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- NSF has announced a $90.8 million dollar investment into the understanding of material structures
The U.S. National Science Foundation announced $90.8 million in funding for a Mid-scale Research Infrastructure-2 award to Arizona State University with a subaward to Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory to create the world’s first Compact X-ray Free-Electron Laser, or CXFEL, facility. It will provide X-ray pulses so short that they outrun all X-ray damage processes and they are shorter than many fundamental processes in nature. As a result, scientists can conduct novel science to explore the structure and dynamics of nature and materials as never before. The CXFEL brings ultrashort X-ray technology from mile-long, multibillion-dollar XFEL facilities at national laboratories to the tabletop environment of universities. Dr. Oliver Gessner and Dr. Thorsten Weber from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in collaboration with Arizona State University are engaged in the design of a multimodal suite of instruments for time-resolved studies of biochemistry, atomic and molecular physics, and condensed matter including quantum materials. - Copper to transform CO2 into liquid fuels
Faculty Scientist Peidong Yang led a study with his to group to figure explore copper’s electrocatalyst properties for turning CO2 into liquid fuels. Click here to read the article. - DOE Office of Science has funded Basic Energy Sciences through the RENEW Initiative
DOE Office of Science has funded Basic Energy Sciences through the RENEW initiative. The acronym RENEW stands for “Reaching a New Energy Sciences Workforce” and aims to give hands-on experiences to participants Click here to read the full article - Year-End Reminders
As we are coming near the end of the year, the Chemical Sciences Safety and HR teams would like to remind you of some important action items and recommendations. Curtailment begins at 6 PM on December 22, 2022, and we will return to work on January 3, 2023. - Vladimir Kresin, a retired Berkeley Lab senior scientist, passed away on July 28, 2022 
Vladimir Kresin, a retired Berkeley Lab senior scientist, passed away on July 28, 2022.