Official account of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), a U.S. Department of @ENERGY national lab.
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“Do routine blood tests retain information about a person’s prior radiation exposure?” asks @berkeleylab's Jamie Inman. "Our findings suggest they could contribute to rapid exposure screening, although confirmatory testing is needed.” technologynetworks.com/diagn…
Berkeley Lab retweeted
Congratulations to Francis Halzen, 2026 Nobel Prize in Physics winner for his leadership of the IceCube collaboration, an experiment in the deep ice of Antarctica designed to detect evidence of high-energy neutrinos.
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BREAKING NEWS
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the 2026 #NobelPrize in Physics to Francis Halzen “for decisive contributions to the IceCube Neutrino Observatory and the discovery of high-energy neutrinos of astrophysical origin.”
Berkeley Lab retweeted
“IceCube grew out of ideas developed in the early 1960s,” says @berkeleylab's Spencer Klein -- who worked on IceCube alongside Francis Halzen starting in the 2000s. “It’s worked far better than we could ever have expected when we were getting started.” physicstoday.aip.org/news/fr…
Berkeley Lab retweeted
"Gravity is probably discrete, measured like electromagnetism, but what else could happen is a shockingly difficult question to answer," says @berkeleylab's Daniel Carney. newscientist.com/article/258…
Berkeley Lab retweeted
We're wrapping up the first Bay Area Light Sources Users' Meeting of all three local light sources!
SLAC's Linac Coherent Light Source & Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource, and @BerkeleyLab's @advlightsource thank you for coming to SLAC!
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Berkeley Lab retweeted
“It opens the door to engineering new materials that would affect the fusion rate,” says Arun Persaud, head of our Fusion Science & Ion Beam Technology Program, about new research on #materials-driven #fusion.
@BerkeleyLab @doescience @ENERGY @ucdavis
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Berkeley Lab retweeted
"Leveraging our expertise in high-temperature fluid chemistry, we will sample and analyze well fluids and integrate results into simulation codes to evaluate thermochemical evolution and phase transitions during operation." says @berkeleylab's Eva Schill interestingengineering.com/e…
Berkeley Lab retweeted
“We’re pushing it into new high-temperature superconductor territory, where almost every design choice lets us genuinely innovate,” says Penelope Quassolo, a graduate student working in our Superconducting Magnet Program.
@BerkeleyLab @doescience @ENERGY
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Berkeley Lab retweeted
Celebrating our incredible postdocs @BerkeleyLab! 🎉 Their brilliance, dedication, & collaborative spirit make a meaningful impact everyday. Here’s to the diligence, creativity, & good energy that make the ATAP postdocs so special! 🎉
@doescience @ENERGY
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Berkeley Lab retweeted
"Looking forward to working with @PNNLab & @OregonState to analyze findings from the first three geothermal wells," says @berkeleylab's Eva Schill. "This will inform future drilling, including plans to reach record-setting temperatures above 400°C." msn.com/en-us/money/general/…
Berkeley Lab retweeted
Our August All-to-All meeting featured a science talk on enhanced nuclear fusion, an update from our IPO office, a presentation on appreciation as a core stewardship value, and changes to the @BerkeleyLab access process.
@doescience @ENERGY @ucdavis
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Berkeley Lab retweeted
“There’s something rewarding about walking people through the ‘why’ and ‘how’ behind what we do,” says Staff Scientist Kei Nakamura, reflecting on showing student interns the BELLA Center’s laser facilities.
@BerkeleyLab @LBNLALIFT @doescience @ENERGY
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Berkeley Lab retweeted
Welcome! This new video tour welcomes viewers into the exciting and vibrant research environment ...
Inside the Physics Division at Berkeley Lab
@LBNLphysics @BerkeleyLab
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Berkeley Lab retweeted
"Honored to see our autonomous materials science lab, or "A-Lab," featured atop this important story in @sciam on AI-driven research," says @berkeleylab's Gerd Ceder. "Autonomous labs are dramatically accelerating the pace of scientific discovery." scientificamerican.com/artic…
Berkeley Lab retweeted
“Snow-eater heat waves are caused by the buildup of atypical high pressure," says @berkeleylab's Alan Rhoades. "Like a boulder diverting water in a stream, the unusual high pressure diverts storms away from mountains." earth.com/climate/heatwaves-…
Berkeley Lab retweeted
Light sources unite!
We’re kicking off the first-ever meeting for all three Bay Area light sources – SLAC’s Linac Coherent Light Source, our Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource and @BerkeleyLab's @advlightsource – here this week!
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Berkeley Lab retweeted
Congratulations to Anthony Vazquez, a graduate student at our BELLA Center, who received a student poster award at this year’s Advanced Accelerator Concepts Workshop, held in Los Angeles, California, July 26–31.
@BerkeleyLab @doescience @ENERGY
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Berkeley Lab retweeted
"The pressure for utilities to stay on top of technologies is threefold: the ubiquity of customer-sited grid-edge technologies, mounting threats to reliability & resilience from storms and wildfires, and new large loads," says @berkeleylab's Pete Cappers. publicpower.org/periodical/a…
Berkeley Lab retweeted
“Working at @BerkeleyLab is both a privilege and a distinctive experience,” says Jean-François Croteau, a research scientist in our Superconducting Magnet Program, reflecting on his time at the Lab.
@doescience @ENERGY
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Berkeley Lab retweeted
“The holy grail of particle physics is to search and find things that disagree with the Standard Model,” says @BerkeleyLab's Aaron Manalaysay. “And dark matter is one of those, and that motivates everyone.”
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