X-ray imaging and AI-powered analysis reveal how heat shield materials degrade microscopically during atmospheric reentry conditions.

Research team uses innovative new methodology to see and explain how electrons change from a solid to liquid state in the presence of defects.

Research team uses innovative new methodology to see and explain how electrons change from a solid to liquid state in the presence of defects.

The LUX-ZEPLIN detector picked up a strange signal that scientists haven't cracked yet. Could it be a dark matter interaction?

Companies like AT&T are increasingly using cheap, freely available artificial intelligence models over expensive ones from Anthropic and OpenAI.

Most of the matter in the universe is dark matter, but for decades physicists haven't been able to directly observe it – that may have just changed

On June 16, 2023, 39 seconds after 3:22 P.M. and one mile beneath the Black Hills of South Dakota, there was a sudden flash of light. The tank is the centerpiece of the LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) experiment, on...

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A strange signal underground.

The LUX-ZEPLIN experiment observed a particle interaction that could be interpreted as a signal from WIMPs, a dark matter candidate — but researchers will need more data to confirm.

Symbiotic relationships of microorganisms are predicted and cataloged with a machine learning tool.

Projects were designed to address high-risk, high-payoff activities within three topic areas

Researchers found that the structure and composition of materials can dramatically increase how often fusion happens at low energies.

Developing a predictive understanding of Earth’s ecological systems, from bedrock to atmosphere.

Berkeley Lab is helping build AI models for autonomous research that will enable prediction and precise design of biological systems.

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For over 30 years, scientists at Berkeley Lab’s Advanced Light Source have played a vital role in the advancement of new materials for quantum computing, next-generation electronics, and other quantum...

In the latest installment of After Office Hours, Saul Perlmutter recounts his team's discovery of our universe's accelerating expansion.

A newly defined type of heatwave is reshaping spring across the western U.S., with major consequences for snowpack, floods, and water supplies.

Scientists developed a new method to better identify and understand the particular heat waves that cause abrupt snowmelt.

Scientists in California say they may have found a cleaner way to make one of modern life's most important materials: graphite.

The CSP New Investigator Call is for investigators and research initiatives new to the JGI. Projects must be independent of ongoing JGI proposals, and lead PIs cannot have been lead PI on any previous...

The advance establishes a new solid-state platform for studying high-temperature Bose-Einstein condensates in semiconductor devices, and could one day advance quantum information science, quantum simu...

First-of-its-kind, data-driven machine learning model reveals in fine detail the pathway that solid-state reactions take.

Scientists used a unique vacuum chamber that mimics moon conditions to design an approach for ice prospecting with seismic waves. The work could help future Artemis missions find water.