Our Laboratory Directed Research and Development (LDRD) program serves as a proving ground for innovative concepts, providing seed funding for selected high-risk, high-reward research ideas. It attracts promising young scientists and engineers and encourages them to pursue new approaches to problems. For the FY25 cycle, the LDRD Call for Proposals cycle received a total response of 157 submissions. […]
Addressing Data Center Energy Efficiency Challenges Posed by the Growth of AI
Artificial intelligence is potentially a game changer for science and industry, promising efficiencies that can accelerate research, improve productivity, and enable major advances. It is also an energy hog. According to the July 2024 Department of Energy (DOE) report Recommendations on Powering Artificial Intelligence and Data Center Infrastructure, “Data center power demands are growing rapidly…A […]
“Ensuring U.S. Leadership in a Competitive Future”: A Report from the National Laboratory Directors Council
In a hyper-competitive world where the pace of scientific and technological progress is at an all-time high, what is the role of the national labs in ensuring the continued leadership and security of the United States? A recent report authored by the National Laboratory Directors Council, titled “Ensuring U.S. Leadership in a Competitive Future” (also […]
From Innovation to Manufacturing: California’s Battery Ecosystem Conference
Batteries are critical to global competitiveness and domestic energy security. With their growing applications in the defense sector, they are also important to our national security. Yet today the U.S. represents only seven percent of the world’s battery production capacity, making it overly reliant on foreign supply chains and manufacturing. Thus battery manufacturing is a […]
Webinars and a Workshop for a Winning AI Strategy
“The speed and scale with which AI is developing requires investment in a strategic capability now…Through FASST, we will meet the mission needs of national security, energy security, and scientific discovery that will support sustained economic prosperity for the nation for decades to come.” – from the DOE website energy.gov In some ways, AI seems […]
AI at Your Fingertips: Berkeley Lab’s CBORG Initiative Empowers Scientists
One year ago, the IT Division’s ScienceIT Department, which supports scientists at the Lab with their data and computation needs, began discussions in earnest about what AI tools might be most valuable to researchers at the Lab, and how to make those tools available. In response to growing interest in the evolution of artificial intelligence […]
Lab Policies for the Use of Generative AI Tools
Commercial generative AI tools have become increasingly popular in a research context, leaving many unsure about how to use them appropriately. Should you list generative AI tools as authors in a paper? How should you disclose your use of them? Can you use figures generated by these tools? To help answer questions like these, the […]
A Summer of Accelerating Startups at the Lab
Berkeley Lab plays an important role in turning scientific research into successful commercial ventures. Initiatives and programs like Cyclotron Road, Cradle to Commerce, and IMPEL are designed to foster innovation, commercialization, and entrepreneurship by providing training, technical expertise, access to facilities, and mentorship to startups, some of which are led by Lab employees. These startups […]
Dos and Don’ts for Non-DOE Proposals
The Strategic Partnerships Office (SPO)’s Contract Officers (COs) are the Lab’s only representatives authorized to submit proposals and negotiate awards with non-DOE sponsors. They work closely with Lab scientists, engineers, resource analysts (RAs), and others to submit these proposals. To avoid hiccups in bringing in funding, SPO offers the following tips for proposal submission, award […]
Research on Diatoms Explores New Paths to Support Sustainability
One of the five strategic research themes at the Lab, selected for their potential to unlock the greatest scientific opportunities over the next decade, focuses on “discovering materials, chemical processes, and biological systems for energy and the environment.” Setsuko Wakao’s team in the Biosciences Area’s Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging (MBIB) Division, working with scientists […]
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