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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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 …
The National Academy of Sciences Elects Two Berkeley Lab Researchers Two Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) scientists have been elected to the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) in recognition of their distinguished and continuing achievements in original research. They …
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Berkeley Lab physicists help commission the Mu2e tracker After more than 16 years of planning and construction, the Mu2e experiment is finally coming together, and members of Berkeley Lab’s Physics Division are playing a major role. April 30, 2026 — …
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Dark Matter's Quantum Nature Leaves No Trace in Detectors Scientists searching for dark matter increasingly use cutting-edge quantum technology to push the boundaries of what their instruments can detect. But what if dark matter itself had wild quantum mechanical properties? …
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Ben Safdi awarded Breakthrough Prize Foundation’s 2026 New Horizons in Physics Prize Benjamin Safdi, a physicist in Berkeley Lab’s Physics Division and an associate professor of physics at UC Berkeley, has been awarded a 2026 New Horizons in Physics Prize …
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