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"We live in a moment of profound opportunity that this lab is uniquely positioned to address, including developments in artificial intelligence." – New Berkeley Lab Director Kathy Yelick youtu.be/6s2U78Q7kSU?si…

People have long worked to understand the language of biology. Scientists are now using AI to decipher it better than ever. Together, @PNNLab, @ORNL, @argonne, & @BerkeleyLab have developed the Orchestrated Platform for Autonomous Laboratories: pnnl.gov/news-media/dec…

The Berkeley Lab-led Multi-Office Particle Accelerator Team, an @ENERGY AI Genesis project, aims to “maximize the impact of #ArtificialIntelligence on current and future DOE #ParticleAccelerator facilities,” says @LBNLatap Senior Scientist Jean-Luc Vay, the project’s head.

Researchers from UC Berkeley and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have developed a way to electrically power nanophotonic lasers without disturbing light. Read our story: bit.ly/4flCr1p

Happy Independence Day! 🇺🇸 As the USA celebrates its 250th birthday, we're honoring the spirit of curiosity and discovery that continues to drive science forward and build a brighter future for all.

Happy 250th, America! 🇺🇸🎆 We’re proud to reflect on 8 decades of innovation @BerkeleyLab Computing Sciences. From exascale to #AI-driven labs & an 8-qubit chip for the #America250 time capsule, explore the breakthroughs driving U.S. science forward: cs.lbl.gov/about/history/ #HPC

Using @ORNL's QCUP program, a @BerkeleyLab researcher successfully simulated hadronization, a fundamental process in particle physics that's beyond the reach of today's classical supercomputers. 🔗 More details ➡️ bit.ly/4gfOIWj #BigScience #QuantumComputing

A course on #ParticleAccelerators at @UCBerkeley, taught by our Staff Scientist Simon Leemann and Senior Scientist Carl Schroeder, is helping to foster the next generation of accelerator scientists and engineers. @BerkeleyLab @DOEscience @ENERGY atap.lbl.gov/news/atap-scie…

On Lab Director Mike Witherell’s last day, he reflects on his legacy: our shared mission of science and tech, the inspiration behind our core values of stewardship, and the power of team collaboration. Advice to researchers? “Pay attention to your voice.” youtu.be/IB0aRIWrGKI

How do you overcome the reproducibility crisis in crop & bioenergy research? EcoBOT, an automated lab built by Berkeley Lab, uses robotics, computer vision, and AI to run reliably reproducible experiments under sterile conditions. newscenter.lbl.gov/2026/06/29/mee…

@scifiengineer @molecularfndry @LBNLcs It is important to notice that there's a compromise between optimized CD and phase purity of the material because the annealing at 100°C and 120°C will, invariably, induce the formation of 1D phase.

@scifiengineer @molecularfndry @LBNLcs Then, for each solvent, there's an ideal film thickness at higher annealing temperatures (> 100°C) to optimize CD response. For DMF and ACN:DMSO, orientation of the crystallites also influences the CD.

Chiral 2D metal halide perovskites are promising #spintronics materials, but getting them to perform consistently is challenging. Berkeley Lab researchers have developed a data-driven approach to optimize their performance newscenter.lbl.gov/2026/06/25/sci… @molecularfndry @LBNLcs

@scifiengineer @molecularfndry @LBNLcs Please, refer to Figure 3A of the manuscript and discussion therein to see how degradation takes place departing from the phase-pure material. This thermal degradation is expected for any (R/S-MBA)2PbI4 thin film, likely with little dependence on morphology and grain boundaries.

@scifiengineer @molecularfndry @LBNLcs For thermal performance, if you mean thermal stability, this is primarily driven by chemical degradation. As a result, we don’t anticipate that grain boundary variations will drastically alter it, and even our smoothest films show similar thermal degradation behavior.