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Tue, 21 May 2013 22:52:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 Flawed Diamonds Promise Sensory Perfection http://newscenter.lbl.gov/feature-stories/2013/05/09/flawed-diamonds/ http://newscenter.lbl.gov/feature-stories/2013/05/09/flawed-diamonds/#comments Thu, 09 May 2013 20:59:18 +0000 paulpreuss http://newscenter.lbl.gov/?p=28135 http://newscenter.lbl.gov/feature-stories/2013/05/09/flawed-diamonds/feed/ 0 Does Antimatter Fall Up or Down? http://newscenter.lbl.gov/news-releases/2013/04/30/antimatter-up-down/ http://newscenter.lbl.gov/news-releases/2013/04/30/antimatter-up-down/#comments Tue, 30 Apr 2013 15:00:18 +0000 paulpreuss http://newscenter.lbl.gov/?p=27727 http://newscenter.lbl.gov/news-releases/2013/04/30/antimatter-up-down/feed/ 0 Four Berkeley Lab Researchers Elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences http://newscenter.lbl.gov/feature-stories/2013/04/29/four-berkeley-lab-researchers-elected-to-american-academy-of-arts-and-sciences/ http://newscenter.lbl.gov/feature-stories/2013/04/29/four-berkeley-lab-researchers-elected-to-american-academy-of-arts-and-sciences/#comments Mon, 29 Apr 2013 19:06:01 +0000 jonweiner http://newscenter.lbl.gov/?p=27828 http://newscenter.lbl.gov/feature-stories/2013/04/29/four-berkeley-lab-researchers-elected-to-american-academy-of-arts-and-sciences/feed/ 0 In Memoriam: George Gidal, Distinguished Physicist http://newscenter.lbl.gov/feature-stories/2013/03/27/in-memoriam-george-gidal/ http://newscenter.lbl.gov/feature-stories/2013/03/27/in-memoriam-george-gidal/#comments Wed, 27 Mar 2013 16:53:23 +0000 paulpreuss http://newscenter.lbl.gov/?p=27376 http://newscenter.lbl.gov/feature-stories/2013/03/27/in-memoriam-george-gidal/feed/ 0 Planck Mission Updates the Age of the Universe and What it Contains http://newscenter.lbl.gov/science-shorts/2013/03/21/planck-results/ http://newscenter.lbl.gov/science-shorts/2013/03/21/planck-results/#comments Thu, 21 Mar 2013 15:09:10 +0000 paulpreuss http://newscenter.lbl.gov/?p=27195 http://newscenter.lbl.gov/science-shorts/2013/03/21/planck-results/feed/ 0 Building the Massive Simulation Sets Essential to Planck Results http://newscenter.lbl.gov/news-releases/2013/03/14/massive-planck-simulations/ http://newscenter.lbl.gov/news-releases/2013/03/14/massive-planck-simulations/#comments Thu, 14 Mar 2013 21:37:09 +0000 paulpreuss http://newscenter.lbl.gov/?p=27146 http://newscenter.lbl.gov/news-releases/2013/03/14/massive-planck-simulations/feed/ 0 Long Predicted Atomic Collapse State Observed in Graphene http://newscenter.lbl.gov/news-releases/2013/03/07/atomic-collapse-graphene/ http://newscenter.lbl.gov/news-releases/2013/03/07/atomic-collapse-graphene/#comments Thu, 07 Mar 2013 19:00:30 +0000 lcyarris http://newscenter.lbl.gov/?p=26883 http://newscenter.lbl.gov/news-releases/2013/03/07/atomic-collapse-graphene/feed/ 0 Searching for the Solar System’s Chemical Recipe http://newscenter.lbl.gov/feature-stories/2013/02/20/solar-system-recipe/ http://newscenter.lbl.gov/feature-stories/2013/02/20/solar-system-recipe/#comments Wed, 20 Feb 2013 16:50:39 +0000 paulpreuss http://newscenter.lbl.gov/?p=26681 http://newscenter.lbl.gov/feature-stories/2013/02/20/solar-system-recipe/feed/ 0 A Cyclotron’s Long Journey Home http://newscenter.lbl.gov/feature-stories/2013/02/19/a-cyclotron%e2%80%99s-long-journey-home/ http://newscenter.lbl.gov/feature-stories/2013/02/19/a-cyclotron%e2%80%99s-long-journey-home/#comments Tue, 19 Feb 2013 18:23:55 +0000 juliechao http://newscenter.lbl.gov/?p=26658 http://newscenter.lbl.gov/feature-stories/2013/02/19/a-cyclotron%e2%80%99s-long-journey-home/feed/ 0 Black Gold: Enabling Bright, High Rep-Rate Electron Beams http://newscenter.lbl.gov/science-shorts/2013/02/14/black-gold-bright-beams/ http://newscenter.lbl.gov/science-shorts/2013/02/14/black-gold-bright-beams/#comments Thu, 14 Feb 2013 22:20:31 +0000 paulpreuss http://newscenter.lbl.gov/?p=26633 http://newscenter.lbl.gov/science-shorts/2013/02/14/black-gold-bright-beams/feed/ 0 LUX ZEPLIN Primed to Take the Next Step Forward in the Search for Dark Matter http://newscenter.lbl.gov/science-shorts/2013/02/07/lz-award/ http://newscenter.lbl.gov/science-shorts/2013/02/07/lz-award/#comments Thu, 07 Feb 2013 15:01:43 +0000 paulpreuss http://newscenter.lbl.gov/?p=26444 http://newscenter.lbl.gov/science-shorts/2013/02/07/lz-award/feed/ 0 The Last Big Bump Before a Supernova Explodes http://newscenter.lbl.gov/science-shorts/2013/02/06/big-bump-supernova/ http://newscenter.lbl.gov/science-shorts/2013/02/06/big-bump-supernova/#comments Wed, 06 Feb 2013 19:24:29 +0000 paulpreuss http://newscenter.lbl.gov/?p=25899 http://newscenter.lbl.gov/science-shorts/2013/02/06/big-bump-supernova/feed/ 0 Blocking Infinity in a Topological Insulator http://newscenter.lbl.gov/science-shorts/2013/02/06/topo-insulator-renormalization/ http://newscenter.lbl.gov/science-shorts/2013/02/06/topo-insulator-renormalization/#comments Wed, 06 Feb 2013 15:14:44 +0000 paulpreuss http://newscenter.lbl.gov/?p=26108 http://newscenter.lbl.gov/science-shorts/2013/02/06/topo-insulator-renormalization/feed/ 0 A Clock Einstein Would Have Loved http://newscenter.lbl.gov/science-shorts/2013/01/10/a-clock-einstein-would-have-loved/ http://newscenter.lbl.gov/science-shorts/2013/01/10/a-clock-einstein-would-have-loved/#comments Thu, 10 Jan 2013 19:22:08 +0000 lcyarris http://newscenter.lbl.gov/?p=25799 http://newscenter.lbl.gov/science-shorts/2013/01/10/a-clock-einstein-would-have-loved/feed/ 0 The Farthest Supernova Yet for Measuring Cosmic History http://newscenter.lbl.gov/news-releases/2013/01/09/scp0401-farthest-yet/ http://newscenter.lbl.gov/news-releases/2013/01/09/scp0401-farthest-yet/#comments Wed, 09 Jan 2013 18:30:10 +0000 paulpreuss http://newscenter.lbl.gov/?p=22843 http://newscenter.lbl.gov/news-releases/2013/01/09/scp0401-farthest-yet/feed/ 0 How do You Know if You Ran Through a Wall? http://newscenter.lbl.gov/science-shorts/2013/01/04/domain-walls/ http://newscenter.lbl.gov/science-shorts/2013/01/04/domain-walls/#comments Fri, 04 Jan 2013 15:37:27 +0000 paulpreuss http://newscenter.lbl.gov/?p=25469 http://newscenter.lbl.gov/science-shorts/2013/01/04/domain-walls/feed/ 0 New Insight into an Intriguing State of Magnetism http://newscenter.lbl.gov/science-shorts/2012/12/17/helimagnetism/ http://newscenter.lbl.gov/science-shorts/2012/12/17/helimagnetism/#comments Mon, 17 Dec 2012 17:48:53 +0000 paulpreuss http://newscenter.lbl.gov/?p=25452 http://newscenter.lbl.gov/science-shorts/2012/12/17/helimagnetism/feed/ 0 Six Berkeley Lab Scientists Are 2012 APS Fellows http://newscenter.lbl.gov/news-releases/2012/12/07/2012-aps-fellows/ http://newscenter.lbl.gov/news-releases/2012/12/07/2012-aps-fellows/#comments Fri, 07 Dec 2012 16:27:56 +0000 paulpreuss http://newscenter.lbl.gov/?p=25189 http://newscenter.lbl.gov/news-releases/2012/12/07/2012-aps-fellows/feed/ 0 Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation Gives a Big Boost to BigBOSS http://newscenter.lbl.gov/news-releases/2012/12/04/moore-foundation-bigboss/ http://newscenter.lbl.gov/news-releases/2012/12/04/moore-foundation-bigboss/#comments Tue, 04 Dec 2012 15:21:27 +0000 paulpreuss http://newscenter.lbl.gov/?p=25067 http://newscenter.lbl.gov/news-releases/2012/12/04/moore-foundation-bigboss/feed/ 0 BOSS Quasars Unveil a New Era in the Expansion History of the Universe http://newscenter.lbl.gov/news-releases/2012/11/12/boss-quasars-early-universe/ http://newscenter.lbl.gov/news-releases/2012/11/12/boss-quasars-early-universe/#comments Tue, 13 Nov 2012 01:05:42 +0000 paulpreuss http://newscenter.lbl.gov/?p=24559 http://newscenter.lbl.gov/news-releases/2012/11/12/boss-quasars-early-universe/feed/ 0 Measuring Table-Top Accelerators’ State-of-the-Art Beams http://newscenter.lbl.gov/feature-stories/2012/10/24/lpa-beams-part2/ http://newscenter.lbl.gov/feature-stories/2012/10/24/lpa-beams-part2/#comments Wed, 24 Oct 2012 14:39:15 +0000 paulpreuss http://newscenter.lbl.gov/?p=24402 http://newscenter.lbl.gov/feature-stories/2012/10/24/lpa-beams-part2/feed/ 0 State-of-the-Art Beams From Table-Top Accelerators http://newscenter.lbl.gov/feature-stories/2012/10/22/lpa-beams-part-1/ http://newscenter.lbl.gov/feature-stories/2012/10/22/lpa-beams-part-1/#comments Mon, 22 Oct 2012 16:00:54 +0000 paulpreuss http://newscenter.lbl.gov/?p=24352 http://newscenter.lbl.gov/feature-stories/2012/10/22/lpa-beams-part-1/feed/ 0 Crisis Looms as Berkeley Lab’s Last Main Road is Named for Nobelist Perlmutter http://newscenter.lbl.gov/feature-stories/2012/10/15/perlmutter-road/ http://newscenter.lbl.gov/feature-stories/2012/10/15/perlmutter-road/#comments Mon, 15 Oct 2012 21:06:51 +0000 paulpreuss http://newscenter.lbl.gov/?p=24247 http://newscenter.lbl.gov/feature-stories/2012/10/15/perlmutter-road/feed/ 0 A Clock that Will Last Forever http://newscenter.lbl.gov/news-releases/2012/09/24/a-clock-that-will-last-forever/ http://newscenter.lbl.gov/news-releases/2012/09/24/a-clock-that-will-last-forever/#comments Mon, 24 Sep 2012 16:03:21 +0000 lcyarris http://newscenter.lbl.gov/?p=23961 http://newscenter.lbl.gov/news-releases/2012/09/24/a-clock-that-will-last-forever/feed/ 0 Berkeley Lab Sensors Enable First Light for the Dark Energy Camera http://newscenter.lbl.gov/news-releases/2012/09/17/first-light-decam/ http://newscenter.lbl.gov/news-releases/2012/09/17/first-light-decam/#comments Mon, 17 Sep 2012 14:55:00 +0000 paulpreuss http://newscenter.lbl.gov/?p=23905 http://newscenter.lbl.gov/news-releases/2012/09/17/first-light-decam/feed/ 0 Synchronized Lasers Measure How Light Changes Matter http://newscenter.lbl.gov/news-releases/2012/08/29/x-o-mixing/ http://newscenter.lbl.gov/news-releases/2012/08/29/x-o-mixing/#comments Wed, 29 Aug 2012 16:59:39 +0000 paulpreuss http://newscenter.lbl.gov/?p=23162 http://newscenter.lbl.gov/news-releases/2012/08/29/x-o-mixing/feed/ 0 Good Vibrations http://newscenter.lbl.gov/news-releases/2012/08/15/good-vibrations/ http://newscenter.lbl.gov/news-releases/2012/08/15/good-vibrations/#comments Wed, 15 Aug 2012 17:18:42 +0000 lcyarris http://newscenter.lbl.gov/?p=23443 http://newscenter.lbl.gov/news-releases/2012/08/15/good-vibrations/feed/ 0 The First Public Data Release from BOSS, the Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey http://newscenter.lbl.gov/news-releases/2012/08/08/boss-sdss-dr9/ http://newscenter.lbl.gov/news-releases/2012/08/08/boss-sdss-dr9/#comments Wed, 08 Aug 2012 12:00:03 +0000 paulpreuss http://newscenter.lbl.gov/?p=23182 http://newscenter.lbl.gov/news-releases/2012/08/08/boss-sdss-dr9/feed/ 0 Got Questions About the Higgs Boson? Ask a Scientist http://newscenter.lbl.gov/feature-stories/2012/07/03/higgs-boson-ask-a-scientist/ http://newscenter.lbl.gov/feature-stories/2012/07/03/higgs-boson-ask-a-scientist/#comments Tue, 03 Jul 2012 13:42:52 +0000 dankrotz http://newscenter.lbl.gov/?p=23018 http://newscenter.lbl.gov/feature-stories/2012/07/03/higgs-boson-ask-a-scientist/feed/ 0 Understanding What’s Up With the Higgs Boson http://newscenter.lbl.gov/feature-stories/2012/06/28/higgs-2012/ http://newscenter.lbl.gov/feature-stories/2012/06/28/higgs-2012/#comments Thu, 28 Jun 2012 14:01:14 +0000 paulpreuss http://newscenter.lbl.gov/?p=22946 http://newscenter.lbl.gov/feature-stories/2012/06/28/higgs-2012/feed/ 0 Latest Edition of the “Particle Physics Bible” Now Online http://newscenter.lbl.gov/feature-stories/2012/06/19/latest-pdg-online/ http://newscenter.lbl.gov/feature-stories/2012/06/19/latest-pdg-online/#comments Tue, 19 Jun 2012 14:55:42 +0000 paulpreuss http://newscenter.lbl.gov/?p=22862 http://newscenter.lbl.gov/feature-stories/2012/06/19/latest-pdg-online/feed/ 0 Lying in Wait for WIMPs http://newscenter.lbl.gov/feature-stories/2012/05/23/lux-lz/ http://newscenter.lbl.gov/feature-stories/2012/05/23/lux-lz/#comments Wed, 23 May 2012 15:17:28 +0000 paulpreuss http://newscenter.lbl.gov/?p=22475 http://newscenter.lbl.gov/feature-stories/2012/05/23/lux-lz/feed/ 0 Science Underground: Going to Great Depths http://newscenter.lbl.gov/feature-stories/2012/05/16/surf-intro/ http://newscenter.lbl.gov/feature-stories/2012/05/16/surf-intro/#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 20:12:00 +0000 paulpreuss http://newscenter.lbl.gov/?p=22242 http://newscenter.lbl.gov/feature-stories/2012/05/16/surf-intro/feed/ 0 MAJORANA, the Search for the Most Elusive Neutrino of All http://newscenter.lbl.gov/feature-stories/2012/05/16/majorana-demonstrator/ http://newscenter.lbl.gov/feature-stories/2012/05/16/majorana-demonstrator/#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 20:09:38 +0000 paulpreuss http://newscenter.lbl.gov/?p=22259 http://newscenter.lbl.gov/feature-stories/2012/05/16/majorana-demonstrator/feed/ 0 Full Disclosure in Science http://newscenter.lbl.gov/feature-stories/2012/04/13/full-disclosure-in-science/ http://newscenter.lbl.gov/feature-stories/2012/04/13/full-disclosure-in-science/#comments Fri, 13 Apr 2012 14:42:49 +0000 lcyarris http://newscenter.lbl.gov/?p=21368 http://newscenter.lbl.gov/feature-stories/2012/04/13/full-disclosure-in-science/feed/ 0 Clocking an Accelerating Universe: First Results from BOSS http://newscenter.lbl.gov/news-releases/2012/03/30/boss-first-results/ http://newscenter.lbl.gov/news-releases/2012/03/30/boss-first-results/#comments Fri, 30 Mar 2012 09:00:37 +0000 paulpreuss http://newscenter.lbl.gov/?p=21151 http://newscenter.lbl.gov/news-releases/2012/03/30/boss-first-results/feed/ 0 In Memory of Kenneth Crowe, 1926-2012 http://newscenter.lbl.gov/feature-stories/2012/03/13/ken-crowe/ http://newscenter.lbl.gov/feature-stories/2012/03/13/ken-crowe/#comments Tue, 13 Mar 2012 14:26:20 +0000 paulpreuss http://newscenter.lbl.gov/?p=20813 http://newscenter.lbl.gov/feature-stories/2012/03/13/ken-crowe/feed/ 0 Announcing the First Results from Daya Bay: Discovery of a New Kind of Neutrino Transformation http://newscenter.lbl.gov/news-releases/2012/03/07/daya-bay-first-results/ http://newscenter.lbl.gov/news-releases/2012/03/07/daya-bay-first-results/#comments Thu, 08 Mar 2012 06:07:38 +0000 paulpreuss http://newscenter.lbl.gov/?p=20728 http://newscenter.lbl.gov/news-releases/2012/03/07/daya-bay-first-results/feed/ 0 Berkeley Lab Mathematicians Win Cozzarelli Prize http://newscenter.lbl.gov/news-releases/2012/02/21/berkeley-lab-mathematicians-win-cozzarelli-prize/ http://newscenter.lbl.gov/news-releases/2012/02/21/berkeley-lab-mathematicians-win-cozzarelli-prize/#comments Tue, 21 Feb 2012 15:25:23 +0000 lcyarris http://newscenter.lbl.gov/?p=20389 http://newscenter.lbl.gov/news-releases/2012/02/21/berkeley-lab-mathematicians-win-cozzarelli-prize/feed/ 0 Calculating What’s in the Universe from the Biggest Color 3-D Map http://newscenter.lbl.gov/news-releases/2012/01/11/what%e2%80%99s-in-the-universe/ http://newscenter.lbl.gov/news-releases/2012/01/11/what%e2%80%99s-in-the-universe/#comments Wed, 11 Jan 2012 19:59:44 +0000 paulpreuss http://newscenter.lbl.gov/?p=19698 http://newscenter.lbl.gov/news-releases/2012/01/11/what%e2%80%99s-in-the-universe/feed/ 0