BiotechMashup

Pioneering French physicists Marie and Pierre Curie have the curie, a unit of radioactivity, named after them. Renowned inventor Nikola Tesla is honored with the tesla, which measures a magnetic field. And now, the Rosenfeld, proposed as a unit for electricity savings, will be named after the man seen by many people as the godfather of energy efficiency, Arthur Rosenfeld.

(DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory) India may rank only a distant fourth in terms of carbon dioxide emissions, behind China, the United States and Russia, but its rapid economic growth rate coupled with aging and inefficient energy infrastructure suggest dire environmental consequences if "business as usual" continues. That's why experts from the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have been working to expand collaborations with India on energy efficiency.

(DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory) In the next 40 years, California's demand for energy is expected to double. So can it really reduce its greenhouse gas emissions to 80 percent below 1990 levels by 2050, as required by an executive order? Scientists from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory who co-wrote a new report on California's energy future are optimistic that the target can be achieved, though not without bold policy and behavioral changes as well as some scientific innovation.

(DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory) Energy efficiency, electrification and low carbon fuels are essential for California to reduce greenhouse gas emissions 80 percent below 1990 levels by the year 2050. While the challenges are great, they can be met, say Berkeley Lab scientists.

(DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory) The US Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory has been chosen to lead a consortium for a US-China Clean Energy Research Center on Building Energy Efficiency. The center will develop technologies for low-energy residential and commercial buildings, as well as work on commercialization of those technologies and research how human behavior affects building energy use. The Clean Energy Resource Center (CERC) will receive $12.5 million over 5 years.

(DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory) Berkeley Lab scientists have been awarded massive allocations on the nation's most powerful supercomputer to advance innovative research in improving the combustion of hydrogen fuels and increasing the efficiency of nanoscale solar cells. The awards were announced today by Energy Secretary Steven Chu as part of DOE's Innovative and Novel Computational Impact on Theory and Experiment program.

(DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory) Berkeley Lab has been awarded nearly $18 million by the US Department of Energy through its Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy to establish the Advanced Biofuels Process Development Unit, a facility aimed at expediting the commercialization of next generation biofuels by providing industry-scale test beds for innovative technologies. This will be the only facility of its kind available for public use.

(DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory) Scientists from the US Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have teamed up with students from the University of California (UC), Berkeley to run a series of efficiency tests comparing the traditional Haiti cookstove with a variety of low-cost, commercially available alternatives. The long-term goal is to find the safest and most fuel-efficient stove -- or to design a new one that would win favor with the cooks of Haiti.

(Mary Ann Liebert, Inc./Genetic Engineering News) "Doctor of the Heart: My Life in Medicine," is the autobiography of Isadore Rosenfeld, M.D., world-renowned cardiologist, best-selling author, and popular television commentator. Published by Mary Ann Liebert Inc., Dr. Rosenfeld's book is a remarkable account of his long and extraordinary career .