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Mike Witherell: seeking big impact from big science

Mike Witherell

Discovery of Low-lying Isomeric States in Cesium-136 Has Applications in Particle Astrophysics

Scott Haselschwardt (LBNL) and Tim Daniels (UNC Wilmington) with the experimental setup – four high-purity germanium detectors surrounding the target chamber – at the end of the Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory beamline. Photo: Sean Finch.

Career Journey: Peter Sorensen

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Berkeley Lab’s Big Science Stories of 2023

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CMB-S4 Director’s Review held on November 14-17, 2023

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Newly Released Roadmap for Particle Physics Includes Support for Berkeley Lab Projects

2023 P5 Report cover image - Olena Shmahalo for U.S. Particle Physics

Berkeley Lab develops next generation staves and strip detector technology for HL-LHC

Stave after the full lamination process is completed – Photo credit: Jeffrey Ashenfelder, Yale University

Precision measurements bring the search for new physics to the table

December 2023 - Physics Today cover image

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)

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

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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

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