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Atomic X-ray Laser Opens Door to Attosecond Imaging

On a black background, an irregular purple shape with one large oval mass and two smaller clumps on either side, with orange highlights in the center of each shape, though the highlight in the middle is much larger and has white in its center.

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.

Fiber Lasers Poised to Advance Berkeley Lab’s Development of Practical Laser-Plasma Accelerators

Photo of Berkeley Lab scientist Tong Zhou working on lasers at a lab table.

Missing Baryons Found in Far-Out Reaches of Galactic Halos

Photo - A new study has found that a share of particles that has gone missing is most likely located at the distant bounds of galaxy haloes. The study found some of these particles of baryonic matter located about 6 million light-years from their galactic centers. This color-rendered image shows the halo of the Andromeda galaxy, which is the Milky Way’s largest galactic neighbor. (Credit: NASA)

U.S. Magnet Development Project for CERN Particle Collider Upgrade Moves Forward

Photo - The HL-LHC Accelerator Upgrade Project magnets use conductors made of niobium-tin to generate a stronger magnetic field compared to predecessor technology. These world-record-setting magnets will have their debut in the HL-LHC: Its run will be the first time that U.S.-built niobium-tin magnets will be used in a particle accelerator for particle physics research. (Credit: Dan Cheng/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)

Tantalizing Signs of Phase-change ‘Turbulence’ in RHIC Collisions

Image - The STAR detector at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory. (Credit: Brookhaven National Laboratory)

Researchers Hunt for New Particles in Particle Collider Data

Photo – CERN's ATLAS detector undergoes upgrades in preparation for its next round of particle physics experiments, which is scheduled to begin in 2022.

Applying Quantum Computing to a Particle Process

Image - An ATLAS particle collision event display from 2018. (Credit: ATLAS collaboration)

Study: X-Rays Surrounding ‘Magnificent 7’ May Be Traces of Sought-After Particle

Image - An artistic rendering of the XMM-Newton (X-ray multi-mirror mission) space telescope. A study of archival data from the XMM-Newton and the Chandra X-ray space telescopes found evidence of high levels of X-ray emission from the nearby Magnificent Seven neutron stars, which may arise from the hypothetical particles known as axions. (Credits: D.Ducros; ESA/XMM-Newton, CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO)

Scientists Say Farewell to Daya Bay Site, Proceed with Final Data Analysis

Photo - 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. (Credit: Roy Kaltschidt/Berkeley Lab)

Know When to Unfold ’Em: Study Applies Error-Reducing Methods from Particle Physics to Quantum Computing

Photo - A new wheel-shaped muon detector is part of the ATLAS detector upgrade at CERN. This wheel-shaped detectors measures more than 30 feet in diameter. (Credit: Julien Marius Ordan/CERN)

A Major Milestone for an Underground Dark Matter Search Experiment

Photo - An array of photomultiplier tubes that are designed to detect signals occurring within LZ’s liquid xenon tank. (Credit: Matt Kapust/Sanford Lab)