‘Smart
Dust’ To Aid
Military, Civilian Users By Charles Lee
Intelligence
is arguably the most precious commodity in war. Thanks to some intrepid
UC Berkeley researchers, our armies of the future can have thousands
of tiny eyes all over the battlefield. "These are miniature
computers. You can get complete computers today on something less
than a cubic inch in size -- and (they are) continuing to get smaller,"
said David Culler, who holds a joint appointment at UC Berkeley
and in the Lab's Computational Research Division. (2/19/03).
Full story.
Image
Processing
Yields Nanoscale Insights By
Hassaun Jones-Bey
Improvements
in electron microscopy and image-processing techniques have
enabled researchers at Berkeley Lab to image Brownian motion in
molten lead as well as skeletal details of protein cells down to
a resolution of 0.8 nm.
Full story.
Lab Connections To UC
Extensive, Stats Show
Recent
Congressional inquiries about the value of University
of California affiliation with the national laboratories
can be answered at Berkeley Lab with several statistical
measures, including:
Joint
faculty-scientist appointees with UC campuses: 259
Postdoctoral
guests from UC: 197
Graduate
students from UC on payroll: 314
Undergraduate
students from UC on payroll: 194
Scientific
participating guests from UC: 581
UC
users at national facilities (ALS, NCEM, NERSC, 88-inch):
469
Foundry,
Scientists Featured In DOE Nano Workshop
Berkeley
Lab's forthcoming Molecular Foundry and two of its leading scientists
are featured this week in the DOE's Nanoscale Science Research
Centers Workshop in Washington, D.C. Thursday's program includes
presentations by Materials Sciences Division Director Paul
Alivisatos and researcher Gabor Somorjai. Hundreds
of prospective national users of the five DOE nanoscience centers
will participate in a forum for communication on nanoscience
among agencies, policymakers, and the scientific community.
A workshop program can be found here.
Funeral
Mass Tonight
For Lab Engineer
Services
will be held tonight for Patrick Gamman, an engineer
in the Materials Coating Laboratory, who passed away suddenly
last Wednesday. Gamman, 54, of Concord, had worked for the
last two years in Building 25. The funeral mass will be held
at 7 p.m. at St. Mary Magdalen Church, 2005 Berryman at Milvia
in Berkeley. Friends and co-workers are invited to attend.
Road
Closure
Road
N next to Buildings 6 and 37 will be closed to traffic (except
emergency vehicles) tomorrow and Wednesday due to construction
activities for the Building 6 Southside Expansion project. Traffic
to the Building 80 parking lot will be rerouted to Road N1. Parking
spaces along Road N1 will be barricaded to allow two-way traffic.
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