Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Researchers from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory developed a technique that advanced the study of antibiotic resistant microbes.

For over 90 years, UC Berkeley's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, or Berkeley Lab, has been committed to researching various areas of science.

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory scientists have discovered a new type of conductive plastic material that could increase the efficiency of electric vehicles, according to a Berkeley Lab press release Tuesday.

LBNL researchers Michael Wehner and Alan Rhoades worked with Binod Pokharel, a researcher at Utah State University and Tribhuvan University in Nepal, to help link drought and fire in Nepal to climate change, establishing a model for predicting future fires.

A new study at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, or LBNL, has found that increasing protected lands might negatively impact other sectors of land use, such as agriculture.

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, or LBNL, Director Mike Witherfell appointed Paul Adams as the lab's associate director of biosciences Jan. 31 following an international search for potential candidates.

Researchers at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory’s Lithium Resource Research and Innovation Center and Energy Storage Center are currently studying the Salton Sea Known Geothermal Resource Area in Southern California’s Imperial Valley as a potential domestic source of lithium for the United States.

Kwabena Bediako, campus assistant chemistry professor, was awarded the National Science Foundation, or NSF, CAREER award for his ongoing research and outreach proposal. 

The UC Board of Regents kicked off its second day of meetings Wednesday to discuss the university's relationship with the state government and the future of UC National Laboratories. 

The state of California, Alameda County, and the city of Oakland have declared states of emergency in response to the recent and upcoming storms. Michael Wehner, a senior scientist in the applied math and computational sciences division at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, says the intensity of these storms can be attributed to climate change.