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Setting a ‘Gold Standard’ for Ultrasensitive Particle Detectors

Photo - Alan “Al” Smith places an aluminum sample exposed to radiation at Berkeley Lab’s Bevatron accelerator into a lead and concrete box containing a detector at a low-level radiation counting facility in this 1950s photograph. (Credit: Berkeley Lab)

Pioneering Cancer Researcher Mina Bissell Receives Two Top Honors

Mina J. Bissell (Credit: Berkeley Lab)

Bright Skies for Plant-Based Jet Fuels

A plane flying over green trees

Sea Quark Surprise Reveals Deeper Complexity in Proton Spin Puzzle

Image - The proton spin puzzle: Scientists want to know how different constituents of the proton contribute to its spin, a fundamental property that plays a role in how these building blocks give rise to nearly all visible matter in the universe. Pieces of the puzzle include the orbital angular momentum of quarks and gluons (top left), gluon spin (top right) and quark and antiquark spin (bottom). The latest data from RHIC reveal that the antiquarks' contribution is more complex than previously thought. (Credit: Brookhaven National Laboratory)

Uncovering Uncultivated Microbes in the Human Gut

Engineering Living ‘Scaffolds’ for Building Materials

Nature’s Own Biorefinery

Scientists Take a Deep Dive Into the Imperfect World of 2D Materials

Image - This image, taken at Berkeley Lab's Molecular Foundry, shows an illustration of the atomic structure of a 2D material called tungsten disulfide. Tungsten atoms are shown in blue and sulfur atoms are shown in yellow. The background shows groupings of flakes of the material (dark gray) grown by a process called chemical vapor deposition on a titanium dioxide layer (light gray). (Credit: Katherine Cochrane/Berkeley Lab)

Using Tiny Organisms to Unlock Big Environmental Mysteries

A glass vial holds a water sample taken from a river

When Semiconductors Stick Together, Materials Go Quantum

Plumbing the Depths of Interfaces and Finding Buried Treasure

How to Catch a Magnetic Monopole in the Act