Berkeley Lab has received funding to design an innovative mirror system for Spec-S5, a premier cosmology experiment that will see first light in the 2030s Our understanding of the universe and the effects of dark energy are progressing rapidly thanks …
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Remembering Herb Steiner Our colleague Herbert Steiner passed away on January 15, 2025, at the age of 97. Herb was an accomplished experimental particle physicist with diverse interests. Herb was born in Göppingen, Germany in 1927. He and his family …
Berkeley Lab hosts ATLAS ITk Workshopon January 13-17 Berkeley Lab"s Physics Division hosted a week-long ATLAS ITk Pixel Module QC Workshop on January 13-17. Around 30 researchers from around the world gathered at Berkeley Lab to share their knowledge of …
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Berkeley Lab hosts 2024 ‘Physics in and Through Cosmology’ Workshop This year’s week-long in-person-only event featured a broad overview of cutting-edge research in particle physics and cosmology with presentations and active work sessions with Berkeley Lab scientists on subjects such …
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Chiller system overhaul preps Berkeley Lab's Micro Systems Lab for the next decade As part of a long-awaited infrastructure modernization project in support of Berkeley Lab's Micro Systems Lab (MSL), a new chiller system was delivered and installed on the …
Building 70A Chiller System Overhaul for Micro Systems Lab Read more »
Hitoshi Murayama elected to leadership role in the APS Division of Particles & Fields Hitoshi Murayama, a theoretical physicist in Berkeley Lab's Physics Division and a professor of physics at UC Berkeley, has been elected to serve on the Executive …
QSA studies propel quantum research Berkeley Lab physicists Anthony Ciavarella and Christian Bauer are Quantum Systems Accelerator (QSA) collaborators working to understand more about the framework of the subatomic quantum world, developing advanced quantum prototypes across major technologies to facilitate …
Kevin Lesko receives Director's Award for Lifetime Achievement Kevin Lesko, a Senior Physicist in the Physics Division and former spokesperson for LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) Dark Matter Experiment, was honored for his “extraordinary contributions to pioneering neutrino and dark-matter experiments and establishing …
Berkeley Lab hosts workshop to explore opportunities for next-generation spectroscopic surveys Berkeley Lab's Physics Division recently hosted an international workshop to explore opportunities for developing the next generation of spectroscopic surveys. …
