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Berkeley Lab Engineer designs hardware for the moon’s unforgiving environment

Physics Division staff scientist Aritoki Suzuki (right) and postdoctoral researcher Kaja Rotermund install the central bearing assembly for the shaft that rotates LuSEE-Night’s carousel. This component was later replaced by a shaft made of a glass-reinforced PEI polymer. Credit: Joe Silber, Berkeley Lab

Voices from the past get an AI assist

The 19th-century wax recording disc on which was discovered a recitation of the poem “The Burial of Sir John Moore after Corunna,” by Charles Wolfe, written in 1817. Credit: Smithsonian's National Museum of American History

ATLAS’s upgraded support structure successfully integrated at CERN

The ATLAS ITk outer cylinder under construction at Berkeley Lab in 2023. Credit: Thor Swift, Berkeley Lab

GRETA to Open a New Eye on the Nucleus

A close-up view of the GRETA interior. Silver-grey modules are arranged in a flower-like configuration around a small central opening. and surrounded by metallic housing with circular ports.

A New Method for Measuring Inter-Tape Resistance in Superconducting Cables

Reed Teyber and Chet Spencer work on the experimental setup for measuring inter-tape contact resistance in REBCO-based superconducting cables. (Credit: Matthew Fullmer, Berkeley Lab)

A delicate dance with 20-ton concrete blocks

The rigging team moves Roof Blocks 74 and 76 at the Advanced Light Source (ALS) Sector 12 area, as part of Summer 2025 shutdown work. Credit: Thor Swift, Berkeley Lab

Making GRETA: How Engineering is helping bring the world’s most sensitive gamma-ray spectrometer to life

Caption: GRETA assembled for final testing at Berkeley Lab. Credit: Marilyn Sargent, Berkeley Lab

Celebrating Ross Schlueter’s Retirement: Over Three Decades of Innovation at Berkeley Lab Engineering

Ross Schlueter – Photo by Marilyn Sargent

2025 Physical Sciences Area Strategic Plan

2025 Strategic Plan cover image close-up

Machine Learning Helps Ease the Jitters of High-Power Lasers

(l-r) Researchers Anthony Gonsalves, Alessio Amodio, and Dan Wang at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory align precision optics to prepare the Berkeley Lab Laser Accelerator (BELLA) Petawatt laser for laser-plasma accelerator (LPA) experiments. The machine learning–based control algorithm stabilizes the high-power laser’s pointing at the LPA target.(Credit: Thor Swift/Berkeley Lab).

Engineering Division employees recognized for their volunteer efforts

Berkeley Lab Deputy Director Carol Burns (left), with Engineering Division volunteers Kristopher Pearson (center) and Dee Pickett. Credit: Robinson Kuntz, Berkeley Lab

Strategic investments in engineering infrastructure: driving innovation and supporting the evolving needs of scientific research

Caption: The Engineering Division’s Building 77 entryway (January 2024). Credit: Marsha Fenner, Berkeley Lab

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