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Official account of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), a U.S. Department of @ENERGY national lab.
Berkeley, CA
Joined October 2008
At Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, we’re tackling one of AI’s toughest challenges: generating reliable insights from limited data about Earth’s subsurface, where 80% of global energy originates. Learn how ⬇️ @eesalbnl
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Our BELLA Center has accomplished the first characterization of a collimated muon beam using a laser-plasma accelerator, laying the groundwork for advanced imaging techniques far exceeding current technologies. @BerkeleyLab @doescience @ENERGY
https://t.co/VwXUVxhlCI
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"This advance was made possible by the Berkeley Lab Laser Accelerator (BELLA) Center, which is advancing discovery science as well as applications in energy, medicine, and national security." – @LBNLatap Director Cameron Geddes, @ScienceNews
https://t.co/Qq2fnR4U3f
sciencenews.org
The advance hints at the possibility of portable muon-making devices that could help peer through solid materials for hidden contraband.
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🎉 Congrats to @UCBerkeley's Omar Yaghi, awarded the 2025 @NobelPrize in Chemistry for pioneering reticular chemistry and creating metal–organic frameworks (MOFs). Yaghi led @molecularfndry at LBNL and is now a Lab affiliate. @doescience @advlightsource
news.berkeley.edu
Yaghi created a field called reticular chemistry, which involves stitching together molecular building blocks to form porous structures — metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) — with myriad applications.
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Scientists observe quantum mechanical properties on very small scales. But John Clarke, Michel Devoret & John M. Martinis showed @BerkeleyLab that these properties could be observed in a system big enough to hold in your hand. They just received the 2025 #Nobel Prize in physics!
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Congratulations to John Clarke (formerly @BerkeleyLab), Michel Devoret, & John M. Martinis for receiving the 2025 Nobel Prize in physics! Their research on quantum effects, supported by @doescience, will set the stage for next-gen quantum tech.
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Quantum computers & sensors could radically change computing, security, & discovery science. But they wouldn't have been possible without the work of John Clarke, Michel Devoret & John M. Martinis. They received the 2025 #Nobel Prize in physics for their research @BerkeleyLab!
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🏅 Former Berkeley Lab senior scientist John Clarke has been awarded the 2025 @NobelPrize in Physics for the discovery of macroscopic quantum tunneling in an electric circuit. His work paved the way for quantum computing and sensing.
newscenter.lbl.gov
The Nobel Prize committee honored former Berkeley Lab scientist John Clarke for research in quantum tunneling in electric circuits.
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"Every breakthrough in science invites both excitement and scrutiny," says @BerkeleyLab 's Kristin Persson. "There is a tremendous promise in applying data-driven #AI and machine learning to the discovery, direction and optimization of materials."
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STAR collab unveils most precise data yet in search for ‘critical point’ in nuclear phase transitions. “We’re pushing both experiment and theory because we want to understand atoms and our early universe at a really fundamental level.” – LBNL's Xin Dong
newscenter.lbl.gov
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Alchemists once promised to turn straw into gold. In real life, catalysts are amazing at turning one substance into another. Researchers @SLACLab & @BerkeleyLab observed copper acting as a catalyst, which will help scientists improve its performance: https://t.co/SbfJQN9zPl
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"Windows lose 10 to 20 times more energy per square foot than a well-insulated wall," says @berkeleylab's Steve Selkowitz who's pioneering work decades ago led to the development of these thinner, more efficient windows.
fastcompany.com
The company behind the iPhone's gorilla glass is now making ultra-thin, extra sustainable windows.
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With sadness we share that George F. Smoot III—Berkeley Lab scientist since 1974 and 2006 Nobel Laureate—has passed away at 80. His team’s CMB “baby picture” transformed cosmology. https://t.co/zcyZETrrkR
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Hidden order at the atomic scale is shaping the future of microelectronics. @MolecularFndry & @GWtweets proved the trace elements in semiconductors self-arrange, opening new ways to design quantum + optoelectronic tech. https://t.co/ErNOc8qAZL
newscenter.lbl.gov
Advanced microscopy proves that dilute elements in semiconductors have preferred arrangements, not just random distribution
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From sweltering ancient forges to... warm baths? Scientists discover how to make ultra-strong metal alloys with applications in aerospace, batteries, and energy without the extreme heat. Space-age materials, room-temp process! @molecularfndry
https://t.co/TOs9FzXoLc
newscenter.lbl.gov
Scientists have developed an efficient technique to create customized high-entropy alloys – exceptionally strong, resilient metals with wide-ranging potential. This advance could speed their use in...
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Trained on 600 Gbp of genetic data, most of which are available via JGI platforms, #GenomeOcean is an AI tool available to the global research community that facilitates microbial genome discoveries. Learn more: https://t.co/Wt4wGAhSlK
@NERSC @BerkeleyLab @ZhongWangCA
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DYK that nearly 20 years ago, Berkeley Lab scientists showed a novel way to build advanced transistors decades before similar structures reached smartphones? @UCBerkeley
newscenter.lbl.gov
Bottom-up nanowire innovation from early 2000s showed alternative path to energy-efficient chips powering today’s smartphones, laptops, and AI
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🌎 At 2:56a PT, the earth decided to shake things up with a 4.6 earthquake, centered in Berkeley, at a depth of 5.6 miles. Who else felt the jolt? We sure did! #EarthquakeAlert #SafetyFirst More ⬇️ https://t.co/YC6CR5FPJm
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“Creation of a new element is an extremely rare feat," says @BerkeleyLab's Jacklyn Gates. "It’s exciting to be a part of the process aimed at making #element120 and to be on such a promising path forward.” https://t.co/GxrRO3g1bb
popularmechanics.com
It’s all thanks to a titanium beam.
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