We’re emerging from a global pandemic. Americans’ perspectives on how and where people work are fundamentally changing. Policymakers in Washington are deliberating about clean energy and climate initiatives that may refocus the research priorities at the DOE national laboratories. Lab Director Mike Witherell offered his thoughts recently on the Lab’s directions and most urgent challenges. … [Read more...]
In Memoriam: Glenn Roberts Jr.
Roberts wrote about physics, accelerators, and nuclear science at Berkeley Lab, infusing stories with wonder and excitement By Aliyah Kovner and Julie Chao Glenn Roberts Jr., a gifted science writer, pun master, devotee of all things tiki, and beloved member of the Berkeley Lab community, has died. Roberts was hired by Berkeley Lab’s then-Public Affairs department in 2015 to cover … [Read more...]
COVID-19 Related Research at Berkeley Lab
Scientists around the world are joining together to study the coronavirus known as SARS-CoV-2 and to expedite the development of possible vaccines and treatments to prevent its infection, named COVID-19. At Berkeley Lab, senior leadership and Operations staff are evaluating ways in which our unique capabilities can contribute to this global effort while ensuring the health and safety of our staff … [Read more...]
Pioneering Lab Women
Lina Galtieri Lina Galtieri, with the Lab's Physics Division, was there alongside Luis Alvarez when several new particles were discovered during bubble chamber experiments. She and other members of the Alvarez group accompanied him to Stockholm for the Nobel ceremony in 1968. In addition to finding particles, she has also contributed to their demise, debunking the "split A2" experiment … [Read more...]
IGB Neighbors Moving In Beginning Nov. 5
A plan that has been on the drawing board for over a decade has become a reality. On Tuesday, Nov. 5, the first 55 employees from the Joint Genome Institute in Walnut Creek join the Lab’s main site on the hill by moving into the recently completed Integrative Genomics Building, or IGB. The rest of the JGI and KBase staff will move in waves, with all scheduled to be in the IGB by the end of the … [Read more...]