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 August 29 Los
Angeles Times story on a new report on fracking in California noted that
Berkeley Lab researchers helped lead the effort. EE News and several other outlets also covered the new report.
An August 28 Tech
Times story highlighted comparative research into the genomes of flies,
worms and humans and quoted the Lab’s Sue
Celniker, a study co-author. Wall
StreetOTC and several other outlets also covered the findings.
An August 28 R&D.com
story featured cool roofs research in China led by the Lab’s Ronnen Levinson.
An August 27 Scientific
American story featured research on ionic liquids led by the Lab’s Seema Singh and Blake Simmons.
An August 26 Daily Cal
looked at a new multi-lab collaboration to study climate change and quoted the
Lab’s Bill Collins. R&D magazine also ran a story.
An August 26 Nanowerk
story featured work on a promising new material that may challenge graphene and
quoted the study’s author, Feng Wang.
R&D magazine and Azom.com also covered his research.
An August 25 Physics
World story on research into the conductance of single-molecule junctions
quoted Zhenfei Liu, who works in the
lab of Jeff Neaton.
http://physicsworld.com/cws/article/news/2014/aug/25/cracking-the-code-for-single-molecule-junctions