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Sepion: Manufacturing Nanoporous Battery Separators for Longer-lasting, Faster-charging, Safer Lithium-Metal Batteries

Sepion: Manufacturing Nanoporous Battery Separators for Longer-lasting, Faster-charging, Safer Lithium-Metal Batteries

Berkeley Lab Startup Opened an Operational Prototype Facility in 2023 and has Announced Plans for a New Manufacturing Facility in Sacramento, Ca. Problem According to a recent McKinsey report, by 2030 the North American demand for battery separators will far outstrip domestic production, with 4.3 billion square meters of supply, …
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Offers Trial Kit for CRAGE Genome Engineering Tool to Accelerate Discovery and Innovations in Microbiology and Biosynthesis

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Offers Trial Kit for CRAGE Genome Engineering Tool to Accelerate Discovery and Innovations in Microbiology and Biosynthesis

Novel tool bypasses plasmid-based expression to increase stability and significantly reduce development time for a variety of synthetic biotechnology products …
Berkeley Lab Introduces Printed Circuit Boards with Solderless, Board-in-Board Interconnections for Low-cost, Flexible Designs

Berkeley Lab Introduces Printed Circuit Boards with Solderless, Board-in-Board Interconnections for Low-cost, Flexible Designs

Invention opens doors for electrical device manufacturers to develop cost-effective printed circuit boards for use in sensor devices as well …
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Offers Software Tools for Biosciences Research and Development

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Offers Software Tools for Biosciences Research and Development

March 3, 2022, Berkeley, CA – Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab), a U.S. Department of Energy National Laboratory, has …
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Unveils ASIC Chip Failure Bypass System

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Unveils ASIC Chip Failure Bypass System

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Unveils ASIC Chip Failure Bypass System “Hydra I/O” Facilitates Chip Management for Difficult-to-Access ASIC-based Systems for …
Energy Efficiency Software Tool Recognized with 2022 Federal Laboratory Consortium (FLC) Impact Award

Energy Efficiency Software Tool Recognized with 2022 Federal Laboratory Consortium (FLC) Impact Award

Berkeley Lab’s collaborative partnership with Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) on the Home Energy ScoreTM software suite has been awarded a …
Berkeley Lab Director’s Awards for Tech Transfer Presented to PHENIX Team, Center for X-Ray Optics Team, and Michael Tucker

Berkeley Lab Director’s Awards for Tech Transfer Presented to PHENIX Team, Center for X-Ray Optics Team, and Michael Tucker

Berkeley Lab’s annual Director’s Awards recognize the significant achievements of Lab employees. In 2021, three technology transfer awards were given, …
Berkeley Lab Duct Sealing Innovation Saves Energy in Buildings Around the World

Berkeley Lab Duct Sealing Innovation Saves Energy in Buildings Around the World

Fixing leaky heating and cooling ducts in buildings can be an expensive, labor-intensive process. Yet doing so can save significant …
Newomics - M3 Emitter

Newomics – M3 Emitter

(updated Sept. 30, 2021) Researchers seeking to cure disease or address environmental and food safety hazards face a bottleneck in …
Graphene-Based Material Takes Audio Tech to the Next Level

Graphene-Based Material Takes Audio Tech to the Next Level

August 26, 2021 Just as clunky cathode ray tube televisions were displaced in the 1980s by flat panel, vivid displays, …
Winners of 2021 Berkeley Lab Pitch Competition Announced

Winners of 2021 Berkeley Lab Pitch Competition Announced

On September 9, a handful of Berkeley Lab scientists participated in an annual pitch competition hosted by the Intellectual Property …