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The CUORE Underground Experiment Narrows the Search for Rare Particle Process

January 9, 2020 sarah Jonas 0 Comments Berkeley, Berkeley Lab, Italy, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, LBNL, Neutrino, Nuclear Physics, Nuclear Science

The largest set of data yet from an underground experiment called CUORE sets more stringent limits on a theoretical ultra-rare particle process known as neutrinoless double-beta decay that could help to explain the abundance of matter over antimatter in the universe.

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Milestone in Advanced Light Source Upgrade Project Will Bring in a New Ring

January 8, 2020 sarah Jonas 0 Comments Accelerators, Advanced Light Source, ALS, Berkeley, Berkeley Lab, Department Of Energy, DOE, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, LBNL, Light Source, particle accelerators, photon science, Synchrotron, X-rays

An upgrade of the Advanced Light Source, a synchrotron at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab), has passed an important milestone that will help to maintain the ALS’ world-leading capabilities. On Dec. 23 the DOE granted approval for a key funding step that will allow the project to start construction on a new inner electron storage ring known as an accumulator ring.

Research Results

Simulations Attempt to Reconstruct One of the Most Explosive Events in the Universe: A Neutron Star Merger

December 12, 2019 sarah Jonas 0 Comments Berkeley, Berkeley Lab, DOE, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, LBNL, Neutron Stars, Simulation

A team led by scientists that included Berkeley Lab researchers has simulated the formation of a disc of matter, a giant burst of ejected matter, and the startup of energetic jets in the aftermath of a merger by two neutron stars.

Announcement

Six Berkeley Lab Scientists Named AAAS Fellows

November 26, 2019 sarah Jonas 0 Comments AAAS Fellows, bioactinide, BIOCHEMISTRY, Bioengineering, Biosciences, chelation therapy, chemical and biomolecular engineering, chemical sciences, Cosmology, Cyanobacteria, Dark Energy Survey, Department of Energy (DOE), Department of Energy Office of Science, earth and planetary sciences, Earth Sciences, Earthquakes, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Molecular Biology, Neuroscience, Nuclear Engineering, Particle Physics, Physics, Plutonium, Radionuclides, Seismology, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Systems Biology, UC Berkeley

Six scientists from the Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have been named Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).

Research Results

The Beauty of Imperfections: Linking Atomic Defects to 2D Materials’ Electronic Properties

November 20, 2019 sarah Jonas 0 Comments 2D materials, Advanced Light Source, atomic defect, atomic defects, Berkeley Lab, Catalysis, Conductivity, Department of Energy (DOE), Department of Energy Office of Science, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Molecular Foundry, nanotechnology, NERSC, Quantum information science, Quantum Mechanics, Quantum Physics, scanning tunneling microscopy, Semiconductor, Sulfur

Scientists at Berkeley Lab have revealed how atomic defects emerge in transition metal dichalcogenides, and how those defects shape the 2D material’s electronic properties. Their findings could provide a versatile yet targeted platform for designing 2D materials for quantum information science.

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Dark Matter Experiment’s Central Component Takes a Deep Dive – Nearly a Mile Underground

October 29, 2019 sarah Jonas 0 Comments Berkeley Lab, dark matter, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, LBNL, Particle Physics

Last week, crews at the Sanford Underground Research Facility in South Dakota strapped the central component of LUX-ZEPLIN – the largest direct-detection dark matter experiment in the U.S. – below an elevator and s-l-o-w-l-y lowered it 4,850 feet down a shaft formerly used in gold-mining operations.

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How to Get a Particle Detector on a Plane

September 19, 2019 sarah Jonas 0 Comments Berkeley, Berkeley Lab, Collider, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, LBNL, Nuclear Physics, Nuclear Science

Berkeley Lab is one of five sites around the globe that is building detector panels for an upgrade project that will improve the performance of a particle detector’s inner tracking system – including its resolution to take snapshots of particle collisions, its durability, and data-collection speed.

Research Results

The Chemistry of Art: Scientists Explore Aged Paint in Microscopic Detail to Inform Preservation Efforts

August 29, 2019 sarah Jonas 0 Comments Berkeley, Berkeley Lab, History, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, LBNL, NIST, X-Ray, X-rays

To learn more about the chemical processes in oil paints that can damage aging artwork, a team led by researchers at the National Gallery of Art and the National Institute of Standards and Technology conducted a range of studies that included 3D X-ray imaging of a paint sample at Berkeley Lab’s Advanced Light Source.

DOE Science News

Mineral Discovery Made Easier: X-Ray Technique Shines a New Light on Tiny, Rare Crystals

June 20, 2019June 20, 2019 Author 0 Comments Berkeley Lab, Cherepovets State University, Diffraction, ESRF, European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, Goethe University, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, LBNL, microdiffraction, National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center, NERSC, X-Ray, X-rays

Berkeley Lab scientists participate in the discovery of ognitite; other candidate new-mineral studies in progress Like a tiny needle in