Lawrence Berkeley National Lab (Audio)

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]