantum circuits. Phys.Org also covered the work.

http://physicsworld.com/cws/article/news/2014/oct/22/new-amplifier-design-could-improve-quantum-circuits

http://phys.org/news/2014-10-broad-bandwidth-amplifier-ups-gain-db.html

An Oct. 22 Forbesstory on new findings about the Universe’ dark matter quoted Adrian Lee. Christian Science Monitor, Daily Galaxy, Capital Wired and many others ran similar stories.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/bridaineparnell/2014/10/22/polarbear-sniffs-out-cosmic-clues-about-the-universe-dark-matter-and-neutrinos/

http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2014/1021/POLARBEAR-project-offers-clues-about-origin-of-universe-s-cosmic-growth-spurt

http://www.dailygalaxy.com/my_weblog/2014/10/astrophysicists-using-big-bangs-primordial-light-to-probe-largest-structures-in-the-universe.html

http://www.capitalwired.com/polarbear-seeks-out-cosmic-answers-in-microwave-polarization/24373/

An Oct. 21 story in The Guardian looked at the new FLEXLAB facility and quoted CindyRegnier.

http://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/2014/oct/21/berkeley-laboratory-low-energy-flexlab-san-francisco-carbon-footprint-biotech