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5-Dec-2024

A film capacitor that can take the heat

DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Berkeley Lab and several collaborating institutions have successfully demonstrated a machine-learning technique to accelerate discovery of materials for film capacitors — crucial components in electrification and renewable energy technologies. The technique was used to screen a library of nearly 50,000 chemical structures to identify a compound with record-breaking performance.

Journal: Nature Energy

4-Dec-2024

AI helps researchers dig through old maps to find lost oil and gas wells

DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Undocumented orphaned wells pose hazards to both the environment and the climate. Scientists are building modern tools to help locate, assess, and pave the way for ultimately plugging these forgotten relics.

Journal: Environmental Science & Technology

19-Nov-2024

New DESI results weigh in on gravity

DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Reports and Proceedings

Researchers used the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument to map how nearly 6 million galaxies cluster across 11 billion years of cosmic history. Their observations line up with what Einstein's theory of general relativity predicts.

30-Oct-2024

Exploring the cost and feasibility of battery-electric ships

DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Retrofitting a portion of the US shipping fleet from internal combustion engines to battery-electric systems could significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions and be largely cost effective by 2035, according to a new study from Berkeley Lab researchers.

Journal: Nature Energy