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Investigators in these programs are working to understand how living organisms interact with and respond to their environments. This research will help tackle challenges focused on the DOE mission including how biological processes can produce clean energy, remove excess carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, and assist in environmental cleanup.
LATEST BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES NEWS
Science snapshots from Berkeley Lab
DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
New device advances commercial viability of solar fuels
DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Global warming, not just drought, drives bark beetles to kill more ponderosa pines
DOE/Los Alamos National Laboratory
Researchers deliver road map of lung development
DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
New technique improves conversion of carbon dioxide into liquid fuels
DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
New scalable method resolves materials joining in solid-state batteries
DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Cellular quality-control system identified as a culprit in coronavirus infection
DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Giulia Galli awarded Rahman Prize from American Physical Society
DOE/Argonne National Laboratory
Science snapshots from Berkeley Lab
DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Department of Energy to provide $10 million for environmental systems science research
DOE/US Department of Energy
Supercomputers reveal how X chromosomes fold, deactivate
DOE/Los Alamos National Laboratory
Story tips: Carbon goes to space, cybersecurity put to the test, fusion’s power trip, cost-cutting controls and fungal infusion
DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Sandia-developed solar cell technology reaches space
DOE/Sandia National Laboratories
Climate change threatens base of polar oceans’ bountiful food webs
DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory