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Category: Physical Sciences

DESI Early Data Release Holds Nearly Two Million Objects

A 3D map of space, with streams of light pointing in different directions from a central focal point. Researchers took detailed images in 20 different directions on the sky, creating a 3D map of 700,000 objects and covering roughly 1% of the total volume DESI will study.

Fusion Q&A: The Path Forward

Reed Teyber, a research scientist, works a device he developed for measuring high-temperature superconducting magnets, at a machine shop in Building 58 at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.

Seven Ways Berkeley Lab Researchers Improve Health for All

A digital illustration showing red virus particles each with a geometrically shaped capsule, stalk, and leg-like appendages attached to the surface of a green bacterium.

Darleane Hoffman and Gabor Somorjai Receive the Enrico Fermi Presidential Award

Collage of two images. From left: Darleane Hoffman, Gabor Somorjai.

New DESI Planetarium Show to Premiere in Spring 2023

The Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) atop Kitt Peak.

Lost Video of Georges Lemaître, Father of the Big Bang Theory, Recovered

Still frame from a black and white video that shows Georges Lemaître, a man with short hair and glasses, at the end of the interview.

Berkeley Lab’s Big Science Stories of 2022

An intern and her mentor looks at a petri dish in the lab.

From Qubits to Potential Cancer Treatments: Laser Upgrade Opens New Research Possibilities

Three scientists in protective gear hold up a green and blue radiochromic film.

FRIB Experiment Pushes Elements to the Limit

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

Inflation Reduction Act Funds Accelerate Berkeley Lab’s Ability to Bring Science Solutions to the World

Aerial photo of Berkeley Lab's main campus in the hills.

Science in Motion: Nano-Materials to Make Better Light Sensors

Graphic illustration depicting three scenes surrounding a spinning microchip.

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.