Lawrence Berkeley National Lab (Video)

Hear about Jennifer Doudna's discovery of CRISPR/Cas9, a genome editing tool, and its bioethical implications. Doudna, Professor of Molecular & Cell Biology and Chemistry at UC Berkeley, speaks with NPR's Joe Palca. Series: "Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory " [Science] [Show ID: 33095]

From simulating supernovae to growing food in our cities, Berkeley Lab scientists dive into the big questions that drive their research. Come hear Judy Campisi, Kai Vetter, Shashi Buluswar, Javier Ceja-Navarro, and Ann Almgren. Series: "Science at the Theater" [Science] [Show ID: 32045]

Every discovery and invention starts with a question. From wave energy to dark energy, find out how Berkeley Lab scientists dive into the big questions that drive their research. Series: "Science at the Theater" [Science] [Show ID: 32044]

Hear from six Berkeley Lab scientists with big new ideas designed to help transform our carbon-drenched, overheating world. These short presentations cover desalination, energy efficient window coating, capturing carbon, energy from ocean waves, alternate fuel for your car, and an app that compares fuel economy or EV range. Series: "Science at the Theater" [Public Affairs] [Science] [Show ID: 31928]

Kendra Kuhl co-founded Opus 12 to find out if an electrochemical process, operating inside a desk-sized reactor, can do on an industrial scale what is often hailed as the Holy Grail of carbon-recycling research—convert CO2 captured from smokestacks into ethanol and other valuable products. Series: "Science at the Theater" [Science] [Show ID: 31941]

Replacing millions of porous windows with energy-efficient versions in older buildings and homes can be prohibitively expensive. Berkeley Lab’s Raymond Weitekamp, a Caltech PhD, has a new approach: an inexpensive, paint-on, energy-efficient coating that can be applied simply and evenly without the help of a professional—while the windows are still in place. Series: "Science at the Theater" [Science] [Show ID: 31938]

At CalWave, Marcus Lehmann is developing the WaveCarpet, which harnesses the power of ocean waves to produce electricity and freshwater. Series: "Science at the Theater" [Science] [Show ID: 31939]

A Berkeley Lab scientist specializing in all things vehicular—from powertrain technologies, vehicle electrification and vehicle-grid integration to advanced engine technologies, personalized fuel economy and EV range prediction—Samveg (Sam) Saxena is leading the development of a new app called MyGreenCar. Series: "Science at the Theater" [Science] [Show ID: 31942]

Removing excess carbon from an overheating atmosphere is an urgent and complicated problem. The answer, according to Berkeley Lab’s Jeff Urban, could lie at the nanoscale. Series: "Science at the Theater" [Science] [Show ID: 31940]

Berkeley Lab Scientist, Bill Collins, discusses what we know about climate change, how we know it, and what we can do about it. Collins serves as the director for the Climate and Ecosystem Sciences Division at Berkeley Lab. He is also the director of the Climate Readiness Institute, a multi-campus initiative to prepare the Bay Area for climate change. Series: "Science at the Theater" [Science] [Show ID: 30892]

Berkeley Lab physicist Wim Leemans discusses his research on developing a tabletop-size particle accelerator. Series: "Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory " [Science] [Show ID: 29638]

Berkeley Lab scientist Lara Kueppers explores the relationship between vegetation and the earth's climate. Series: "Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory " [Science] [Show ID: 29639]

Berkeley Lab scientist Marcus Lehmann, a member of the Lab's Cyclotron Road cohort, discusses his research on harnessing energy from ocean waves. Series: "Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory " [Science] [Show ID: 29640]

Berkeley Lab scientist David Schlegel discusses his research on mapping the universe and understanding dark energy. Series: "Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory " [Science] [Show ID: 29636]

Berkeley Lab scientist Haimei Zheng discusses the future of electron microscopy and her breakthrough research into examining liquids using an electron microscope. Series: "Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory " [Science] [Show ID: 29637]

A Department of Energy national laboratory managed by the University of California, Berkeley Lab takes on the world's most urgent challenges, from sustainable energy and advanced computing to understanding disease and curbing climate change. Series: "Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory " [Science] [Show ID: 29416]

Eight Berkeley Lab scientists took the stage and in 8 minutes each explained the latest science on topics from solar-powered vaccine refrigerators and cool roof maps to radiation pills and space dust. Katie Antypas - Energy Efficient Supercomputing, Ronnen Levinson -Cool Roofs Through Time and Space, Musahid Ahmed - Combustion Science for Cleaner Fuels, Andrew Westphal - First Rocks from Outside the Solar System, Ben Brown - Enhancing Human and Planetary Health Through Responsible Innovation, Sylvain Costes - Promoting a Healthier DNA, Rebecca Abergel - A pill to treat people exposed to radioactive materials, Shashi Buluswar - Portable Solar Vaccine Refrigerator. Series: "Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory " [Science] [Show ID: 28969]

Researchers “pitch” their technologies, then audience members and a panel of judges will vote on which one most benefits society. The technology pitches are from five Berkeley Lab scientists. the contestants: Tracking and Hacking Personal DNA Damage - Sylvain Costes, Biophysicist; Making Better Batteries - Guoying Chen, Chemist; Dress Code for Martians - Alex Zettl, Physicist; Making Energy Measurement Stick - Steven Lanzisera, Applied Energy Scientist; Molecular Velcro - Gloria Olivier, Chemist. Judges: Braden Penhoet, UC Berkeley visiting scholar and consultant; Robin Johnston, Director of Commercialization, JBEI; Peter Fiske, scientist, author, CEO of PAX Water. Series: "Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory " [Science] [Business] [Show ID: 28610]

Eight Berkeley Lab scientists present eight game-changing concepts in eight minutes each. Series: "Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory " [Science] [Show ID: 28806]

Saul Perlmutter, UC Berkeley and Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, describes the research that led to his 2011 Nobel Prize in Physics Series: "Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory " [Science] [Show ID: 28609]

George Smoot, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, describes the research that led to his Nobel Prize in physics in 2006. Series: "Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory " [Science] [Show ID: 28608]

Warren Washington, a member of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and an internationally recognized expert on atmospheric science and climate research, describes the research that led to the 2007 Nobel Prize. Series: "Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory " [Science] [Show ID: 28607]

John Kuriyan, a member of Martin Karplus’ team which earned the 2013 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, describes the research that led to the prize. Series: "Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory " [Science] [Show ID: 28606]

At Berkeley Lab's "Science Remix" at Richmond's East Bay Center for the Performing Arts, Berkeley Lab scientists -- with some help from the audience -- shared how discovery happens, showed what it means to you and revealed why science can be as personal as you want it to be. Introduction by Jordan Simmons, Director, East Bay Center for the Performing Arts. Science Remix Special Guests: Sarah Richardson, Ashley Gibb, Brett Singer, Alex Zettl and Paul Williams. Series: "Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory " [Science] [Show ID: 28274]

Berkeley Lab's Greg Bell discusses how big data is changing science, and how the Energy Sciences Network (ESnet) is playing a big role. Series: "Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory " [Science] [Show ID: 25466]

We're entering a new era in biology thanks to stunning images, powerful predictive tools, and a pioneering spirit. Four of Lawrence Berkeley National Lab scientists discuss what this means and what the future holds. Series: "Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory " [Science] [Show ID: 25873]

Part of the Behind the Scenes series at Berkeley Lab, this video highlights the lab's mechanical fabrication facility and its exceptional ability to produce unique tools essential to the lab's scientific mission. Through a combination of skilled craftsmanship and precision equipment, machinists and engineers work with scientists to create exactly what's needed -- whether it's measured in microns or meters. Series: "Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory " [Science] [Show ID: 25874]

Explore the latest projections about the extent of planetary warming and the dire consequences of our growing carbon imbalance. Tune in to hear presentations by Lawrence Berkeley Lab climate scientists Bill Collins, Margaret Torn, Michael Wehner, and Jeff Chambers, as well as UC Berkeley economist Max Aufhammer. Series: "Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory " [Science] [Show ID: 25473]

Seven Berkeley Lab scientists present BIG ideas. Learn about the game-changing concepts scientists work on every day. Series: "Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory " [Science] [Show ID: 25465]

Berkeley Lab's Bill Jagust discusses how scientists are working to detect the earliest signs of Alzheimer's, long before clinical symptoms appear. Series: "Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory " [Health and Medicine] [Science] [Show ID: 25469]

Berkeley Lab's Aindrila Mukhopadhyay discusses how scientists are learning how microbes interact with their environment and each other. The goal is to predict how they'll respond to various stimuli, with applications ranging from bioremediation to biofuels. Series: "Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory " [Science] [Show ID: 25468]

Ron Zuckermann discusses how scientists are developing synthetic proteins that can be used for new kinds of materials. Series: "Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory " [Science] [Show ID: 25471]

Berkeley Lab's David Schlegel discusses what's next in the quest to understand dark energy. Series: "Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory " [Science] [Show ID: 25470]

Berkeley Lab astrophysicists and Nobel laureates, George Smoot and Saul Perlmutter -- joined by Berkeley Lab physicist Eric Linder and UC anthropologist Gerardo Aldana -- explore the cultural and scientific connections between Mayan astronomers and modern cosmologists as they look to the skies for answers to how the universe evolved, how it might end, and our place in it. The fundamental human curiosity about our origins and fate, a quest that persists across time and cultures, has been enriched by recent discoveries about dark energy, the Big Bang, and the accelerating universe. New knowledge has only increased our sense of wonder about the cosmos and deepened our appreciation for what the Mayans achieved using only the naked eye. Series: "Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory " [Show ID: 25370]

Blake Simmons discusses how plants and microbes can be used to replace many of the everyday goods we use that are derived from petroleum. Series: "Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory " [Science] [Show ID: 25467]

Berkeley Lab's Mina Bissell discusses her pioneering research on how the cellular micro-environment affects cancer. Series: "Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory " [Health and Medicine] [Science] [Show ID: 25472]

Vince Battaglia leads a behind-the-scenes tour of Berkeley Lab's BATT, the Batteries for Advanced Transportation Technologies Program, where researchers aim to improve batteries upon which the range, efficiency, and power of tomorrow's electric cars will depend. Series: "Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory " [Show ID: 25371]

Dynamic, energy efficient windows can play a huge role in reducing energy consumption, reducing energy costs, and improving lighting and heating conditions in buildings, -and the research being done at Berkeley Lab is leading the way. Learn about the team research on Smart Windows underway at Berkeley Lab featuring Delia Milliron, from the Molecular Foundry, Andre Anders, of the Accelerator and Fusion Research Division, and Howdy Goudey, from the Buildings Energy Efficiency Program. Series: "Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory " [Show ID: 25369]

Calls for breakthroughs in science and technology have never been louder, and yet the demand for innovation is made more challenging by public and political misconceptions surrounding where, when, and how it happens. Professor Andrew Hargadon uses historical research to advance our current understanding of the innovation process. He discussed the social and technical context in which electric light, and the modern electric power infrastructure, were born and consider its implications for managing innovation in science and technology today. Series: "Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory " [Science] [Business] [Show ID: 24976]

Scientist discuss the recently launched LBNL Institute for Globally Transformative Technologies (LIGTT) at Berkeley Lab. LIGTT is an ambitious mandate to discover and develop breakthrough technologies for combating global poverty. Explore fuel efficient stoves for clean cooking, the ultra-low energy refrigerator, the solar OB suitcase: A low-cost package of the five most critical biomedical devices for maternal and neonatal clinics and the UV Waterworks, a device for quickly, safely and inexpensively disinfecting water of harmful microorganisms. Series: "Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory " [Science] [Show ID: 24903]

Berkeley Lab's Science at the Theater traveled across the Bay to San Francisco's Herbst Theater for a star turn by two of the Lab's Nobel laureates. George Smoot received the 2006 Nobel Prize in Physics for the "discovery of the blackbody form and anisotropy of the cosmic microwave background radiation." Saul Perlmutter received the 2011 Nobel Prize in Physics for "for the discovery of the accelerating expansion of the Universe through observations of distant supernovae." The host for the conversation was KQED's Michael Krasny. Series: "Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory " [Science] [Show ID: 24902]

Shashi Buluswar, the executive director of the Lawrence Berkeley National Lab’s Institute for Globally Transformative Technologies (LIGTT), chats with Jeff Miller, head of Public Affairs. LIGTT’s mandate is to foster the discovery, development, and deployment of a generation of low-carbon, affordable technologies that will advance sustainable methods to fight global poverty. Series: "Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory " [Science] [Show ID: 24391]