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Category: Physical Sciences

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.

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.