DESI Opens Access to the Largest 3D Map of the Universe Yet The Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) is mapping millions of celestial objects to better understand dark energy: the mysterious driver of our universe's accelerating expansion. Today, the DESI …
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New DESI Results Strengthen Hints That Dark Energy May Evolve The fate of the universe hinges on the balance between matter and dark energy: the fundamental ingredient that drives its accelerating expansion. New results from the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument …
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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 …
New analyses shine light on dark matter and intergalactic mass in unprecedented detail Berkeley Lab researchers have developed new ways to map the distribution patterns of dark matter and intergalactic mass in unprecedented detail, using a combined data analysis …
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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 …
Physics Safety Week: January 27-31, 2025
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 …
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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 …
