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.
A Nov. 7 Discovery News story looked at the possibility of using synthetic biology to support future space missions, citing work by Adam Arkin and Amor Menezes. Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News,GizMag, NDTV, Times of India, the Business Standard and others also covered the possibility.
A Nov. 7 IEEE Spectrumstory on efforts to develop a magnesium-ion battery cited work by David Prendergast and Liwen Wan.
A Nov. 7 Chicago Tribune story on common heating myths quoted Max Sherman.
A Nov. 5 ANI News story highlighted work on thirdhand smoke led by HugoDestaillats. Mumbai Mirror, VOXXI and others also covered the research.
A Nov. 4 EnergyWirestory looked at the research planned for the new General Purpose Laboratory and quoted Venkat Srinivasan and Brett Helms.
A Nov. 4 ClimateWirestory featured new research into arctic warming led by DanielFeldman. Nature World News, Huffington Post and others also covered his work.
A Nov. 4 Mosaic Science story on designing better classrooms quoted Mark Mendell on his work into indoor air quality.
A Nov. 3 Wired magazine story on missing pulsars at the center of the galaxy quoted Kathryn Zurek. She was also quoted in a Universe Today story on the same topic.
A Nov. 3 FedTechmagazine story on new data centers highlighted the Lab’s CRT facility and quoted Bill Tschudi.