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March 6 Deadline for General User Proposals

The User Office is accepting new General User Proposals (GUPs) from scientists who wish to conduct research at the ALS in the 2024-2 (August–December) cycle. The deadline for submissions is March 6, 2024. Applicants are reminded that they may request joint access to the Molecular Foundry, a nanoscience user facility at Berkeley Lab, to support their ALS activities. Read more »

LAAAMP-Funded Team Makes a Journey of Miles and Nanometers

Celline Awino Omondi and Miller Shatsala traveled over 9,400 miles to study samples at the nanometer scale. Through a LAAAMP grant, the Kenyan scientists spent two months at Berkeley Lab preparing and characterizing perovskite samples—work that they hope will bring solar energy to Africa. Read more »

“Computer Vision” Review of X-Ray Movies Leads to New Insights

Using a type of machine learning called “computer vision” to mine data from x-ray movies, researchers made new discoveries about the reactivity of a material in rechargeable batteries. The results suggest that optimizing the carbon layer thickness on the electrode surface could help researchers to design more efficient batteries. Read more »

2023 Highly Cited Researchers

Clarivate recognizes the true pioneers in their fields over the last decade, demonstrated by the production of multiple highly-cited papers that rank in the top 1% by citations for field and year in the Web of Science™. Congratulations to Jinghua Guo, Sung-Kwan Mo, and Wanli Yang! Read more »

Building a Two-Dimensional Magnet One Atom at a Time

Researchers synthesized a new two-dimensional ferromagnet and measured how its electronic and magnetic properties evolve with increasing thickness and temperature. Such atomically thin magnetic materials with tunable magnetic properties would be very useful in next-generation microelectronic and spintronic applications. Read more »

2023 Summer Shutdown Recap

The ALS is back in user operations after a 12-week summer shutdown. Most of the shutdown work centered around ALS-U tasks, including installing a full arc sector of the accumulator ring. Read more »

Dahlia An, User Safety Specialist

Dahlia An is new to the ALS but not to Berkeley Lab. Read about how she works with users and beamline scientists and how it connects to her past lives as a researcher and undergraduate student instructor. And, learn how her hobbies still allow her to experiment. Read more »

Improving Carbon Retention in Grassland Soil from Point Reyes

Soil organic carbon directly influences the life-supporting services provided by soils, including the production of food and the regulation of atmospheric carbon dioxide. To better understand how minerals such as calcium affect carbon accumulation in soil, researchers studied soils collected from Point Reyes National Seashore. Read more »PPT-icon-35

HyMARC Aims to Hit Targets for Hydrogen Storage Using X-Ray Science

Understanding how materials absorb and release hydrogen is the focus of the Hydrogen Materials Advanced Research Consortium (HyMARC). At the ALS, the HyMARC Approved Program was recently renewed, underscoring the key role that soft x-ray techniques have played in addressing the challenges of hydrogen storage. Read more »