APPLICATIONS OF TECHNOLOGY: Electron spectroscopy Electron microscopy Materials research for development of spintronic, solid-state data storage and data processing devices ADVANTAGES: Improves efficiency by up to 1000 times Offers faster measurements with superior resolution at a wide range of photon energies ABSTRACT: Scientists at Berkeley Lab … [Read more...] about Time of Flight, Spin, Angular-Resolved Photoemission Spectroscopy (Spin-TOF) 2019-146
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IPO Releases 2019 Annual Report
Berkeley Lab’s Intellectual Property Office (IPO) has released its 2019 annual report providing a summary of FY18 technology transfer data. Annual reports from 2019 and past years may be found and downloaded here. … [Read more...] about IPO Releases 2019 Annual Report
Nanoparticle-Based Super Insulation 2019-080
APPLICATIONS OF TECHNOLOGY: Thermal insulation in the building sector ADVANTAGES: R-value/inch 2-4 times higher than competing technologies Mechanically robust Hydrophobic Flexible to take the shape of any object Thermal contact resistance of nanoparticles Low-cost ABSTRACT: A Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory team led by Ravi Prasher has … [Read more...] about Nanoparticle-Based Super Insulation 2019-080
High-Throughput Methods to Characterize Phage Receptors and Rational Formulation of Phage Cocktails 2019-048
APPLICATIONS OF TECHNOLOGY: Pharmaceutical / antibiotic discovery Phage therapy ADVANTAGES: Compared to current technologies Less expensive Less laborious Scalable Quantitative ABSTRACT: Researchers at the Berkeley Lab have developed two genetic technologies that enable fast and effective genome-wide screens for gene function. The LBNL … [Read more...] about High-Throughput Methods to Characterize Phage Receptors and Rational Formulation of Phage Cocktails 2019-048
EcoFAB 2.0: Device for Determining Plant-Microbe Interactions 2019-066
APPLICATIONS OF TECHNOLOGY: Agriculture Biosciences research ADVANTAGES: Improved sterile, automated processing of EcoFABs Scalability of EcoFABs due to injection molding fabrication Compatible with typical automated platforms Smaller footprint and lower price than existing automated systems Adaptive system ABSTRACT: Berkeley Lab’s … [Read more...] about EcoFAB 2.0: Device for Determining Plant-Microbe Interactions 2019-066