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Author Archives: rberkowitz
Berkeley Lab Study Reveals Molecular Structure of Water at Gold Electrodes
Berkeley Lab researchers have developed a method not only to look at the molecules next to the electrode surface, but to determine their arrangement changes depending on the voltage. Continue reading
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Tagged Batteries, Berkeley Lab, Chemistry, Imaging, Nanoscience
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NMR Using Earth’s Magnetic Field
Berkeley Lab researchers carried out a proof-of-concept NMR experiment using a high-sensitivity magnetometer and a magnetic field comparable to that of the Earth. Continue reading
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Tagged Berkeley Lab, Earth Sciences, Imaging, Materials Sciences, NMR/MRI
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A Dry State in the West
What is causing California’s worst-ever drought? Continue reading
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Tagged Climate Change, Down to Earth, Hydrology, Physics Today
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Producing Hyperpolarized Xenon Gas on a Microfluidic Chip
While big machines were once the stuff that scientific dreams are made of, analytical spectroscopy instrumentation has trended to smaller products that are portable, affordable, and fit into locations far removed from a standard laboratory. Continue reading
Unexpected Water Explains Surface Chemistry of Nanocrystals
Berkeley Lab scientists answer questions of how charged ligands balance on surface of colloidal nanoparticles Continue reading
Probing dopant distribution: Finding by Berkeley Lab Researchers Opens the Door to Better Doping of Semiconductor Nanocrystals
The icing on the cake for semiconductor nanocrystals that provide a non-damped optoelectronic effect may exist as a layer of tin that segregates near the surface. Continue reading
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Tagged Chemistry, Electronics, Energy, Materials Sciences, Semiconductors, Solid State Physics
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New and Old Ideas about Earth’s Oxygenation History
Multiple approaches are being brought to bear on the question of when and how our planet’s atmosphere acquired life-sustaining oxygen. Continue reading
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Tagged Down to Earth, Earth Sciences, Palaeogeology, Physics Today
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The Smartphone Generation
With the Image Sensors 2014 conference approaching, Imaging & Machine Vision Europe looks at the debt that industrial cameras owe to mobile phones Continue reading
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Tagged Electronics, Europa Science, Imaging & Machine Vision Europe, Tech
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Vertical Farms
Feeding the world’s increasingly urban population could entail building multistory farms in cities. Continue reading
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Tagged Down to Earth, Earth Sciences, Health & Nutrition, Physics Today, Policy
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Greener Ways to Raise Revenue
Northwest states lead the US in evaluating the feasibility of a carbon tax. Continue reading
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Rachel Berkowitz 