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Category: Nuclear Science

Leading the Field in Magnets

Caption: Giorgio Vallone (left) and Marika D’Addazio test components for a superconducting magnet at Berkeley Lab. Credit: Robinson Kuntz/Berkeley Lab Alt text: Two researchers in protective glasses look into a superconducting magnet experimental setup.

Expert Interview: Soren Prestemon on Magnet Technology

Soren Prestemon looks over the winding tooling design used for the Electron Cyclotron Resonance sextupole magnets. Credit: Marilyn Sargent, Berkeley Lab

What is a superconductor quench?

Illustration of a superconductor quench. Credit: Jenny Weger, Berkeley Lab

Advancing AI for Science Across the Physical Sciences Area

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Berkeley Lab’s Big Science Stories of 2025

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A Quarter-Century of Surprises: Exploring the Quark-Gluon Plasma

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Indications for Freeze-Out of Charge Fluctuations in the Quark-Gluon Plasma at the LHC

A comparison of experimental data (black dots) with theoretical predictions. The red band represents the Quark-Gluon Plasma scenario, which matches the data better than the Hadron Gas scenario (blue band). (Credit: Roman Poberezhniuk)

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

Micro Journeys Podcast: Inside Berkeley Lab's 88-Inch Cyclotron

Jacklyn Gates, a Berkeley Lab nuclear scientist whose team is leading the search for element 120, explains the process of superheavy element discovery at the 88-Inch Cyclotron. From left to right: Dan Marrujo, Jacklyn Gates, and Larry Phair.

Stars Forge Elements in a Way We’re Only Beginning to Understand

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Determining Matter Distribution Inside the Nucleons

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After Dark: Modern Methods of Visualizing Nuclear Radiation

Ren Cooper talks with 'After Dark' participants at San Francisco's Exploratorium. (Credit: Jayson Vavrek)

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