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Using machines to
learn about life
Berkeley Lab researchers are learning more about life by relying on a
robot that automatically mounts protein crystals in an x-ray beamline
and uses the resulting data to decipher the protein's atomic makeup.
The new robot is the first such device available to general users at a
synchrotron.
A camera
that stands
up to cosmic rays
Rugged Berkeley Lab CCDs will make the SNAP satellite's GigaCAM the largest,
most sensitive astronomical imager ever constructed. What's more, their
extremely low background noise and high efficiency in the face of massive
doses of cosmic radiation mean their
lifetime in space may be measured in decades, not years.
Serving
the web with better efficiency
One of the biggest misconceptions about the California energy crisis was
the role played by the internet. A new study concludes that energy
use of web "server farms" is overestimated. And a new California
Energy Commission study of data centers aims to further reduce energy use
in the state.
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