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Category: Physical Sciences

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.

After Fire and Monsoons, DESI Resumes Cataloguing the Cosmos

The roof of the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument opens up to reveal a starry night sky.

Former Berkeley Lab Scientist John Clauser Among Three Awarded the 2022 Nobel for Physics for Work on Quantum Mechanics

A person works on a quantum mechanics experiment in a lab.

Upgraded Laser Facility Paves the Way for Next-Generation Particle Accelerators

Two scientists perform work on the laser table where the petawatt laser is split into two beamlines.

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).

R&D 100 Awards Honor Seven Berkeley Lab Innovations

Close up of microchips.