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A New Close-Up View of Electrons Inside Semiconductors

Two side-by-side microscopic thermal-style maps showing bright yellow, orange, and purple glowing nodes connected by network-like filaments against a black background. Each image includes a white scale bar labeled "20 nm" in the bottom right. The left image contains tiny red flower-like markers scattered throughout, while the right image contains small yellow star icons in similar positions.

Ferroelectricity Emerges at the Nanoscale

Left: Cross-sectional electron microscopy image showing one-nanometer-thick titanium dioxide film grown on a silicon substrate and capped with platinum metal. Right: Schematic detailing titanium dioxide layers deposited on silicon.

Scientists Develop Predictive Roadmap to Boost Performance in Next-Gen Spintronics

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Thermodynamic Computing Advances with Design and Training

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Basics 2 Breakthroughs: Optimizing Materials for Next-Generation Microelectronics

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Berkeley Lab’s Big Science Stories of 2025

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Atomic Neighborhoods in Semiconductors Provide New Avenue for Designing Microelectronics

An illustration showing a layer of closely packed spheres, mostly gray, with a few blue and red ones mixed in. Floating above the layer are several small clusters of spheres in different arrangements of the blue, red, and gray.

Early Research Demonstrated Novel Approach to Next-Generation Transistor Design

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Science Power-up: The Most Exciting Thing in Microelectronics

A man wearing a burgundy sweater, light-blue button-down shirt, and dark-rimmed eyeglasses stands in front of machinery made of transparent and black-toned materials while holding a large, rainbow-colored reflective disc in a clean room setting with white walls.

Six Scientific Advances Made Possible by Berkeley Lab’s Molecular Foundry

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Bringing Discoveries to Light: Six Ways the Advanced Light Source Is Accelerating Technology Breakthroughs for Society

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Expert Interview: Bruno La Fontaine on Chip Manufacturing Advances at the ALS

Bruno La Fontaine, Director of the Center for X-ray Optics (CXRO), speaks on how the CXRO supports the microchip industry.