February 14, 2023 / Berkeley Lab Physics Division News ~ In a new publication in PRX Quantum, Berkeley Lab quantum physicist Daniel Carney and colleagues propose a new method to search for invisible particles – so-called sterile neutrinos – by using a radioactive glass nanoparticle suspended in laser light. In addition to the three neutrino species—whoseRead More
Lost Video of Georges Lemaître, Father of the Big Bang, Recovered
January 26, 2023 / Lauren Biron / Berkeley Lab News Center ~ European broadcast network VRT found a 20-minute recording that is thought to be the only video of Lemaître. His interview, originally aired in 1964 and conducted in French, has now been transcribed and translated into English by Satya Gontcho A Gontcho, a physicistRead More
Voices From the Past Continue to Emerge Thanks to Improved Technology
January 12, 2023 / Berkeley Lab Elements ~ When Carl Haber, a senior scientist in Berkeley Lab’s Physics Division, first heard the crackling sound and the voice of Alexander Graham Bell emerge from a recording made 140 years ago, Haber exclaimed, “We got him!” Now he and partner Earl Cornell, of the Lab’s Engineering Division,Read More
Science in Motion: Nano-Materials to Make Better Light Sensor
October 26, 2022 / Jenny Nuss / Berkeley Lab News Center ~ Maurice Garcia-Sciveres, a staff scientist in Berkeley Lab’s Physics Division, is leading a collaboration with other Berkeley Lab scientists, and researchers from UC Berkeley and Sandia National Laboratories, to develop powerful light-sensing microchips. The team is leveraging their expertise in nano-materials and integratedRead More
How Do You Solve a Problem Like a Proton? You Smash It to Smithereens – Then Build It Back Together With Machine Learning
October 25, 2022 / Theresa Duque / Berkeley Lab News Center ~ Ben Nachman, a physicist who leads the Machine Learning Group in Berkeley Lab’s Physics Division is featured in this new article from the Berkeley Lab News Center. Berkeley Lab scientists have developed new machine learning algorithms to accelerate the analysis of data collectedRead More