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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

Breakthrough in Alpha Theranostics: First Images of Ac-225 in a Clinical PET Scanner

Side-by-side comparison of TOF-CGI image in a SIEMENS Vision scanner vs a SPECT image in a GE Hawkeye 4. The TOF-CGI images show much lower noise, which is reflected in superior SNR with respect to SPECT. (Credit: NSD's Applied Nuclear Physics Group)

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)

Novel 3D Neutron Imaging Technique for Hydrogen Detection on Planetary Surfaces

From left to right: Craig Hardgrove (Arizona State University), Deniz Ölçek (University of Oslo), with Mauricio Ayllon Unzueta and Arun Persaud (ATAP). (Credit: Deniz Ölçek, University of Oslo)

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)

Shaping the Future of Particle Accelerators and Colliders

ATAP researchers Lucas Brouwer (left) and Yufan Yan examine prototypes of ecliptic aperture canted-cosine-theta magnets, capable of producing dipole or quadrupole magnetic fields. (Credit: Robinson Kuntz, Berkeley Lab)

Berkeley Lab Workshop Charts Future of Compact Particle Accelerators and Advanced Lasers

Participants at the Berkeley Lab Laser Plasma Accelerators & Advanced Laser Technology for Basic Energy Sciences Workshop. (Credit: Robinson Kuntz, Berkeley Lab)

Revolutionizing High-Power Lasers: ATAP and Engineering Divisions Launch the Berkeley Advanced Laser Group

Tong Zhou, Qiang Du, Siyun Chen, and Dan Wang work on the spectral combining of multiple fiber lasers in the fiber laser lab. (Credit: Paul Mueller, Berkeley Lab)

Nuclear Physicists Discover New Rule for Peppy Partner Picking

This schematic of the reaction shows an electron (purple) scattering from a nucleus by emitting a (purple) virtual photon, which knocks out a proton (blue). (Credit: Jefferson 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

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