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DESI Completes Planned 3D Map of the Universe and Continues Exploring

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2026 State of the Lab Q&A with Lab Director Mike Witherell

Photo of Mike Witherell leaning on a railing at the ALS. (Credit: Christopher Michel for the National Academy of Sciences)

Solving a Mystery in Dark Matter Detectors Could Improve Quantum Computers

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Hitoshi Murayama receives APS' 2026 Lilienfeld Prize

Photo of Hitoshi Murayama, standing in a wooded area with a green jacket on, and the words "2026 Julius Edgar Lilienfeld Prize" next to the APS orbital logo

Why the Energy Department’s science labs will spearhead the federal push into AI

Nighttime photo of the Vera C. Rubin Observatory, just one of many big facilities that are flooding the U.S. Department of Energy’s science labs with data and necessitating the greater use and exploration of artificial intelligence. Photo Credit: P.J. Assuncao Lago, NSF/DOE Rubin Observatory

Five Berkeley Lab Scientists Receive DOE Early Career Research Awards

Faces of the ECRP Award recipients: (top row, from left) Timon Heim, Harrison Lisbeth, Aditi Krishnapriyan, (bottom row, from left) Dan Carney, and Callum Wilkinson. (Credit: Jenny Weger, Berkeley Lab)

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

Advancing AI for Science Across the Physical Sciences Area

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Berkeley Lab’s Big Science Stories of 2025

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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).

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.

Berkeley Lab celebrates 2025 Dark Matter Day at the Chabot Space and Science Center

Dan Kodroff shows a young visitor the vast unknown scale of dark matter masses. Credit: Emily Perry, Berkeley Lab

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