By shining highly focused infrared light on living cells, scientists at Berkeley Lab hope to unmask individual cell identities, and to diagnose whether the cells are diseased or healthy. They will use their technique to produce detailed, color-based maps of individual cells and collections of cells – in microscopic and eventually nanoscale detail – that will be analyzed using machine-learning techniques to automatically sort out cell characteristics. More>

Berkeley Lab scientists have devised a technique for low-cost, real-time monitoring of pollutants in groundwater using commonly available sensors and an algorithm known as a Kalman filter. They verified their system by tracking plumes of tritium and uranium-238 at the Savannah River Site. More>

The annual Solano Stroll is the largest street festival in the East Bay, featuring more than 500 vendors, including community organizations, crafters, music, and food. Berkeley Lab will be there as well, with friendly volunteers sharing information about our history and research. Stop by on Sunday, Sept. 9, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. More>

Sanjana Shah is about to start her senior year in high school after completing her second summer internship with the Lab’s Computing Sciences Summer Student program. During her internship, she developed her own algorithms to help evaluate Posit, a new number format that has the potential to quickly and accurately crunch big data sets behind simulations processed at the Lab’s supercomputing facility. More>