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Made in Berkeley Lab: elegant arcs for superconducting magnets

A computer numerical control (CNC) machine in Berkeley Lab Engineering’s building 77 traces the intricate pattern of a groove for a superconducting cable into an aluminum bronze mandrel. Credit: Bun Pa Lim, Berkeley Lab

In Memoriam: Rod Clark

Rod Clark

Engineering Division pilots equipment protection interlock system for Berkeley Lab user endstations

Ernesto Paiser, ALS Instrument Software Support Group Lead, pictured with the new no-code interlock system.

Dark Energy Survey scientists release new analysis of how the universe expands

DES scientists surveyed a wide area of the sky from 2013 to 2019 using an extremely sensitive 570-megapixel digital camera built at Fermilab, the DECam. Credit: Reidar Hahn, Fermilab

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

A New Way to View Shockwaves Could Boost Fusion Research

Hai-En Tsai and Jeroen van Tilborg inspect the optical table that houses the high-power laser amplifier at the Berkeley Lab Laser Accelerator Center. (Credit: Robinson Kuntz/Berkeley Lab)

Advancing AI for Science Across the Physical Sciences Area

graphical rendition of AI/ML

BELLA Successfully Completes First Experiment Under BeamNetUS

The Berkeley Lab Laser Accelerator (BELLA) Center (Credit: Thor Swift, Berkeley Lab)

Berkeley Lab’s Big Science Stories of 2025

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Using Lasers to Improve the Efficiency of Quantum Emitters in Silicon

Two detailed scientific graphs showing the optical-linewidth broadening of T centers.

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