Quantum Dots (Qdots), nano-scale semiconductor crystals that emit a range of bright colors when excited by a light source such as a laser, are shining brightly these days. The Berkeley Lab developed technology has been licensed by Quantum Dot Corporation and is being used as fluorescence probes for biomedical assays. The technology just won an R & D 100 Award and Quantum … [Read more...] about Quantum Dots Outshine the Competition for Biomedical Assays
Success Stories
Berkeley Lab’s PhyloChip Enables Tracking of Bacterial Dangers
In 1675 Antonie van Leeuwenhoek asked, “what’s out there?,” before he discovered the existence of microorganisms. Now, over 300 years later, researchers at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) are able to accurately and quickly test for over 8,000 bacterial species with a device that fits into a person’s hand – a microbial detection power previously … [Read more...] about Berkeley Lab’s PhyloChip Enables Tracking of Bacterial Dangers
Low Swirl Injector Stands Combustion Theory on Its Head
Combustion is one of the earliest chemical processes studied by humans. Yet just a few years ago a researcher at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) stood combustion theory on its head by developing an ultralow-emissions combustion technology for gas turbines that significantly reduces greenhouse emissions and pollution from electricity production. LBNL’s low NOx … [Read more...] about Low Swirl Injector Stands Combustion Theory on Its Head
Energy Saved, Benefits Earned
Residential buildings consume over 20 percent of all energy used in the United States. When homeowners make upgrades that reduce energy use, they not only save money in energy costs, but they reduce the need to generate power, and its associated air emissions. Home Energy Saver™ (http://hes.lbl.gov/consumer/), funded by DOE’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy … [Read more...] about Energy Saved, Benefits Earned
The Berkeley Darfur Stove
The Berkeley Darfur Stove is a high-efficiency outdoor cooking stove with improved heat transfer characteristics, high combustion under draft, improved mechanical stability, and a design that uses very few parts and can easily be built with hand tools and the simple equipment that is typically available in remote areas of the world. The stove provides women in refugee … [Read more...] about The Berkeley Darfur Stove