Inside Berkeley Lab: Bringing Science Solutions to the World

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) is a Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science lab managed by the University of California. Berkeley Lab takes on some of the world's most urgent challenges, from sustainable energy and advanced computing to understanding disease and curbing climate change. The laboratory has trained thousands of university science and engineering students who are advancing technological innovations across the nation and around the world. Thirteen Nobel prizes are associated with Berkeley Lab.

Transcript

00:00:02 Is it possible to make fuels from sunlight? Can we stop breast cancer in its tracks? Save consumers billions of dollars in energy costs? At Berkeley Lab, finding answers to the toughest questions is why we come to work every day. Our science paved the way for medical imaging devices like MRI machines and PET scanners. We added 16 elements on the periodic table, helped to develop energy-saving windows, discovered the accelerating universe and won 13 Nobel prizes. Scientists from around the globe use our powerful

00:00:44 supercomputers to do everything from develop new materials to predict the earth's climate. We are working to create affordable batteries that enable electric vehicles to go 300 miles on a single charge. Berkeley Lab scientists have even created a solar-powered vaccine refrigerator that could help save countless lives in the developing world. Public service has been part of our DNA for more than 80 years. As a Department of Energy national laboratory - our science is open, ingenious, and humanitarian.

00:01:20 It is done for you and belongs to you. The challenges now facing us in energy, health and the environment won't wait. Neither will we. Our science – your science – will lead us to solutions we can't even imagine. Berkeley Lab. Bringing science solutions to the world.