Francis Halzen wins 2026 Nobel Prize Congratulations to Francis Halzen of the University of Wisconsin–Madison, who was awarded the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physics on Oct. 6, “for decisive contributions to the IceCube Neutrino Observatory and the discovery of high-energy …
Inside the Physics Division at Berkeley Lab This video tour welcomes viewers into the exciting and vibrant research environment of Berkeley Lab’s Physics Division Berkeley Lab's Physics Division has a long and vibrant history of incredible scientific discoveries about our …
Berkeley Lab hosts Mu2e Fall 2026 Collaboration Meeting September 14, 2026 Berkeley Lab Physics Division News Berkeley Lab’s Physics Division hosted the triannual Mu2e Collaboration Meeting on August 31 through September 4 Berkeley Lab’s Physics Division hosted the Fall 2026 …
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LZ Sees Surprising Result in Search for Dark Matter A new analysis from the LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) experiment has recorded a single particle interaction that researchers have great difficulty explaining with known background signals from normal matter. The result does not …
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Berkeley Lab hosts 2026 ‘Physics in and Through Cosmology’ Workshop for high school teachers and students Laurie Kerrigan and Tony Spadafora — 21 August 2026 The LBNL Physics Division hosted its twentieth “Physics in and Through Cosmology” workshop for QuarkNet …
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Physics Division Awarded Quantum Outposts on the Energy and Intensity Frontiers Funding Berkeley Lab was awarded $1.35 million over two years by the DOE’s Office of High Energy Physics, through the Quantum Outposts on the Energy and Intensity Frontiers program, …
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Scientists Release Biggest 2D Map of the Universe The DESI Legacy Imaging Surveys team has released the largest-ever 2D color map of the universe. The 5.6-trillion-pixel map contains nearly 4 billion celestial objects, primarily stars and galaxies. The data is …
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CODEX-beta records first data in search for hidden particles In a milestone achievement, the CODEX-b (COmpact Detector for EXotics at LHCb) collaboration has recorded its first data with the ‘CODEX-β’ (or CODEX-beta) prototype detector at the Large Hadron Collider, starting …
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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 …
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What's the Problem with Quantum Noise? Even in a perfectly isolated system, the universe still fluctuates. These tiny, unavoidable disturbances, known as quantum noise, set the ultimate limit on what we can measure and control at the smallest scales. Learn …
