One of the important ways Berkeley Lab has revolutionized science is its development of first-of-its-kind scientific tools. These tools have often accelerated, and sometimes even changed the trajectory of science. The Lab of course got its start with E.O. Lawrence’s invention of the cyclotron, which accelerated scientific discovery at the sub-atomic level. Today, scientists around […]

Like Berkeley Lab’s other cutting edge user facilities, the Joint Genome Institute (JGI) is helping to transform science. When it was established 26 years ago, it focused on sequencing for the Human Genome Project. Since then, it has evolved to advance genomics in support of the DOE missions related to clean energy and the environment. […]

  The Office of National and Homeland Security (ONHS), first established at the Lab in the 1990s, transitioned from the Physical Sciences Area to the Lab Directorate in the fall of 2020, reporting to the Deputy Lab Director for Research. The transition was made to better support opportunities across the Lab with the nation’s security […]

Left to right: Qiang Chen (MSIIP mentor), Bryan Alamillo (intern) The National Nuclear Security Administration Minority Serving Institutions Internship Program (NNSA-MSIIP) provides paid internship opportunities for undergraduate and graduate students enrolled at Minority Serving Institutions. It offers summer or year-long internship opportunities with the national laboratories, NNSA, and site offices. Qiang Chen, a research scientist […]

The Department of Energy Office of Science announced that five research projects involving Berkeley Lab researchers have been selected for awards through the Funding for Accelerated, Inclusive Research (FAIR) initiative, which aims to build research capacity at institutions historically underrepresented in the office’s portfolio. The awards will support basic research projects across the Office of […]

Lab Welcomes Summer Interns, In Person If you have noticed a few more people onsite, some looking a little lost, you may have guessed that this year’s summer interns have arrived. Orientation for this year’s 101 Workforce Development & Education (WD&E) interns took place on June 5 with a kickoff event. The interns, who hail […]

Research News periodically features a former Lab postdoc who has continued their career in academia, government, industry, or another sector. In this issue, we catch up with Stephanie Mack, who was a postdoc at Berkeley Lab from January to August of 2021 (she was also a postdoc at UC Santa Barbara for a year before […]

There is a lot of hype these days in the media about artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML), but at Berkeley Lab, AI and ML have played an integral role in research projects for many years. One current example of a research project with an important AI/ML component is a collaboration between the Energy […]

The science shows clearly that in order to avert the worst impacts of climate change, global temperature increase needs to be limited to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels. And to achieve this goal, emissions need to be reduced by 45% by 2030 and reach net-zero by 2050. Research News spoke with John Elliott, the Lab’s Chief […]