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Construction Begins on DUNE Far Detectors

A red square of steel hangs from a crane in a white-walled cavern.

Berkeley Lab helps commission the Simons Observatory’s new telescopes

The Simons Observatory’s Large Aperture Telescope (August 2026). (Credit: David Boettger, Simons Observatory)

Berkeley Lab celebrates 2026 Dark Matter Day at the Chabot Space and Science Center

Berkeley Lab team members (left to right) Ibles Olcina, Emily Perry, Daniel Kodroff, Shreya Puranam, and Brennan Coffey. (Credit: Emily Perry)

Seeing the Unseeable: The Hunt for Dark Matter at Berkeley Lab

Cold Testing the DUNE Detector Cryostat

The Berkeley Lab's Engineering Division testing a prototype of a detector cryostat for the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE).

In Memoriam: Hermann Grunder

Hermann Grunder celebrates the completion of the Bevalac, the world's first relativistic heavy-ion accelerator, which combined two existing Berkeley Lab accelerators – the SuperHILAC and the Bevatron (August 1, 1974). Photographer: George Kagawa, Berkeley Lab

Made in Berkeley Lab: A Constellation of 771 Ultra-Precise Holes

Berkeley Lab’s new computer numerical control machine tapping into a large steel plate that will be used to test the integration of ALS-U vacuum systems and accelerator magnets. (Credit: Kevin Khoa Wolf)

Nadia Desai Joins the Engineering Division as the New Deputy of Operations

A Simple Blood Test Could Reveal Hidden Radiation Exposure

Hang Chang, a computational staff scientist in the Biosciences Area, examines microscopy images of tissue. Chang developed a machine learning model to identify radiation exposure based on results from a complete blood count (CBC). (Credit: Robinson Kuntz, Berkeley Lab)

Combining Experiments and Modeling, Scientists Advance Our Understanding of Laser-Plasma Accelerators

Carlo Benedetti and Anthony Gonsalves at the BELLA Center Petawatt laser facility, before powering the laser-plasma accelerator. (Credit: Matthew Fullmer, Berkeley Lab)

Characterizing Liquid Crystal Films as Replenishable Plasma Mirrors for High-Power Laser Applications

Anthony Vazquez aligns the green diode to be sent toward the Windmill surface. (Credit: Matthew Fullmer, Berkeley Lab)

Drone-Suspended Gamma Detectors Assist Manhattan Project Waste Cleanup

Kyle Kohler (left) and Kyle Bussard (center), a geologist and geospatial analyst and certified drone pilots with Ramboll Americas, and Brian Quiter (right), a senior staff scientist with Berkeley Lab, flight test a new drone suspended gamma detector over an active remediation area at the former DuPont Chambers Works Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program site in Deepwater, New Jersey, on Sept. 17, 2026. (Credit: U.S. Army photo by Daniel S. Marciniak)

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