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New small-batch chemical reactor design provides a springboard for science

Mechanical Engineer Nick Wenner, a member of the Engineering Small Project Support team, demonstrates the method for sealing each well in the small high-throughput pressure reactor he designed and built for use in specialized experiments. Credit: Thor Swift, Berkeley Lab

Made in Berkeley Lab: the plasma chamber at the heart of heavy ion accelerators

An up close view of the flange for the fourth-generation VENUS plasma chamber. The device was made in-house by the Engineering Division’s highly skilled technicians. Credit: Kris Pearson, Berkeley Lab

Senajith “Seno” Rekawa awarded ASPE 2025 Distinguished Service Award

Berkeley Lab Engineer Senajith “Seno” Rekawa (right) accepts the American Society of Precision Engineering (ASPE) 2025 Distinguished Service Award from Stuart Smith, Professor and President of ASPE, at a ceremony held on November 6 in San Diego, California. Credit: Senajith Rekawa

Celebrating the life and work of Denis Peterson

Denis Peterson in his signature hat. Courtesy of the Peterson Family

Made in Berkeley Lab: design and fabrication do the heavy lifting

An up-close view of the new rack lift fixture (the yellow X-shaped device) affixed to the top of a rack during a crane move in the ALS. Credit: Kyle McCombs, Berkeley Lab

Berkeley Lab hosts CERN Director-General Fabiola Gianotti and EPP panelists for talks on the future of particle physics research

Hitoshi Murayama, Fabiola Gianotti, Mike Witherell, Pier Oddone, Michael Turner, and Natalie Roe. (Credit: Robinson Kuntz, Berkeley Lab)

2025 Berkeley Lab Director’s Awards honor PSA staff members

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Directional Muon Beam Shows Potential for Advanced Imaging Technique

The Berkeley Lab Laser Accelerator (BELLA) Center (Credit: Thor Swift, Berkeley Lab)

Visiting Antarctica in service of science

Berkeley Lab Electronics Engineer Thorsten Stezelberger places an antenna in a hole in the Ross Ice Shelf in Antarctica. Credit: Spencer Klein, Berkeley Lab

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

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