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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.

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

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

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

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.

Journal: Advanced Materials

SLAC scientists created the most powerful ultrashort electron beam in the world

DOE/SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Researchers carefully positioned lasers to compress billions of electrons together, creating a beam five times more powerful than ever before.

Journal: Physical Review Letters
Funder: DOE/US Department of Energy

For better quantum sensing, go with the flow

DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Scientists encased nanodiamonds in tiny moving droplets of water to improve quantum sensing. The new technique lets researchers detect trace amounts of certain ions and molecules, and could someday find applications in environmental monitoring, medicine, bioengineering, and more.

Journal: Science Advances

QSA quantum technologies advance insights into materials physics

DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

QSA scientists have advanced major quantum computing technologies based on superconducting qubits, trapped ions, and neutral atoms. These different technologies can be applied in quantum science to study fundamental phenomena and advance new materials. The scientific and technological progress in materials physics led by QSA facilitates the understanding and design of novel properties in superconductors, quantum spin liquids, magnetism, and topological materials.

New photon-avalanching nanoparticles could enable next-generation optical computers

DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Researchers have developed a new optical computing material from photon avalanching nanoparticles.

Journal: Nature Photonics

Solving the case of the missing platinum

DOE/SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

SSRL scientists have figured out how platinum electrodes dissolve, potentially paving the way for renewable energy improvements.

Journal: Nature Materials

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