Official account of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), a U.S. Department of @ENERGY national lab.
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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@BerkeleyLab
Sep 25United States
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For over a decade, nearly every major heat shield material @NASA has flown was tested here first: the Advanced Light Source. newscenter.lbl.gov/2026/09/2…
Berkeley Lab@BerkeleyLab
Sep 24United States
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“Nearly every major @NASA ablative heat shield material has been studied with this technique at the Advanced Light Source, including those relevant to the Artemis and Mars entry missions.” - Vishnu Oruganti, user of the ALS. newscenter.lbl.gov/2026/09/2…
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@BerkeleyLab
Sep 24United States
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Join us in celebrating Hakyung Lee, Adway Gupta, Paula-Marie Ivey, and Mythili Surendran — this year’s winners of the 2026 Berkeley Lab Research SLAM!
Congratulations to all 12 finalists who took the stage to share their science in three minutes.
@LBNLpathways #LabSLAM2026 slam.lbl.gov/
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@BerkeleyLab
Sep 23United States
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Today at 3 p.m.: Cheer on 12 Berkeley Lab early-career scientists as they take the stage for the 2026 Research SLAM. Join us in Building 50 Auditorium or watch live at streaming.lbl.gov.
#LabSLAM2026
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12 early-career scientists. Three minutes each. One stage.
Join us for the 2026 Berkeley Lab Research SLAM on Wednesday, Sept. 23 from 3–4:30p PT.
Onsite? Building 50 Auditorium
Online? streaming.lbl.gov
Details? slam.lbl.gov
@LBNLPathways #LabSLAM2026
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
youtu.be/380EvTcr3y0
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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!
ALT A modern building with large windows and a red roof features a banner in front of it. The banner reads "Bay Area Light Sources Joint Users' Meeting, 20-25 September, 2026, A First-Ever Collaboration," and includes logos for Advanced Light Source, LCLS, and SSRL. An American flag is visible nearby. Credit: Lara Streiff/SLAC
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@BerkeleyLab
Sep 17United States
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New research opens the door to the discovery of never-seen-before electron behaviors that can be used for new semiconductor capabilities. newscenter.lbl.gov/2026/09/1…
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Sep 17United States
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“This will be important for the future development of semiconductor devices at the ultimate limits of miniaturization.” - Mike Crommie newscenter.lbl.gov/2026/09/1…
Berkeley Lab@BerkeleyLab
Sep 16United States
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12 early-career scientists. Three minutes each. One stage.
Join us for the 2026 Berkeley Lab Research SLAM on Wednesday, Sept. 23 from 3–4:30p PT.
Onsite? Building 50 Auditorium
Online? streaming.lbl.gov
Details? slam.lbl.gov
@LBNLPathways #LabSLAM2026