Welcome! MicroWorlds is an interactive tour of current research in the materials sciences at Berkeley Lab's Advanced Light Source. Along the way, you'll find out:

What the Advanced Light Source is and how this amazing machine works.

What it looks like inside the ALS.

What it's like to work at the ALS.

What a student can do at the ALS.

What polymers are and why they are so useful.

How infinitesimal quantities of trace elements can change a material for better or worse.

How materials science is helping us understand environmental problems.

To start your MicroWorlds tour, click on the Contents button.

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Welcome! MicroWorlds is an interactive tour of current research in the materials sciences at Berkeley Lab's Advanced Light Source. Along the way, you'll find out:
What the Advanced Light Source is and how this amazing machine works. What it looks like inside the ALS. What it's like to work at the ALS. What a student can do at the ALS. What polymers are and why they are so useful. How infinitesimal quantities of trace elements can change a material for better or worse. How materials science is helping us understand environmental problems.

To start your MicroWorlds tour, click on the Contents button.
Please register (it's free!) and let us know what you think about this site.
Advanced Light Source \| Registration & Comments Questions and Support Privacy and Security Notice Copyright 1996, University of California Regents