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Color Center Qubits Could Illuminate the Path to a Quantum Future

Arun Persaud, head of ATAP’s Fusion Science & Ion Beam Technology Program (left) and Wei Liu, a project scientist in the Berkeley Accelerator Controls and Instrumentation Program (right), use a controller for a quantum readout experiment. (Credit: Robinson Kuntz, Berkeley Lab)

A New Imager Could Help Unearth the Mineral Wealth of Planets and Asteroids

Arun Persaud, head of ATAP’s Fusion Science & Ion Beam Technology Program (left), graduate student Juan Cristhian Luque Gutierrez (center), and research scientist Mauricio Ayllon Unzueta (right) working on INSPECT3R, the “in situ nuclear spectrometer with 3D resolution,” an advanced high-resolution imaging technology that can map the elemental composition of a planet or asteroid’s surface in 3D with centimeter-scale detail. (Credit: Robinson Kunz, Berkeley Lab)

A Quarter-Century of Surprises: Exploring the Quark-Gluon Plasma

Like the iris of a human eye, blue, teal, and red lines radiate around a central black dodecagon, all on a black background, with a beige outline and section marker lines.

Berkeley Lab’s November 2025 High School STEM Day focuses on particle accelerators

Yufan Yan, a postdoctoral researcher in the ATAP Division, explains how superconducting magnets work at Berkeley Lab's Magnet Test Facility. Credit: Robinson Kuntz, Berkeley Lab

3Q4: Lieselotte Obst-Huebl

3 Questions For Lieselotte Obst-Huebl. Photo Credit: Karen Russell

Early Career Scientist Director’s Award Recipients Share Tips for Success

Timon Heim (Physical Sciences Area), Kate Zhalnina (Biosciences Area), and Marco Pritoni (Energy Technologies Area).

3Q4: Yilun Xu

3 Questions For Yilun Xu. Photo Credit: Karen Russell

New small-batch chemical reactor design provides a springboard for science

Mechanical Engineer Nick Wenner, a member of the Engineering Small Project Support team, demonstrates the method for sealing each well in the small high-throughput pressure reactor he designed and built for use in specialized experiments. Credit: Thor Swift, Berkeley Lab

Indications for Freeze-Out of Charge Fluctuations in the Quark-Gluon Plasma at the LHC

A comparison of experimental data (black dots) with theoretical predictions. The red band represents the Quark-Gluon Plasma scenario, which matches the data better than the Hadron Gas scenario (blue band). (Credit: Roman Poberezhniuk)

LZ Sets a World’s Best in the Hunt for Galactic Dark Matter and Gets a New Look at Neutrinos from the Sun’s Core

Caption: Photomultiplier tubes inside the LZ detector are designed to capture faint flashes of UV light that could signal a dark matter interaction. Credit: Matthew Kapust/Sanford Underground Research Facility Alt text: A circular array of amber, glossy photomultiplier tubes arranged in a grid pattern.

Supporting DOE’s Genesis Mission

ALT: Two researchers in the background of a beamline laboratory look toward a computer with colorful microtomography imagery. A researcher is in the foreground making adjustments to an experimental setup.

Made in Berkeley Lab: the plasma chamber at the heart of heavy ion accelerators

An up close view of the flange for the fourth-generation VENUS plasma chamber. The device was made in-house by the Engineering Division’s highly skilled technicians. Credit: Kris Pearson, Berkeley Lab

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