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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)

Scientists Team Up With Industry to Mass-Produce Detectors for Next-Gen Cosmic Experiment

Photo - Existing instrumentation at the Atacama Desert site where some of the CMB-S4 telecopes will be built. CMB-S4 will also include telescopes at the South Pole. (Photo courtesy of Aritoki Suzuki/Berkeley Lab)

Topping Off a Telescope with New Tools to Explore Dark Energy

Photo - Crews at the Mayall Telescope near Tucson, Arizona, lift and install the top-end components for the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument, or DESI. The components, which include a stack of six lenses and other structures or positioning and support, weigh about 12 tons. DESI, scheduled to begin its sky survey next year, is designed to produce the largest 3-D map of the universe and produce new clues about the nature of dark energy. (Credit: David Sprayberry, NOAO/AURA)

How Berkeley Lab is Advancing Microelectronics

Q&A: How to Protect Yourself and Your Family From Wildfire Smoke

View of a baseball field from the stands with smoky air.

A Next Step for GRETA: A Better Gamma-Ray Detector

Image - A rendering of the completed Gamma-Ray Energy Tracking Array, known as GRETA. (Credit: Berkeley Lab)

Expert Q&A: Safeguarding the Nation’s Energy Infrastructure

Landscape of electricity pylon and wind turbines

VIDEO: 5,000 Robots Merge to Map the Universe in 3D

Image - This three-minute video describes the focal plane, a key component for the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument. The focal plane will be equipped with 5,000 swiveling robots that are designed to point at pre-selected galaxies and gather their light. The measurements will be used to build the largest 3D map of the universe. (Credit: Marilyn Chung/Berkeley Lab)

How Drought and Other Extremes Impact Water Pollution

Ancient Pigment Can Boost Energy Efficiency

Infrared Beams Show Cell Types in a Different Light

Photo - From left to right: Ariz Polyzos, Edward Barnard, and Lila Lovergne, pictured here at Berkeley Lab's Advanced Light Source, are part of a research team that is developing a cell-identification technique based on infrared imaging and machine learning.