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24-Mar-2025

Moiré than meets the eye

DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Researchers have discovered that phasons, low-temperature quasiparticles found in crystal lattices, enable interlayer excitons to move at very low temperatures, when motion should stop. In addition to contributing to foundational materials science knowledge, this discovery could help improve the stability of quantum technologies, such as using excitons as qubits.

19-Mar-2025

New DESI results strengthen hints that dark energy may evolve

DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Reports and Proceedings

The Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument used millions of galaxies and quasars to build the largest 3D map of our universe to date. Combining their data with other experiments shows signs that the impact of dark energy may be weakening over time — and the standard model of how the universe works may need an update.

Meeting: Global Physics Summit 2025

19-Mar-2025

DESI opens access to the largest 3D map of the universe yet

DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Reports and Proceedings

A new data release from the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument is now available for researchers to explore. The collection contains information on 18.7 million galaxies, quasars, and stars — the largest dataset of its kind ever shared.

Meeting: Global Physics Summit 2025

11-Mar-2025

Scientists discover new heavy-metal molecule ‘berkelocene’

DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Scientists have discovered “berkelocene,” the first organometallic molecule to be characterized containing the heavy element berkelium. The breakthrough disrupts long-held theories about the chemistry of the elements that follow uranium in the periodic table.

Journal: Science

6-Mar-2025

A new way to engineer composite materials

DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new study led by researchers at Berkeley Lab outlines a way to engineer pseudo-bonds in materials. Instead of forming chemical bonds, which is what makes epoxies and other composites so tough, the chains of molecules entangle in a way that is fully reversible.