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Building ATLAS: A dedicated partnership

The ATLAS Pixel Support Tube builders and fabricators, photographed next to the Pixel Support Tube, in the Engineering Division's Mechanical Fabrication Shops (April 24, 2026) - Credit: Thor Swift, Berkeley Lab

Machine Learning Reopens the Case for Dark Matter at the Galactic Center

An image of the surprising excess of gamma-rays emerging at the center of our Milky Way, superimposed on an optical image of the galaxy. The nature of the excess and whether it could be originating from dark matter has been debated for over a decade." Credit: NASA Goddard/A. Mellinger (Central Michigan Univ.) and T. Linden (Univ. of Chicago)

Announcing Paul Fallon as Interim Nuclear Science Division Director

Paul Fallon speaks during the GRETA Dedication Review in Berkeley Lab's 88-Inch Cyclotron on April 23, 2025. The two-day event celebrated the completion of the GRETA (Gamma-Ray Energy Tracking Array) high-resolution gamma-ray detector system. (Credit: Robinson Kuntz, Berkeley Lab)

Assembling the Iris prototype robot for Spec-S5

Berkeley Lab's Engineering Division is developing Iris, a new fiber-positioning robot prototype for DESI's upgrade to 'Spec-S5.' (Credit: Ella Minton and Allison Barker, Berkeley Lab)

What’s the Problem with Quantum Noise?

A stylized illustration on a teal grid background featuring a central golden quantum computer with stacked rings and wiring, surrounded by four panels: a glowing red star, a qubit with dashed axes (top right), a material diagram with a blue diamond shape (bottom left), and a medicine bottle with a green liquid (bottom right).

How Researchers Are Building Next-Gen Quantum Computers

Large silvery-gray metallic device with long copper wires on the exterior. Credit: Marilyn Sargent/Berkeley Lab

Reiner Kruecken Named Berkeley Lab’s Associate Laboratory Director for Physical Sciences

Reiner Kruecken. (Credit: Thor Swift/Berkeley Lab)

Introducing Iris, Berkeley Lab's prototype fiber-positioning robot for Spec-S5

Berkeley Lab's Engineering Division is developing Iris, a new fiber-positioning robot prototype for DESI's upgrade to 'Spec-S5.'

From the US Navy to Engineering Division Deputy of Operations: Mike Barry retires after 29 years of service at Berkeley Lab

Mike Barry

Made in Berkeley Lab: Winding a Novel Closed-Loop Coil Magnet Structure

A close-up of the closed-loop coil for the MARS-D magnet during production. The niobium-titanium (Nb-Ti) superconducting wire is shown wrapped around a series of 90-degree corners. (Credit: Lianrong Xu, Berkeley Lab)

The Invisible Cannonball: Tracking Alpha Therapy for the Future of Cancer Treatment

Host Jennifer Pore (left) chats with Javier Caravaca Rodriquez (right foreground) and Oscar Henry Matousek (right background, with glasses) about the future of nuclear medicine. (Credit: Nuclear Science Division, Berkeley Lab)

The National Academy of Sciences Elects Two Berkeley Lab Researchers

New NAS members Kam-Biu Luk (left) and Gary Karpen. (Credit: Jenny Weger, Berkeley Lab, and UC Berkeley)

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