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aria-label="Capabilities"> <div class="post-content"> <div class="entry-content"> <lbl-container> <lbl-section-header title="Research Areas" text="At Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, each of our six research areas contributes unique expertise that supports the DOE's mission, advances scientific understanding, and addresses the most urgent challenges of our time." margin-bottom > </lbl-section-header> <lbl-grid columns="3" layout="grid-card" > <lbl-grid-card layout="" date="" text="" link-url="https://biosciences.lbl.gov/" link-target="" title="Biosciences Area" > <lbl-image slot="media" img-caption="" img-credit="" > <img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="890" height="593" src="https://www.lbl.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Capabilities-Landing_Grid-Module_Biosciences_XBD201904-00606-013.jpg" class="attachment-lbl-components-md size-lbl-components-md" alt="Researcher in protective great holding a biological plant sample." slot="media" /> </lbl-image> <lbl-rich-text slot="rich-text"> <p>Our Biosciences Area, which oversees the JGI, addresses urgent national challenges in energy, environment, and health and advances the engineering of biological systems for sustainable manufacturing.</p> </lbl-rich-text> <lbl-button icon="" slot="btn" text="Visit site" link-target="" link-url="https://biosciences.lbl.gov/" type="inline" > </lbl-button> </lbl-grid-card> <lbl-grid-card layout="" date="" text="" link-url="https://cs.lbl.gov/" link-target="" title="Computing Sciences Area" > <lbl-image slot="media" img-caption="" img-credit="" > <img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="890" height="594" src="https://www.lbl.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Capabilities-Landing_Grid-Module_Computing-Sciences_XBD201511-00451-30.jpg" class="attachment-lbl-components-md size-lbl-components-md" alt="Two dark-haired people standing next to a high-performance super computer." slot="media" /> </lbl-image> <lbl-rich-text slot="rich-text"> <p>Our Computing Sciences Area, which oversees ESnet and NERSC, accelerates scientific discovery through high-performance computing and networking and world-class research in mathematical modeling, artificial intelligence, data analysis, and computer system architecture and software.</p> </lbl-rich-text> <lbl-button icon="" slot="btn" text="Visit site" link-target="" link-url="https://cs.lbl.gov/" type="inline" > </lbl-button> </lbl-grid-card> <lbl-grid-card layout="" date="" text="" link-url="https://eesa.lbl.gov" link-target="" title="Earth and Environmental Sciences Area" > <lbl-image slot="media" img-caption="" img-credit="" > <img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="890" height="594" src="https://www.lbl.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Capabilities-Landing_Grid-Module_Earth-and-Environmental-Sciences_XBD201307-03354-275.jpg" class="attachment-lbl-components-md size-lbl-components-md" alt="Two researchers in a water-soaked grass field conducting an experiment." slot="media" /> </lbl-image> <lbl-rich-text slot="rich-text"> <p>The Earth and Environmental Sciences Area is tackling the most pressing environmental and energy challenges to enable sustainable stewardship of Earth’s climate and ecological systems and judicious use of our planet’s resources. </p> </lbl-rich-text> <lbl-button icon="" slot="btn" text="Visit site" link-target="" link-url="https://eesa.lbl.gov" type="inline" > </lbl-button> </lbl-grid-card> <lbl-grid-card layout="" date="" text="" link-url="https://energysciences.lbl.gov/" link-target="" title="Energy Sciences Area" > <lbl-image slot="media" img-caption="" img-credit="" > <img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="890" height="593" src="https://www.lbl.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Capabilities-Landing_Grid-Module_Energy-Sciences_XBD201902-00565037.jpg" class="attachment-lbl-components-md size-lbl-components-md" alt="Two researchers stand facing a microscopic detector." slot="media" /> </lbl-image> <lbl-rich-text slot="rich-text"> <p>The Energy Sciences Area — home to the ALS, the Molecular Foundry, and fundamental chemistry and materials research — seeks solutions to global energy-related challenges through a deeper understanding of the interactions between energy and matter. </p> </lbl-rich-text> <lbl-button icon="" slot="btn" text="Visit site" link-target="" link-url="https://energysciences.lbl.gov/" type="inline" > </lbl-button> </lbl-grid-card> <lbl-grid-card layout="" date="" text="" link-url="https://eta.lbl.gov" link-target="" title="Energy Technologies Area " > <lbl-image slot="media" img-caption="" img-credit="" > <img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="890" height="593" src="https://www.lbl.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Capabilities-Landing_Grid-Module_Energy-Technologies_XBD-202105-0060-004.jpg" class="attachment-lbl-components-md size-lbl-components-md" alt="A lab scientist wearing protective equipment holding out two glass viles." slot="media" /> </lbl-image> <lbl-rich-text slot="rich-text"> <p>The Energy Technologies Area 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Science, and Physics divisions — explores fundamental forces and matter, from the hearts of atoms to the edges of the universe.</p> </lbl-rich-text> <lbl-button icon="" slot="btn" text="Visit site" link-target="" link-url="https://physicalsciences.lbl.gov/" type="inline" > </lbl-button> </lbl-grid-card> </lbl-grid> </lbl-container> <lbl-divider></lbl-divider> <div style="height:1px" aria-hidden="true" id="national-user-facilities" class="wp-block-spacer"></div> <lbl-container> <lbl-section-header title="National User Facilities" text="We manage five U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science National User Facilities, which together provide nearly 14,000 researchers per year with advanced capabilities in high-performance computing and data science, chemical sciences, materials synthesis and characterization, and genomic science." margin-bottom > </lbl-section-header> <lbl-grid columns="3" layout="grid-card" > <lbl-grid-card layout="" date="" text="" link-url="https://als.lbl.gov/" link-target="" title="Advanced Light Source (ALS)" > <lbl-image slot="media" img-caption="" img-credit="" > <img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="890" height="489" src="https://www.lbl.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Capabilities-Landing_Grid-Module_ALS_XBD202003-00082_102.jpg" class="attachment-lbl-components-md size-lbl-components-md" alt="Orange colored roof with teal and green accents." slot="media" /> </lbl-image> <lbl-rich-text slot="rich-text"> <p>The ALS is a specialized particle accelerator, known as a synchrotron light source, that generates bright beams of X-ray, infrared, and extreme ultraviolet light useful for research. 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