The ALS has lost a member of our family. Derrick Crofoot, a senior material specialist, died earlier this month. The Crofoots are a Berkeley Lab family—Derrick’s brother, Garret, also works at Berkeley Lab, and their father, Mike, worked at the Lab until his retirement. Derrick’s warmth and friendly personality played an important role in making the ALS feel like a family. We grieve together. Read more »
ALSNews Vol. 418
August 5, 2020
In Memoriam: Al Thompson, Retired Berkeley Lab Senior Scientist
With sadness we announce the recent passing of our retired colleague Al Thompson on May 30, 2020, after several years of medical challenges. At the Lab, he worked on x-ray detectors and applications in energy dispersive x-ray analysis before transitioning into synchrotron applications. He will be missed by his colleagues at the ALS who will remember him as a capable scientist and diligent worker. Read more »
ALS in the News (July 2020)
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- Berkeley Lab part of multi-institutional team awarded $60M for solar fuels research
- An origin story for a family of oddball meteorites
- New technique to capture CO2 could reduce power plant greenhouse gases
- Princeton scientists discover a topological magnet that exhibits exotic quantum effects
- Battery breakthrough gives boost to electric flight and long-range electric cars
- Building blocks for COVID-19 antiviral drugs identified in rapid study
- Scientists dive deep into hidden world of quantum states
- Michael V. Drake to become 21st president of the University of California
- Deterministic reversal of single magnetic vortex circulation by an electric field
- Study gains new insight into bacterial DNA packing
- Ultrafine control: researchers discover ferroelectricity at the atomic scale
- Finding the missing step of an important molecular process
- Pilot 1 workers on site share thoughts [video]
- Employees commit to the Berkeley Lab Health Pledge [video]
- Deep look inside the tsetse fly
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