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Go-To Particle Physics Reference Hits 100,000 Citations

Collage of PDG's 'Review of Particle Physics' presentations in print and online, with sample code labeled PDG API in the center, on a blue background.

A New Way to Make Element 116 Opens the Door to Heavier Atoms

Scientist Jacklyn Gates at the Berkeley Gas-filled Separator used to separate atoms of element 116, livermorium.

First U.S.-Built Focusing Magnet for LHC Upgrade Arrives at CERN

Close-up of the U.S.-built HL-LHC magnet with signatures and a U.S. flag.

Newly Released Roadmap for Particle Physics Includes Support for Berkeley Lab Projects

Cover image for the 2023 P5 Report. An illustration of a blue and purple light coming out of a black hole. Two light beams are jutting out from the center toward the edges of the frame. The beam on the left is filled with moving blue orbs and the beam on the right is filled with two larger orbs containing small galaxy depictions.

Cabling for LHC Upgrade Wraps Up

Looped GIF of wire winding.

Researchers Capture Elusive Missing Step in Photosynthesis

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Say Hello to the Toughest Material on Earth

A black and white microscopy image of the material; it looks like zoomed in scratches on a hard surface on the left, then the same image in vivid multicolor on the right.

FRIB Experiment Pushes Elements to the Limit

Rare isotopes implanted into the center of a sensitive detector known as the FRIB Decay Station initiator.

How Do You Solve a Problem Like a Proton? You Smash It to Smithereens – Then Build It Back Together With Machine Learning

Looking into the HERA tunnel, the world's most powerful electron-proton collider.

Peering Into Mirror Nuclei, Physicists See Unexpected Pairings

Diagram showing a high-energy electron scattering from a correlated nucleon in the mirror nuclei tritium (left) and helium-3 (right).

Berkeley Lab Researchers Record Successful Startup of LUX-ZEPLIN Dark Matter Detector at Sanford Underground Research Facility

Members of science team lined-up in a water tank after the outer detector installation.

Berkeley Lab Scientists Receive Prestigious Five-Year Research Grant

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