Berkeley Lab In the News, Week of Jan. 22, 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 some time.

The announcement of the Richmond Field Station as the Lab’s preferred site for a second campus received a significant amount of attention. A news conference on Jan. 23 was followed by dozens of stories including in the San Francisco Chronicle, Associated Press, New York Times, all the major TV stations in the Bay Area along with radio stations KGO-AM, KCBS-AM, NPR and KQED.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2012/01/23/MNJE1MT8S9.DTL

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/27/us/berkeley-lab-campus-in-richmond-may-have-profitable-ripple-effect.html

http://www.insidebayarea.com/timesstar/localnews/ci_19827064

http://www.dailycal.org/2012/01/23/richmond-site-selected-as-berkeley-lab%E2%80%99s-second-campus/

http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_19799972

http://www.ktvu.com/videos/news/richmond-lawrence-berkeley-lab-to-set-up-new/vFrQm/

http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/video/6667247-uc-selects-richmond-site-for-new-berkeley-labs-campus/

http://www.nbcbayarea.com/video/#!/news/local/Richmond-to-Host-Lawrence-Berkeley-Lab/137944208

http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/video?id=8516171

http://cbsloc.al/zkOUTc

http://serve.castfire.com/video/849717/849717_2012-01-23-215417.html

http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2012/01/24/new-richmond-lab-expected-to-create-innovative-bio-fuel/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

A Jan. 27 Science magazine story on exascale computing quoted the Lab’s Michael Wehner, Horst Simon and Charles Shank.

http://www.sciencemag.org/content/335/6067/394.full

A Jan. 27 CNET story featured hydrogen fuel cell research led by the Lab’s Jeff Long. R&D magazine also ran a story on his work.

http://news.cnet.com/8301-11386_3-57367339-76/hydrogen-sponge-could-extend-ev-driving-range/

http://www.rdmag.com/News/2012/01/Energy-Hydrogen-Berkeley-Lab-To-Develop-Novel-Materials-For-Hydrogen-Storage/

A Jan. 26 Popular Science story highlighted 3D imaging of a protein by the Lab’s Gang Ren and Lei Zhang.

http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2012-01/video-researchers-produce-first-high-quality-3-d-images-individual-protein

A Jan. 27 Ivanhoe news story featured Alzheimer’s research led by the Lab’s Bill Jagust and Susan Landau. KGO TV Channel 7, UK’s Express, Senior Journal and several other news outlets also covered their work.

http://www.ivanhoe.com/channels/p_channelstory.cfm?storyid=28847

http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/health&id=8516274

http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/297592/Puzzles-beat-Alzheimer-s

http://seniorjournal.com/NEWS/Alzheimers/2012/20120124-Keeping_Brain_Active.htm

http://www.dailygossip.org/keep-your-brain-active-to-reduce-risk-of-alzheimer-s-2330

A Jan. 23 Chemical & Engineering News story on debate over arsenic-based life cited work by the Lab’s Felisa Wolfe-Simon. Scientific American ran a similar story.

http://cen.acs.org/articles/90/web/2012/01/Arsenic-Based-Life-Aftermath.html

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=study-fails-to-confirm-existence

A recent Scientific American story on biofuels quoted JBEI’s James Carothers and post-doc Ryan McAndrew.

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=can-bacteria-produce-drop-biofuels

Berkeley Lab In the News, Week of Jan. 15, 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 some time.

A Jan. 20 India West story noted that the Lab’s Ashok Gadgil had won the Zayed Future Energy Prize. The announcement also appeared in the Khaleej Times, Earth and Industry.com and several other outlets.

http://www.indiawest.com/news/2577-gadgil-among-finalists-for-zayed-future-energy-prize.html

http://www.khaleejtimes.com/displayarticle.asp?xfile=data/theuae/2012/January/theuae_January491.xml&section=theuae&col=

http://earthandindustry.com/2012/01/us-physicist-snags-zayed-future-energy-prize/

Gadgil’s work on the Darfur stove was featured in a Jan. 20 GreenBang.com story.

http://www.greenbang.com/this-fuel-saving-stove-saves-lives-too_21266.html

A Jan. 20 Nature story looked at a response to work by the Lab’s Felisa Wolfe-Simon.

http://www.nature.com/news/study-challenges-existence-of-arsenic-based-life-1.9861

A Jan. 18 Information Week story on cloud computing included research by the Lab.

http://www.informationweek.com/news/government/cloud-saas/232500025

A Jan. 17 Examiner story on lithium-ion battery research featured work being conducted at the Lab.

http://www.examiner.com/green-business-in-phoenix/li-based-batteries-fueling-u-s-electric-vehicles-goals

A Jan. 17 Southern California Public Radio story on energy efficiency programs quoted the Lab’s Ed Vine.

http://www.scpr.org/news/2012/01/17/30831/energy-efficiency-among-programs-stalled-ratepayer/

A Jan. 16 The Blaze story on geothermal energy quoted the Lab’s Ernie Majer.

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/what-do-you-get-when-you-pump-24-million-gallons-of-water-into-a-volcano/

A Jan. 16 Chemical & Engineering News story on surface analysis included work being conducted at the Lab.

http://cen.acs.org/articles/90/i3/Pushing-Capabilities-Surface-Analysis.html

Berkeley Lab In the News, Week of Jan. 9, 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 some time.

A Jan. 13 Los Angeles Times story on “vampire” energy quoted the Lab’s Alan Meier.

http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-energy-vampires-20120113,0,6391528.story

A Jan. 13 Science News story on soil’s role in the carbon cycle quoted the Lab’s Margaret Torn.

http://www.sciencenews.org/view/feature/id/337548/title/Soil%E2%80%99s_Hidden_Secrets

A Jan. 13 San Francisco Business Journal story noted that Lab Director Paul Alivisatos had won the Wolf Prize in Chemistry. The Associated Press, Washington Post, BBC News, CBS News, and many other news outlets ran similar stories. http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/news/2012/01/12/lawrence-berkeley-lab-boss-wins-prize.html

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-16494041

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-501368_162-57355947/placido-domingo-wins-israels-wolf-prize/

A Jan. 13 NeuroScience News story on alcohol addiction research cited work by the Lab’s Bill Jagust and colleagues.

http://neurosciencenews.com/endorphins-alcohol-brain-research-addiction/

A Jan. 12 Daily Mail story looked at a massive sky survey and quotes the Lab’s Shirley Ho. Several other publications ran similar stories.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2085613/Sky-Survey-creates-3D-map-universe-stretches-seven-billion-years.html?ito=feeds-newsxml

http://www.newstrackindia.com/newsdetails/258895

A Jan. 11 Physics World story on mapping of dark matter quoted the Lab’s Eric Huff. Symmetry and Science News were some of the other outlets covering the research.

http://physicsworld.com/cws/article/news/48273

http://www.symmetrymagazine.org/breaking/2012/01/10/clearest-picture-yet-of-dark-matter-points-the-way-to-better-understanding-of-dark-energy/

http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/337478/title/New_maps_of_the_cosmic_dark

A Jan. 11 Science News story featured research on a supernova led by the Lab’s Peter Nugent.

http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/337652/title/Diet_of_a_dying_star

A Jan. 10 CNN story on the benefits of solar lamps in developing countries quoted the Lab’s Evan Mills.

http://www.cnn.com/2012/01/10/tech/innovation/solar-powered-led-lamps/index.html

A Jan. 9 San Francisco Business Journal story noted the arrival to the Lab of Omar Yaghi, who will direct the Molecular Foundry. Chem.info also covered the announcement.

http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/news/2012/01/09/lawrence-berkeley-lab-hires-ucla.html

http://www.chem.info/News/2012/01/Omar-Yaghi-to-Direct-Berkeley-Lab%E2%80%99s-Molecular-Foundry/

A Jan. 9 Grist story featured the Darfur stoves project led by the Lab’s Ashok Gadgil. Gadgil was also the subject of a profile in the Khaleej Times.

http://www.grist.org/living/2012-01-09-darfur-stoves-projects-andree-sosler-survival-sustainable

http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle08.asp?xfile=data/theuae/2012/January/theuae_January148.xml&section=theuae

Berkeley Lab In the News, Week of Jan. 2, 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 some time.

A Jan. 6 Clean Energy Authority story on the year’s top solar energy stories listed the Lab’s “Tracking the Sun” report.

http://www.cleanenergyauthority.com/solar-energy-news/solar-energy-news-recap-for-the-year-2011-010612/

A Jan. 5 Huffington Post commentary on life in space was written by the Lab’s George Smoot. The column was part of the launch for the new Huffington Post Science section.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/george-smoot/are-we-alone-life-in-space_b_1181932.html?ref=science

A Jan. 5 R&D magazine story featured a successful carbon sequestration demonstration that included the Lab’s Barry Freifeld and Tom Daley.

http://www.rdmag.com/News/2012/01/Energy-Carbon-Sequestration-Depleted-Gas-Reservoirs-Can-Double-As-Geologic-Carbon-Sequestration/

A Jan. 4 Public Radio International story on India’s need for solar power quoted the Lab’s Ashok Gadgil. Gadgil was also featured in a Contra Costa Times story on his work with the Darfur Stove project.

http://www.theworld.org/2012/01/india-solar-power/

http://www.mercurynews.com/science/ci_19665860

A Jan. 4 Nature story highlighted work by the Lab’s David Schlegel and the Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey (BOSS). The Lab’s Saul Perlmutter was also quoted in the story.

http://www.nature.com/news/survey-tunes-in-to-dark-energy-1.9732

A Jan. 4 Music News story covered audio restoration work by the Lab’s Carl Haber and Earl Cornell.

http://www.music-news.com/shownews.asp?H=Restoration-specialists-revive-130-year-old-records&nItemID=47441

A Jan. 2 Sarasota Herald-Tribune profiled the parents of the Lab’s latest Nobel Laureate, Saul Perlmutter.

http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20120102/ARTICLE/120109945

Berkeley Lab In the News, Dec. 17-31, 2011

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 some time.

A Dec. 27 CNN story featured work on recovering old audio recordings by Alexander Graham Bell. The work was led by the Lab’s Carl Haber and also received coverage in PC World, Endgadget.com, Vintage Vinyl News and numerous TV stations around the country.

http://www.cnn.com/2011/12/27/living/bell-digital-imaging/index.html

http://www.pcworld.com/article/247172/scientists_restore_125yearold_audio_with_3d_optical_scans.html

http://www.engadget.com/2011/12/29/scientists-scan-damaged-audio-discs-resurrect-fresh-beats/

http://www.theindychannel.com/technology/30081718/detail.html

http://www.vintagevinylnews.com/2012/01/130-year-old-records-revived-by.html

A Dec. 26 MedIndia story looked at work led by the Lab’s Jay Keasling using Computer Assisted Design to develop RNA devices.

http://www.medindia.net/news/CAD-Pitches-in-for-RNA-95316-1.htm

A Dec. 24 Epoch Times story featured research by the Lab’s Peidong Yang and his creation of a nanowire endoscope. BioOpticsWorld also covered his work.

http://www.theepochtimes.com/n2/science/nanotechnology-shines-a-light-inside-cells-163986.html

http://www.bioopticsworld.com/articles/2011/12/single-cell-endoscope-enables-optical-look-inside-living-cells.html

A Dec. 21 ThomasNet News story noted that the Lab’s Jeff Long received a grant to research hydrogen fuel cell possibilities. Earth Techling also covered the news. http://news.thomasnet.com/green_clean/2011/12/21/with-doe-grants-four-labs-try-to-help-win-the-race-toward-fuel-cell-vehicles-in-our-future/

http://www.earthtechling.com/2011/12/doe-puts-7-million-into-hydrogen-storage/

A Dec. 20 Examiner story on DNA repair and low-dose radiation cited work by the Lab’s Mina Bissell and Sylvain Costes. Health Canal also covered their work.

http://www.examiner.com/science-in-south-bend/dna-repair-centers-fix-low-dose-radiation-damage

http://www.healthcanal.com/public-health-safety/24865-New-Take-Impacts-Low-Dose-Radiation.html

A Dec. 19 Forbes magazine story featured its selection of this year’s top “30 Under 30,” which included the Lab’s Rizia Bardhan.

http://www.forbes.com/pictures/mkg45giif/rizia-bardhan-postdoctoral-candidate-lawrence-berkeley-national-laboratory-29/

A Dec. 19 Nature story on permafrost science quoted the Lab’s Susan Hubbard. http://www.nature.com/news/permafrost-science-heats-up-in-the-united-states-1.9681

Berkeley Lab In the News, Week of Dec. 12, 2011

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 some time.

The latest issue of Physics World includes its list of the Top 10 Breakthroughs of 2011. Number six on the list is research led by the Lab’s Nu Xu.

http://physicsworld.com/cws/article/news/48126

A Dec. 16 IEEE Spectrum magazine story highlighted work on flexible materials led by the Lab’s Ali Javey. EndGadget and EE Times also covered the work.

http://spectrum.ieee.org/nanoclast/semiconductors/nanotechnology/carbon-nanotubeenabled-flexible-backplanes-promise-smart-device-ubiquity

http://www.engadget.com/2011/12/15/cheap-electronic-skin-edges-us-closer-to-cyberpunk-future/

http://www.eetimes.com/electronics-news/4233208/Flexible-substrates-harness-carbon

A Dec. 15 London Daily Mail story featured the discovery of a supernova by the Lab’s Peter Nugent. The London Register, Canadian Broadcasting, Nature, AFP news, and The Epoch Times were just some of the many news outlets that also covered the research.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2074145/Supernova-SN-2011fe-spotted-just-11-hours-exploded.html?ITO=1490

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/12/15/supernova_captured/

http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/12/15/science-supernova-beginning.html

http://www.nature.com/news/early-observations-identify-star-at-heart-of-nearby-supernova-1.9646

http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5ja7Z4jhnw4ZbBqYNrZNGjZMQ8nVg?docId=CNG.409326a7a960e6419497c9b6fd1f6faf.51

http://www.theepochtimes.com/n2/science/closest-type-ia-supernova-traced-to-white-dwarf-progenitor-159185.html

A Dec. 13 NPR story featured work by the Lab’s Carl Haber in retrieving audio from records made by Alexander Graham Bell. The joint-Smithsonian announcement led to significant news coverage including the Washington Post, Associated Press, Christian Science Monitor, Canadian Broadcasting, and dozens of other outlets.

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=11851842

http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/smithsonian-unpacks-early-sound-recordings/2011/12/14/gIQAricSuO_gallery.html

http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/aroundthemall/2011/12/from-the-collections-sound-recordings-heard-for-the-first-time/

http://articles.boston.com/2011-12-13/business/30512721_1_disc-berkeley-lab-early-recordings

http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Latest-News-Wires/2011/1214/Alexander-Graham-Bell-recordings-discovered-after-130-years

http://www.cbc.ca/news/yourcommunity/2011/12/what-100-year-old-recordings-would-you-listen-to.html

A Dec. 13 Berkeleyside story featured photography by the Lab’s Daniel Parks.

http://www.berkeleyside.com/2011/12/13/misconceptions-about-scientists-this-one-at-berkeley-lab/

A Dec. 13 PBS Newshour story on the hunt for the Higgs boson quoted the Lab’s Michael Barnett.

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/2011/12/hunt-for-higgs-continues-scientists-struggle-to-separate-the-signal-from-the-noise.html

Berkeley Lab In the News, week of Dec. 4, 2011

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 some time.

A Dec. 8 CNN story advocated for cool roofs and quoted the Lab’s Art Rosenfeld.

http://globalpublicsquare.blogs.cnn.com/2011/12/08/why-we-should-all-paint-our-roofs-white/

A Dec. 8 Space.com story on this year’s Nobel prize winners quoted the Lab’s Saul Perlmutter.

http://www.space.com/13866-nobel-prize-physics-accelerating-universe-dark-energy.html

A Dec. 7 San Diego Union-Tribune story on new efforts to measure greenhouse gases quoted the Lab’s Marc Fischer. EcoSeed and several other websites ran similar stories.

http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2011/dec/07/greenhouse-gas-network-expands-ca/

http://www.ecoseed.org/component/resource/article/138-news-briefs/12034-california-to-link-up-with-global-g-h-g-monitoring-network

A Dec. 7 R&D magazine story highlighted an industrial partnership helping to provide new tools to the ALS. The story quoted the Lab’s Horst Simon, Roger Falcone and Patrick Naulleau. Nanowerk and several other websites also ran the story.

http://www.rdmag.com/News/2011/12/Policy-And-Industry-Lab-And-Industry-Partner-In-New-Lithography-Tools-At-The-ALS/

http://www.nanowerk.com/news/newsid=23640.php

A Dec. 6 Scientific American story on technology transfer highlighted a Berkeley Lab success story.

http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/plugged-in/2011/12/06/technology-transfer-from-lab-to-marketplace/

A Dec. 5, USA Today story quoted the Lab’s Felisa Wolfe-Simon and mentions John Tainer in a story about Wolfe-Simon’s microbial research. Stories also ran in Science magazine, MSNBC, and in The Scientist.

http://content.usatoday.com/communities/sciencefair/post/2011/12/arsenic-microbe-anniversary-picks-up-steam/1
http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2011/12/genome-of-controversial-arsenic.html?ref=hp
http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/12/02/9168255-arsenic-life-debate-still-percolates

http://the-scientist.com/2011/12/07/arsenic-bugs-genome-sequenced/

Berkeley Lab In the News for the Week of Nov. 28, 2011

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 some time.

A Dec. 2 Ecoseed story featured work led by the Lab’s Jay Keasling showing how E. coli can be used to create biofuels. Cleantechnica, the Examiner, and other outlets ran similar stories.

http://www.ecoseed.org/technology-article-list/article/2-technology/11987-engineered-e-coli-transforms-switchgrass-to-fuels

http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/dec2011/2011-12-01-091.html

http://cleantechnica.com/2011/11/29/e-coli-bacteria-what-doesnt-kill-us-makes-us-biofuel/

http://www.examiner.com/science-in-south-bend/bacteria-devour-switchgrass-producing-gas-diesel-jet-fuels

A Dec. 2 KQED story on the recent high winds quoted the Lab’s Norm Miller.

http://blogs.kqed.org/climatewatch/2011/12/01/santa-ana-wind-season-may-be-stretched-by-climate-change/

A Dec. 2 MSNBC.com story looked at work by the Lab’s Felisa Wolfe-Simon.

http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/12/02/9168255-arsenic-life-debate-still-percolates

A Nov. 29 New York Times story on greenhouse gas emissions touched on a recent study led by the Lab’s Margaret Torn. Ars Technica, KXTV Channel 10 in Sacramento, California Watch, and Resource Investing News also covered her work.

http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/11/29/real-world-paths-to-climate-progress-in-california-and-beyond/

http://www.news10.net/news/article/165630/2/Journal-Calif-can-cut-greenhouse-emissions-by-80-percent

http://californiawatch.org/dailyreport/report-offers-carbon-neutral-road-map-california-13786

http://arstechnica.com/science/news/2011/11/how-california-can-hit-its-mid-century-emissions-reduction-goals.ars

http://resourceinvestingnews.com/27345-electric-vehicles-critical-to-the-reduction-of-greenhouse-gas.html

A Nov. 29 Fast Company story featured the Lab’s Blake Simmons in a discussion about JBEI.

http://www.fastcompany.com/1797794/blake-simmons-department-of-energy

A Nov. 28 segment on NPR’s All Things Considered featured work on smart windows and included the Lab’s Steve Selkowitz, Delia Milliron, and Howdy Goudey.

http://www.npr.org/2011/11/28/142848063/tenergy-saving-possibilities-of-smart-windows

Berkeley Lab In the News for Nov. 18-28, 2011

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 some time.

A Nov. 28 Huffington Post story on California’s efforts to reduce carbon emissions featured research by the Lab’s Margaret Torn. Her work was also covered in a front-page Contra Costa Times story, KQED-FM and KCBS-AM radio, ClimateWire, the International Business Times, Woodland Daily Democrat, and several other websites and publications.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/11/28/dramatic-carbon-emission-reduction-goals-koch-brothers-study_n_1115867.html

http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2011/11/26/scientist-calls-states-greenhouse-emission-ambitions-attainable/

http://blogs.kqed.org/climatewatch/2011/11/25/huge-transformation-required-to-meet-california-climate-goals/

http://www.eenews.net/climatewire/2011/11/28/archive/8?terms=kahn

http://www.contracostatimes.com/news/ci_19413362?IADID=Search-www.contracostatimes.com-www.contracostatimes.com

http://au.ibtimes.com/articles/255798/20111125/greener-california-making-difference-2050.htm

http://www.dailydemocrat.com/news/ci_19420497

http://cleantechnica.com/2011/11/25/only-way-to-stop-greenhouse-gas-emissions-is-to-use-clean-electricity-study-finds/

http://www.sacbee.com/2011/11/24/4078161/electricity-is-key-to-solving.html

http://arstechnica.com/science/news/2011/11/how-california-can-hit-its-mid-century-emissions-reduction-goals.ars

http://www.azocleantech.com/news.aspx?newsID=15879

A Nov. 23 HealthCanal story highlighted obesity research by the Lab’s Paul Williams. The Times of India and several other publications also covered his work.

http://www.healthcanal.com/metabolic-problems/23794-Obesity-Vicious-Circle.html

http://www.healthjockey.com/2011/11/25/obese-people-more-vulnerable-to-further-weight-gain-study/

http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-11-24/health/30436887_1_excess-body-weight-higher-body-mass-index-obese-people

A Nov. 23 KQED radio story noted the impending start of construction for the Lab’s CRT building and included an interview with the Lab’s Horst Simon. The Daily Cal also covered the story.
http://www.kqed.org/a/kqednews/RN201111230705

http://www.dailycal.org/2011/11/20/berkeley-labs-supercomputing-facility-moves-forward-despite-environmental-concerns/

A Nov. 23 BioFuelsDigest story about that publication’s photo contest noted that Lab photographer Roy Kaltschmidt received a first place award for a photograph taken at JBEI.

http://biofuelsdigest.com/bdigest/2011/11/23/a-day-in-the-life-of-biofuels-2011/

http://biofuelsdigest.com/bdigest/2011/11/23/a-day-in-the-life-of-biofuels-2011-2/

A Nov. 22 announcement that the Lab’s selection of a preferred second campus site has been delayed until early 2012 received a fair amount of news coverage including in the San Francisco Chronicle, Richmond Confidential, Contra Costa Times, Daily Cal, and San Francisco Business Journal, among others.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/11/22/BAPQ1M2PPG.DTL

http://richmondconfidential.org/2011/11/22/lbnl-delays-decision-on-second-campus-until-early-2012/

http://albany.patch.com/articles/berkeley-lab-delays-second-campus-decision

http://www.dailycal.org/2011/11/22/berkeley-lab-postpones-announcement-for-second-campus/

http://alameda.patch.com/articles/berkeley-lab-decision-delayed-to-2012-caf12f03

http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_19391434

http://www.berkeleyside.com/2011/11/22/berkeley-lab-second-campus-decision-delayed-into-2012/comment-page-1/

http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/blog/2011/11/lbnl-to-pick-second-campus-early-2012.html

http://berkeley.patch.com/articles/berkeley-lab-decision-delayed-to-2012

A Nov. 22 AOL Energy story on renewable energy projects quoted the Lab’s Ryan Wiser.

http://energy.aol.com/2011/11/22/states-pass-fed-in-gov-encouragement-of-renewables/

A Nov. 20 Associated Press story on fuel cells quoted the Lab’s Adam Weber.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2011/11/20/national/a092623S27.DTL

A Nov. 18 UPI news story featured new research on the use of switch grass as a biofuel led by the Lab’s Blake Simmons.

http://www.upi.com/Science_News/2011/11/18/Corn-gene-can-increase-biofuel-yield/UPI-11291321658214/?spt=hs&or=sn

http://www.ethanolproducer.com/articles/8366/researchers-boost-switchgrass-potential-with-corn-gene

Berkeley Lab In the News, Nov. 13-18, 2011

A Nov. 18 TG Daily story featured work on the creation of a genome-scale network of rice genes.

http://www.tgdaily.com/sustainability-features/59733-biofuel-hopes-rise-with-rice-genome-model

A Nov. 17 Johns Hopkins News-Letter story looked at research into melting permafrost by the Lab’s Janet Jansson.

http://www.jhunewsletter.com/science-technology/global-warming-contributes-to-melting-permafrost-1.2705093#.TsajWHNW6OE

A Nov. 17 Wired magazine story on the shrinking size of supercomputers quoted the Lab’s Erich Strohmaier.

http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2011/11/supercomputer-han/

A Nov. 17 Government Computer News story featured the launch of a 100Gbps network led by ESNet and quoted the Lab’s Steve Cotter.

http://gcn.com/articles/2011/11/17/doe-launches-100-gigabit-data-network.aspx

A Nov. 16 Court House News story noted that a lawsuit against the Lab’s proposed CRT building has been dismissed by a trial court judge. http://www.courthousenews.com/2011/11/17/41544.htm

A Nov. 15 Wired magazine story covered the annual list of the world’s fastest computers; a list compiled in part by the Lab’s Erich Strohmaier and Horst Simon. Information Week, Tech Radar, HPC Wire, and ZDNet were some of the other news outlets covering the report.

http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2011/11/top500/

http://informationweek.com/news/government/enterprise-architecture/231903060

http://www.techradar.com/news/computing/top-500-supercomputers-named-1041101

http://www.hpcwire.com/hpcwire/2011-11-14/japan%E2%80%99s_k_computer_retains_top500_crown.html

http://www.zdnet.com/blog/btl/top-10-supercomputers-hold-position-intel-ibm-nvidia-shine/63342

A Nov. 14 Semiconductor Today story featured research on solar cells by the Lab’s Eli Yablonovitch.

http://www.semiconductor-today.com/news_items/2011/NOV/BERKELEY_141111.html

The Nov. 14 episode of NPR’s Fresh Air included an extensive interview with the Lab’s most recent Nobel Prize winner, Saul Perlmutter.

http://www.npr.org/2011/11/14/142248148/exploring-supernovas-leads-to-physics-nobel-prize

A Nov. 14 KQED radio story featured work on smart windows by the Lab’s Delia Milliron, Howdy Goudey and Steve Selkowitz.

http://www.kqed.org/a/quest/R201111140833

A Nov. 13 episode of KQED radio's “California Report” included a story on the Lab’s recent Open House and an interview with the Lab’s David Knowles, among others.

http://www.californiareport.org/archive/R201111111630/e