Physics Division

June 10, 2022 — Advancing Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion a presentation with Dr. Rowen Thompson, Canada Research Chair and Professor in the Department of Physics at Carleton University

Bevatron Particle Accelerator Honored as Historic Site by Physics Society.

Francess Hellman, president of the American Physical Society presents the Historic Site dedication on May 11.

Hitoshi Murayama Brings People Together

Building international research communities is a cornerstone of Murayamas physics career.

Berkeley Lab steps up to showcase four cosmology collaborations

When the American Astronomical Society annual meeting was canceled at the last minute, the Physics Divisions Satya Gontcho A Gontcho and Eric Linder quickly coordinated 4 cosmology collaborations, and with Darrin Chavarria from IT, put on a CosmoPalooza webinar (Jan 12-13), bringing together over 300 scientists from 21 countries.

The Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) has already mapped out more galaxies than all previous 3D surveys combined and its just getting started!

The making of Chapter 46 of The Feynman Lectures

It took a lot of work to turn Richard Feynmans physics lectures into published volumes. Don Groom was one of the Caltech graduate students who edited transcripts of the original lectures.

Lab researcher Brooke Russell is one of five recipients of the 2021 For Women in Science (FWIS) Fellowship, an annual L'Oral USA program that awards five female postdoctoral scientists $60,000 grants to advance their research.

Berkeley Lab scientists Maurice Garcia-Sciveres and Ramamoorthy Ramesh discuss how future microchips could perform better and require less energy than silicon.

Department of Energy Awards Berkeley Labs Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument Its Prestigious Project Management Excellence Award

Successful Start of Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) Follows Record-Setting Trial Run

Supernovae Twins. The results from the Nearby Supernova Factory (SNfactory) collaboration, led by Greg Aldering of the Department of Energys Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab), will enable scientists to study dark energy with greatly improved precision and accuracy.