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Berkeley Lab co-hosts the 2023 US-Japan Science and Technology Cooperation Program in High Energy Physics
May 24, 2023 / Berkeley Lab Physical Sciences News ~ Natalie Roe, Associate Laboratory Director for Physical Sciences, chaired the 45th meeting of the US-Japan Science and Technology Cooperation Program in High Energy Physics, hosted by Berkeley Lab and the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa on May 22–23, 2023, in Honolulu, Hawai’i. Since 1979, thisRead More
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Fusion Q&A: The Path Forward
May 22, 2023 / Lauren Biron / Berkeley Lab News Center ~ In this recent interview, ATAP Division Director Cameron Geddes and Reed Teyber, a research scientist in ATAP’s Superconducting Magnet Program, explain how Berkeley Lab researchers are trying to make fusion energy a reality. Fusion energy is one of the biggest challenges of our time.Read More
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2023 EPS Prizes for Berkeley Lab’s Daya Bay and BOSS collaborations
May 8, 2023 / Berkeley Lab Physics Division ~ Research teams in Berkeley Lab’s Physics Division had leading roles in collaborations that have been awarded two of the European Physical Society’s (EPS) 2023 High Energy Particle Physics Prizes. The Daya Bay collaboration is one of the award winners of the High Energy and Particle Physics PrizeRead More
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Berkeley Lab hosts 2023 ATLAS Masterclass in particle physics
May 5, 2023 / Berkeley Lab Physics Division ~ Berkeley Lab’s Physics Division hosted an ATLAS Masterclass on April 22, 2023, for Bay Area high school students (juniors and seniors) interested in computer software and data analysis in high energy physics experiments. The program included introductory lessons from physicists at Berkeley Lab and UC Berkeley asRead More
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Beam Stabilization Key to Unlocking Potential of Next-Generation Accelerators
April 27, 2023 / Carl A. Williams / Berkeley Lab ATAP Division ~ Researchers from ATAP have developed a technique for stabilizing the lasers that drive plasma-based particle accelerators. The work could pave the way for the use of this technology—which offers much smaller machines—as an enabling technology for next-generation colliders and light sources, opening theRead More
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