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Category: Physical Sciences

Machine Learning Paves Way for Smarter Particle Accelerators

Scientists working on the High Repetition-Rate Electron Scattering Apparatus.

Berkeley Lab Researchers Record Successful Startup of LUX-ZEPLIN Dark Matter Detector at Sanford Underground Research Facility

Members of science team lined-up in a water tank after the outer detector installation.

Berkeley Lab Scientists Receive Prestigious Five-Year Research Grant

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James Strait Named Project Director of Next Generation Cosmic Microwave Background Project

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Physicists Announce First Results from Daya Bay’s Final Dataset

Photomultiplier tubes, designed to pick up faint light signals from particle interactions, line the inside of a detector for the Daya Bay Reactor Neutrino experiment.

Basics 2 Breakthroughs

Graphic collage of a person in PPE standing in front of a particle

CUORE Team Places New Limits on the Bizarre Behavior of Neutrinos

CUORE scientists Dr. Paolo Gorla (LNGS, left) and Dr. Lucia Canonica (MIT, right) inspect the CUORE cryogenic systems.

Berkeley Lab Team Hunts for Carbon in Soil Without Getting Their Hands Dirty

Scientific figure of soil imaging with neutrons.

A Laser-Powered Upgrade to Cancer Treatment

Three scientists in white lab suites inspect an accelerator.

Berkeley Lab Researchers, Computational Facilities Play Key Role in Barrier-Breaking Neutrino Mass Measurement

Experimental hall of the KATRIN experiment showing the main spectrometer from the front. The outside rings are air-coil magnets used to compensate for the earth's magnetic field.

Reiner Kruecken to Lead Berkeley Lab’s Nuclear Science Division

Reiner Kruecken

Three Berkeley Lab Scientists Receive AAAS Fellowship

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