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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

Gabriel Orebi Gann, Jeroen van Tilborg, and Mathis Wiedeking elected 2025 APS Fellows

Gabriel Orebi Gann, Jeroen van Tilborg and Mathis Wiedeking. Credits: Left: AJ Gubser, UC Berkeley. Center: Thor Swift, Berkeley Lab. Right: Robinson Kuntz, Berkeley Lab.

Dan Carney named one of Moore Foundation’s 2025 Experimental Physics Investigators

Dan Carney. Credit: Thor Swift, Berkeley Lab

Remembering Darleane Hoffman

Darleane Hoffman with the Periodic Table of Elements that were discovered at Berkeley Lab. (Credit: Roy Kaltschmidt, Berkeley Lab)

From Lab to Lifeworld: A practical methodology for responsible science and innovation

Natalie Roe introducing Ben Zevenbergen at the podium, in front of a screen on which is projected Ben's initial slide with the title of his talk.

More Signs of Phase-change ‘Turbulence’ in Nuclear Matter

The STAR detector at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory. (Credit: Brookhaven National Laboratory) Alt text: Pipes and cables on the exterior of the large blue STAR detector.

Remembering George Smoot

Portrait of George Smoot at Berkeley Lab in 1992. (Credit: Roy Kaltschmidt, Berkeley Lab)

Storied atom-smasher that makes tiny Big Bangs wraps up mission

Particles burst into RHIC’s new sPHENIX detector after gold ions collide and create a puff of quark-gluon plasma (Credit: sPHENIX/Brookhaven National Laboratory)

Remembering Robert P. Ely

Robert P. Ely (Credit: Courtesy of Berkeley Lab Photo Archive)

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

New Elements

Jackly Gates and Jennifer Pore (right/background) are currently leading the search for element 120 at Berkeley Lab (Photo Credit: Marilyn Sargent, Berkeley Lab). The element 106 team at Berkeley Lab (left/inset), circa 1974. Standing left to right: Ron Logheed, Michael Nitschke, and José Alonso. Seated left to right: Mattie Nurmia, Ken Hulet, Glenn Seaborg, Al Ghiorso, and Carol Travis-Alonso. (Photo courtesy of Berkeley Lab).

How AI and Automation are Speeding Up Science and Discovery

Kei Nakamura aims a targeting laser at Berkeley Lab Laser Accelerator (BELLA) Center, which uses machine learning models to optimize beams, improvements that have the potential for broader scientific and industrial applications. (Credit: Thor Swift/Berkeley Lab)

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