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The Advanced Light Source at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory is upgrading its synchrotron to enable nanoscale measurements of quantum materials, supporting advances in quantum computing, spintronics, and...
Berkeley Lab’s Advanced Light Source is undergoing an upgrade to produce 100 times brighter and fully coherent soft X-ray light, enabling atomic-scale material studies with unprecedented precision.
The Advanced Light Source at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory is undergoing a major upgrade to enhance its X-ray beams, enabling more precise studies in fields like quantum computing, microelectronics, and energy...
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory researchers unveiled MOSAIC, a reconfigurable microscope integrating over ten imaging techniques with adaptive optics to track biological processes across scales in real time.
Berkeley Lab researchers identified excessive DNA damage as a key driver of Huntington’s disease and showed an antioxidant can reverse neuron damage in mice, opening a new treatment pathway.
Berkeley Lab’s Time of Flight Cascade Gamma Ray Imaging technology received a 2026 R&D 100 Award for advancing nuclear medicine imaging and enabling precise alpha-targeted cancer therapies.
Scientists released the largest 2D color map of the universe, containing 5.6 trillion pixels and nearly 4 billion celestial objects, available for public use via the Legacy Survey Sky Viewer.
Researchers at Berkeley Lab discovered that ultrathin titanium dioxide exhibits ferroelectricity, enabling low-voltage switching for energy-efficient microchips.
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory’s Scientific Data Division, led by Ana Kupresanin, integrates data, computing, and AI to advance scientific discovery under the DOE’s Genesis Mission.
Researchers at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory observed a tunable Bose-Einstein condensate of excitons in an atomically thin semiconductor, revealing an internal structure switchable by magnetic fields.
Berkeley Lab researchers developed an AI model that predicts solid-state material reactions by accounting for atomic movement, accelerating advanced material development for batteries, sensors, and medical devices.
Berkeley Lab and partners developed a model and cryogenic chamber to detect lunar subsurface ice using seismic waves, supporting NASA’s Artemis missions and the upcoming VIPER rover.
Researchers at Berkeley Lab and partners have developed a method to convert captured carbon dioxide into graphite using molten-salt electrolysis, offering a potential alternative to mining for critical battery materials.
The Gamma-Ray Energy Tracking Array (GRETA) has begun operations at Michigan State University’s Facility for Rare Isotope Beams, enabling unprecedented observations of atomic nuclei using high-purity germanium detectors.
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory leads the Genesis Mission’s ModCon initiative to accelerate scientific discovery through self-improving AI models, with Stefan Wild directing the BASE team.
The U.S. Department of Energy will fund 13 new AI-driven research projects led by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory as part of the Genesis Mission, aiming to accelerate scientific discovery across energy, security,...
The U.S. Department of Energy selected 11 new fellows for the 2026 Cyclotron Road cohort at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, advancing 9 startups in AI, energy, agriculture, biology, and materials.
The U.S. Department of Energy’s American Science Cloud, launched in October 2025 as part of the Genesis Mission, unifies DOE lab data and computing into an AI-ready platform to accelerate scientific discovery.
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory has developed EcoBOT, an autonomous system combining robotics, AI, and standardized growth chambers to improve reproducibility in plant-microbe research for bioenergy and materials.
Researchers at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory developed a data-driven method to optimize chiral 2D metal halide perovskites for spintronics, addressing reproducibility issues in circularly polarized light...
Researchers developed a laser-based phase plate for cryo-electron microscopy, enabling sharper images of small molecules like hemoglobin, previously difficult to capture with existing systems.
Berkeley Lab’s Aeron Tynes Hammack combines nanofabrication, robotics, and AI to accelerate quantum materials research and develop phage-based therapies against antibiotic-resistant bacteria.
Berkeley Lab partners with industry and academia to advance quantum computing through testbeds, workforce training, and shared facilities, supporting scalable quantum networks and hardware development.
Quantum noise, inherent fluctuations in isolated systems, limits measurement and control at the smallest scales, posing challenges for quantum computing and detection technologies.
Researchers at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory are advancing quantum computing by developing an integrated technology stack, addressing hardware, software, and control challenges to enable error-corrected quantum...
Reiner Kruecken has been appointed Associate Laboratory Director for Berkeley Lab’s Physical Sciences Area, effective July 1, succeeding Natalie Roe. Kruecken brings extensive nuclear physics expertise and leadership...
Berkeley Lab’s MatterChat bridges large language models with physics-based AI to interpret atomic-scale data, enabling faster and more accurate materials science predictions.
Kristin Persson, UC Berkeley professor and Berkeley Lab scientist, was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences for 2026 for her contributions to materials science and computational research.