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The Most Shocking Discovery in Astrophysics Is 25 Years Old

The Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) will spend five years creating a 3-D map of the universe that will help reveal the nature of the dark energy driving cosmic expansion. The project's first six months of data show slivers of the universe that represent just 1 percent of the survey's ultimate volume of space. The colors represent different types of galaxies, including nearby bright galaxies in yellow, luminous red galaxies in magenta and galaxies with supermassive black holes in turquoise. Credit: Nadieh Bremer; Source: “The Early Data Release of the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument,” by DESI Collaboration et al.; 2023 (data)

Correcting for Systematic Errors in Associated Particle Imaging

Arun Persaud, Deputy Program Head in Fusion Science & Ion Beam Technology, Accelerator Technology & Applied Physics (ATAP), and Thomas Schenkel, Staff Scientist, ATAP, make adjustments on the Associated Particle Imaging (API) Test Stand, located in Building 58 at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab), 10/11/2023.

Prototype for DUNE detector will test new technology that can handle more neutrinos

Fermilab press release image: The crew moved the 2×2 prototype into place for insertion into the liquid argon cryostat, where it will collect data in the NuMI neutrino beam. Photo: Dan Svoboda, Fermilab

Berkeley Lab hosts CosmoPalooza 2023 on October 2-5

CosmoPalooza 2023 - event logo banner

Experiment to Capture Universe’s Earliest Moments Reaches Funding Milestone

For CMB-S4, a new set of telescopes will be built to map the light from the aftermath of the Big Bang in greater detail than ever before. The instruments will be installed at the South Pole (shown here) and in Chile. Geoff Chen

Robert Cahn, former Physics Division Director, releases new book, “Grace in All Simplicity”

BLDS image: Bob Cahn / Chris Quigg book Cover: Grace in All Simplicity

Berkeley Lab researchers contribute to the most precise measurement of double beta decay rate in Mo-100 

CUPID-Mo experimental geometry showing (Left) the CUPID-Mo towers mounted in the EDELWEISS cryostat and single detector module (Right) with Li2MoO4 crystal, PTFE clamps, Ge thermistor working as heat sensor, Si heater for response stabilization and Cu holder. The Ge light detecgtor is seen through the Li2MoO4 crystal. Credit: CUPID-Mo Collaboration.

Berkeley Lab develops next generation pixel detector and readout chip technology for HL-LHC

A bare ITkPixV1 readout chip mounted to single chip carrier card for testing purposes. Credit: Timon Heim, Berkeley Lab

Dan Dwyer receives 2023 APS DPF Instrumentation Early Career Award

BLDS image - Dan Dwyer (2019), Photo: Thor Swift, LBNL

André Walker-Loud elected 2023 APS Fellow

André Walker-Loud, a staff scientist at Berkeley Lab, led the study that calculated a property central to understanding the lifetime of neutrons. Credit: Marilyn Chung, LBNL.

New Map of Space Precisely Measures Nearly 400,000 Nearby Galaxies

NGC 520 is one of the largest and brightest galaxies in the Siena Galaxy Atlas. It is made of two disk galaxies that will eventually merge together to form one massive system. NSF/AURA/NOIRLab/T.A. Rector (University of Alaska Anchorage/NSF’s NOIRLab) & M. Zamani (NSF’s NOIRLab)

Berkeley Lab to Test New Approach to Making Superheavy Elements

Researchers will attempt to make known superheavy elements using a titanium isotope beam later this year. If successful, they may launch an attempt to create a new atom, element 120. Photo: Berkeley Lab Scientist Jacklyn Gates points to nuclides on a chart at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory on Tuesday, April 18, 2017 in Berkeley, CA, USA. Credit: Marilyn Sargent/Berkeley Lab

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