Featured here are recent articles highlighting research and activities in the four Physical Sciences Area divisions: Accelerator Technology & Applied Physics (ATAP), Engineering, Nuclear Science, and Physics.
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Lost Video of Georges Lemaître, Father of the Big Bang, Recovered
January 26, 2023 / Lauren Biron / Berkeley Lab News Center ~ European broadcast network VRT found a 20-minute recording that is thought to be the only video of Lemaître. His interview, originally aired in 1964 and conducted in French, has now been transcribed and translated into English by Satya Gontcho A Gontcho, a physicistRead More
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Nu Xu receives 2022 Humboldt Research Award
January 19, 2023 / Berkeley Lab Physical Sciences News ~ Nu Xu, a senior scientist in Berkeley Lab’s Nuclear Science Division (NSD), has received a prestigious 2022 Humboldt Research Award. Xu plans to use this opportunity to spend time in Germany collaborating with colleagues there studying the QCD properties of nuclear matter. Xu’s research in NSD’sRead More
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Voices From the Past Continue to Emerge Thanks to Improved Technology
January 12, 2023 / Berkeley Lab Elements ~ When Carl Haber, a senior scientist in Berkeley Lab’s Physics Division, first heard the crackling sound and the voice of Alexander Graham Bell emerge from a recording made 140 years ago, Haber exclaimed, “We got him!” Now he and partner Earl Cornell, of the Lab’s Engineering Division, areRead More
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ATAP researchers elected to leadership positions in APS Divisions of Plasma Physics and Physics of Beams
December 20, 2022 / Berkeley Lab Physical Sciences News ~ Three researchers in Berkeley Lab’s Accelerator Technology & Applied Physics (ATAP) Division have been elected to Executive Committee positions in the American Physical Society (APS). Cameron Geddes and Soren Prestemon will serve Chair-Line positions (serving their first year as Vice-Chair, the second year as Chair-Elect,Read More
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Berkeley Lab’s Big Science Stories of 2022
December 16, 2022 / Berkeley Lab News Center ~ In 2022, the Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) delivered solutions for clean energy and a healthy planet, and made discoveries in fundamental science that expand what’s possible. Berkeley Lab staff also made significant progress on new capabilities that will deliver valuable researchRead More
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NSD Theory Group researchers receive DOE funding awards for topical theory collaborations in nuclear physics
December 12, 2022 / Berkeley Lab Physical Sciences News ~ Researchers in Berkeley Lab’s Nuclear Theory Group, part of the Nuclear Science Division (NSD), have received DOE funding support for topical theory collaborations in nuclear physics. Theory Group researchers will be involved in all of the five project teams chosen to receive awards as partRead More
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From Qubits to Potential Cancer Treatments: Laser Upgrade Opens New Research Possibilities
December 1, 2022 / Lauren Biron / Berkeley Lab News Center ~ Researchers in Berkeley Lab’s Accelerator Technology & Applied Physics (ATAP) Division are featured in this new article about the Berkeley Lab Laser Accelerator Center (BELLA), where a recent new addition means researchers can explore extreme plasmas, radiation biology, materials for quantum computers, and beyond.Read More
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2022 ACM Gordon Bell Prize awarded to ATAP’s Jean-Luc Vay and collaborators for advancing particle accelerator design
November 30, 2022 / Berkeley Lab Physical Sciences News A research team led by Jean-Luc Vay, a senior scientist and the head of Berkeley Lab’s Accelerator Modeling Program (AMP) in the Accelerator Technology and Applied Physics (ATAP) Division, and their international collaborators were honored with the Association for Computing Machinery’s (ACM) 2022 Gordon Bell PrizeRead More
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Two LBNL Accelerator R&D projects to be supported by DOE Nuclear Physics
November 18, 2022 / Berkeley Lab Physical Sciences News ~ Daniel Xie of the Nuclear Science Division and Ji Qiang of the ATAP Division have each been awarded funding by the DOE Office of Nuclear Physics to lead accelerator R&D projects. Qiang will lead a multi-lab effort on accelerator modeling, while Xie’s award will supportRead More
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Advanced Light Source Upgrade Approved to Start Construction
November 15, 2022 / Berkeley Lab News Center ~ Daniela Leitner, a senior scientist in the Engineering Division and division deputy, is featured in this article about the ALS Upgrade. Berkeley Lab’s Advanced Light Source (ALS) is now moving forward from planning to execution, with federal approval to start construction on an upgrade that willRead More