APPLICATIONS OF TECHNOLOGY: Materials characterization for commercial manufacturing quality control development of unique materials research and education ADVANTAGES: Enables smaller, more versatile characterization devices Can be used to characterize almost any kind of material ABSTRACT: Berkeley Lab’s Alex Pines has led a team of researchers in … [Read more...] about Specialized Diamond Materials for NMR Signal Enhancement 2016-156
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Ultrafast Optical Pulse Combining Lasers 2016-052
APPLICATIONS OF TECHNOLOGY: Laser-based accelerator facilities for scientific research Short pulse micromachining ADVANTAGES: Enables fiber lasers to be used in high energy ultrafast applications Can be added to existing laser technology without affecting size or reliability Considerably reduces complexity of the combining optics Decreases the negative … [Read more...] about Ultrafast Optical Pulse Combining Lasers 2016-052
Longer Cycle Life, Lower Cost All-Organic Redox Flow Batteries 2016-126
APPLICATIONS OF TECHNOLOGY: Multi-hour power delivery for grid scale energy storage Renewable energy storage in buildings Backup power for critical infrastructure in locations with poor grid reliability Energy storage for nano and microgrids powering off-grid sites ADVANTAGES: Long cycle life Low cost Improved rate capability ABSTRACT: A team … [Read more...] about Longer Cycle Life, Lower Cost All-Organic Redox Flow Batteries 2016-126
OpenPET Readout Electronics for Radionuclide Imaging 2015-152
APPLICATIONS: Medical imaging Homeland security Other imaging applications ADVANTAGES: High performance - timing resolution, spatial resolution, energy resolution, throughput Supports any kinds of detector and camera configuration Supports virtually any size imager Easily modified via software ABSTRACT: OpenPET is an open source, modular, … [Read more...] about OpenPET Readout Electronics for Radionuclide Imaging 2015-152
ARGO: Peptide Barcoding for Genomic Discovery 2015-123
APPLICATIONS OF TECHNOLOGY: Biomanufacturing of enzymes Enzyme research ADVANTAGES: Rapid discovery of the function of genes Capable of multiplexing Ultra-high-throughput ABSTRACT: Researchers at Berkeley Lab led by Trent Northen have developed the ARGO (Assignment of the Reactions of Gene products in Organisms) platform, an efficient and scalable … [Read more...] about ARGO: Peptide Barcoding for Genomic Discovery 2015-123