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Category: Physical Sciences

Daniela Leitner Named Berkeley Lab’s Next Engineering Division Director and Chief Engineer

Daniela Leitner, a person with short brown hair wearing a white cardigan over a blue top and a gold necklace, photographed outdoors.

DUNE Scientists Observe First Neutrinos with Prototype Detector at Fermilab

Two scientists in hard hats working on the 2x2 prototype detector for the DUNE near detector.

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.

Revived Technology Used to Count Individual Photons from Distant Galaxies

The SOAR Telescope on Cerro Pachon in Chile.

New Technique Could Help Build Quantum Computers of the Future

A person testing electronics that are part of the experimental setup used for making qubits in silicon in a lab.

Three Berkeley Lab Scientists Elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Collage of the three Berkeley Lab scientists elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences. From left: Polly Arnold, Uroš Seljak, and Irfan Siddiqi.

Five Berkeley Lab Scientists Named AAAS Fellows

Berkeley Lab AAAS fellows, from left: Michael Levi, Jian-Hua Mao, Trent Northen, Alan Poon, Sayeef Salahuddin

First Results from DESI Make the Most Precise Measurement of Our Expanding Universe

A teal cosmic map of the universe on a black background. Earth is at the center of this thin slice of the full map. There is a magnified section showing the underlying structure of matter in our universe.

Preventing Magnet Meltdowns Before They Can Start

Two men seated at a table with computer monitors in the background, discussing a 3 x 14 inch plate mounted with a strip of gray metal and a strip of copper metal with wires protruding from the ends.

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.