By: Julie Chao, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory | May 18, 2021 Sunlight-reflecting “cool walls” have been shown to reduce energy costs by lowering heat gain in buildings. But they do more – reflective walls can also cool cities, fighting the urban heat island effect. The concept has new support from the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), which has issued a pilot ... Continue Reading »
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Applying quantum computing to a particle process
by Glenn Roberts Jr., Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory | February 12, 2021 A team of researchers at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) used a quantum computer to successfully simulate an aspect of particle collisions that is typically neglected in high-energy physics experiments, such as those that occur at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider. The quantum ... Continue Reading »