Over the last few months, NSD has welcomed a cohort of summer interns from high school and undergraduate and graduate university programs. Most interns are performing research in our scientific programs, while two students contribute to a new outreach website. Learn More: https://loom.ly/gHCxKaw

The recently released Physical Sciences 2025 Strategic Plan builds on recent accomplishments and the unique capabilities of the Physical Sciences Area to lay out a vision for the next ten years. Learn more: https://loom.ly/lSvOjeM

NSD hosts the 22nd Annual Exotic Beam Summer School The Nuclear Science Division welcomed 40 students for an immersive, weeklong program on rare isotope beam science. Learn More: https://loom.ly/d9SRKoc

Congratulations to Provakar Datta, postdoctoral researcher at LBNL, the winner of the 2024 JSA Thesis Prize! He was recognized for his PhD thesis titled "Precision Measurements of the Neutron Magnetic Form Factor to High Momentum Transfer using Durand's Method." Full story: https://loom.ly/-kC_53k

Scientists use titanium beam to find path to Element 120 “Creation of a new element is an extremely rare feat," says @BerkeleyLab's Jacklyn Gates. "It’s exciting to be a part of the process aimed at making #element120 and to be on such a promising path forward.” Learn more: https://loom.ly/emCnnSs

Cyclotron saves the periodic table when physics goes bonkers! New results from Berkeley Lab show that we can explore the mysterious end of the periodic table. Learn More!: https://loom.ly/8awqpy4 📷: Marilyn Sargent / Berkeley Lab

NSD Sr. Scientist Feng Yuan's recent PRT leave at premier East Coast and European institutions enabled collaboration with experts on hadron physics research crucial for the future EIC. Learn more: https://loom.ly/dKtzn8Q

The search for element 120 is on! Cosmologist Andrew Pontzen visits @BerkeleyLab to chat with our Heavy Element Group, exploring the quest for new elements. Listen to the fascinating story of scientists pushing the boundaries of discovery on the BBC's latest audio program: https://loom.ly/Scj0t3I.

We’re proud to shine our #MentorHighlight on Weronika Wolszczak, who leads a research program to optimize scintillation mechanisms in radiation‑detection materials. #NSD #RadiationDetection #Scintillators #Innovation #AppliedNuclearPhysics

The DOE Office of Science has played a key role in discovering & creating superheavy elements. Researchers at Berkeley Lab are aiming to discover element 120! Learn about new methods to create superheavy elements: https://loom.ly/M9cO6L0 📹: Marilyn Sargent / Berkeley Lab / Jennifer Pore

Meet GENESIS, a cutting-edge detector array at LBNL that helps us unlock nuclear secrets! 🌟 Learn about the Nuclear Data Program at LBNL & UCB and its work in advancing nuclear data for energy, space, and national security. 🚀 Learn more: https://loom.ly/QsVb2_M.

We’re excited to shine our #InternHighlight on Amir Abdou, who’s advancing particle tracking techniques for relativistic nuclear collisions. #NSD #RelativisticNuclearCollisions #Curiosity #ParticleTracking

We’re proud to shine our #MentorHighlight on Volker Koch, whose work on the properties of strongly interacting matter and its phase structure deepens our understanding of the universe’s workings. #NSD #NuclearTheory #NuclearPhysics

Big news! 🚀 The Giant Leap Podcast with Taylor Wilson just dropped by to chat with our Heavy Element Group about shaking up the periodic table 🧮💥! Could we be seeing some exciting changes? 🤔 Stay tuned for the episode coming soon! 📻 #GiantLeap #PeriodicTable

We’re proud to shine our #MentorHighlight on Nico Abgrall, who is pioneering autonomous, long‑dwell systems that detect, locate, and identify radiation in real time wherever they’re deployed. #NSD #AppliedNuclearPhysics #RadiationDetection #AI #Innovation

Congratulations to LBNL Theory group postdoc Wenbin Zhao for receiving 2025 RHIC&AGS Merit Award at BNL! He was recognized for his invaluable contributions across multiple areas, including hydrodynamics, critical phenomena, electromagnetic probes of baryon-rich matter, and baryon stopping.

Congratulations to UC Berkley & LBNL RNC group postdoc Lipei Du, for receiving 2025 RHIC&AGS Merit Award at BNL! He was recognized for his invaluable contributions across multiple areas, including hydrodynamics, critical phenomena, electromagnetic probes of baryon-rich matter, and baryon stopping.

We’re thrilled to shine our #InternHighlight on Arin Manohar, who’s applying machine learning and optimization to improve our GRETA gamma‑ray detector. #NSD #NuclearPhysics #MachineLearning #GRETA #Innovation

After 30 years in the making, GRETA is finally complete! 🎉 Check out this timelapse video showing its construction at Berkeley Lab. 📹: GRETA Collaboration #GRETA #BerkeleyLab #NuclearPhysics #NuclearScience #Science #Physics

Our heavy element program has made history by identifying a molecule containing Nobelium, the heaviest element with a definitively identified compound! 🌟 This milestone expands our understanding of chemistry.! Full story in Chemistry World: https://loom.ly/VNDNOls 🎨: Kent Leech / Berkeley Lab

We’re proud to shine our #MentorHighlight on Shujie Li, whose medium/high‑energy nuclear experiments employ electrons as precision probes to unveil the inner workings of nucleons. #NSD #NucleonStructure #RelativisticNuclearCollisions

Major milestone alert! 🚀 Our nuclear structure researchers have completed construction of the Gamma-Ray Energy Tracking Array (GRETA), a cutting-edge detector that will revolutionize our understanding of atomic nuclei . Read all about it: https://loom.ly/yFY_By8 📷: Marilyn Sargent / Berkeley Lab

🚀 @LBNL’s Shujie Li & John Arrington observed 3-nucleon short-range correlations at @JeffersonLab’s CEBAF using light nuclei to bypass energy limits. This breakthrough not only fills gaps in high-momentum nucleon behavior but will also refine #NeutronStar models. 👏 🔗 https://loom.ly/mRcSD50#NeutronStar

Breakthrough Published today in Nature! 🚨 Scientists at Berkeley Lab's 88-Inch Cyclotron have made a huge step forward atom-at-a-time chemistry! Read more : https://loom.ly/WwsjWjs 📷: Marilyn Sargent / Berkeley Lab

Beam tuning in action! Ever wondered what it takes to shape an accelerated ion beam? 🤔 Check out our skilled operator Nishi hard at work adjusting the beam to meet our experimenters' needs. 🎵: bensound.com License code: 6UG71JKTU1LTMPRZ Artist: : Marcus P.

We’re excited to shine our #InternHighlight on Ana Barrera, who this summer is deepening our insight into fluorescent light emissions in organic scintillators for radiation detection. #NSD #AppliedNuclearPhysics #RadiationDetection #DataVisualization

🎙️ Check it out! 🎧 BBC Audio stopped by to learn more about our Heavy Element Program 🔍 and the quest to discover new elements 🌟. Stay tuned for the release of the full episode! 📻️ 📷: Erich Leistenschneider #HeavyElements #BBC #NuclearScience #Science

🔍 Exciting times for nuclear science! 🌟 This year, our Nuclear Science Division hosted the Exotic Beam Summer School 🎓, bringing together students & young researchers to explore the fascinating world of exotic nuclei 🔮. Music by Bensound License code: YNTWF9VCRJIZFPGT Artist: : Benjamin Tissot

Congratulations to our Lab Director, Mike Witherell, on his retirement announcement 👋! After nearly 10 years , Mike is leaving behind a legacy of scientific achievement and operational excellence 🌟. Hey, Did you know that Mike's favorite element is xenon? 🤔 📹: Marilyn Sargent / Berkeley Lab

We’re proud to shine our #MentorHighlight on Heather Crawford, whose passion for discovery and innovation inspires our interns to tackle bold questions and build the future of nuclear science! #NSD #SummerInterns #NuclearPhysics #Innovation

Beamtimes: where sleep is optional 😴💤 and coffee is lifeblood ☕️💻! Did you know that nuclear physics beamtimes can run 24/7 for days or weeks straight 🕰️💥? But the payoff is worth it! #beamtime #nuclearscience #coffeeaddict #science

Update: Majorana Demonstrator Completes Mission, LEGEND Launches 🚀 The Majorana Demonstrator experiment is being dismantled 🛠️. The mystery of Majorana neutrinos remains 🔮. Scientists from NSD built the electronics and now are working on LEGEND-200 🚀. 📷: Majorana Demonstrator Collaboration

Flashback Friday! 📆🔙 Check out the transformation of our 88-inch control room over the years from 1981 to now! 🔄 📷: BerkeleyLab 🎵: Bensound / License code: 4CDXSXTDHZ0M1FCY /Artist: : Benjamin Tissot #FlashbackFriday #88inchcyclotron #ControlRoomEvolution #Science #Innovatio #NuclearScience

We’re excited to shine our #InternHighlight on Jonathan Parra, who’s working on heavy‑ion collisions to recreate the Quark‑Gluon Plasma, a primordial soup from microseconds after the Big Bang. #NSD #NuclearTheory #DataAnalysis #QGP

Big news! 🎉 NSD's heavy element program is making waves with their research on producing element 116 (LV) using 50Ti! 🔬⚡️ Their work was chosen for Physical Review Letters' 2024 collection of the year! 📚️ Full PRL 2024 Collection: https://loom.ly/YOYYjDM 🎨: Kent Leech / Berkeley Lab

Scientists from the STAR collaboration, including members of @LBNL's Nuclear Science Division, have made a groundbreaking discovery that quark-gluon plasma "splashes" sideways when hit with energetic particle jets! 💥 https://loom.ly/2lyl-9A 📷: Valerie A. Lentz/Brookhaven National Laboratory

Teaching robots new tricks 🐶! Our team at NSD's Applied Nuclear Physics Group is developing multi-sensor systems that map radiation in 3D in real-time, helping robots autonomously investigate hazardous areas. 📹: BerkeleyLab #RadiationDetection #Robotics #NuclearPhysics #Science

Theorists & experimentalists: two sides of the same coin. To uncover the secrets of the universe, we need both brilliant minds working TOGETHER. But sometimes, communication can be tough. Let's collaborate, share ideas & make breakthroughs! #NuclearScience #ScienceCollaboration #UnlockTheUniverse

Did you know the 88-Inch Cyclotron has a secret life? Beyond exploring the atomic nucleus, it helps develop life-saving cancer treatments, protects spacecraft from radiation, and advances energy technologies! Learn More: https://loom.ly/5bpbXXs 📷: Marilyn Sargent/Berkeley Lab

NSD's heavy element team is innovating! 🤖💡 They're now developing a new technique to assemble radioactive targets using robots. #HeavyElements #Robotics #Innovation #NSD #BerkeleyLab Music by: Bensound.com/royalty-free-music License code: Q48GBUHRFCBWXKTI

Take a peek inside GRETA! Our Gamma-Ray Energy Tracking Array (GRETA) is a cutting-edge, high-resolution gamma-ray detector system that's helping us uncover the secrets of the universe! 📷: @BerkeleyLab #GRETA #GammaRayDetection #NuclearScience

Oh, 88 Ball, will we have beam? 🎱🔮 Meet the 88 Ball, a legendary magic 8 ball and favorite of all experimenters at the 88-inch cyclotron! 📷: @BerkeleyLab #88inchcyclotron #Magic8Ball #BeamTime #NuclearScience

Element crush alert! Jacklyn Gates can't get enough of Mc (Z=115)! But what's behind the fascination? Is it the element's mysterious properties or something more... out of this world?👽 📹 @mchungphoto @BerkeleyLab #ElementCrush #SuperHeavyElements #NuclearScience

Did you know that for a new element to be considered officially discovered, it needs to live for at least 10^-14 seconds? 🤯 That's only 0.00000000000001 seconds! ⏱️ Mind blown? 💥 #newelements #physics #discovery #nuclearscience

Atomic split decision! One big nucleus splits into smaller ones, releasing a TON of energy! Mind. Blown. 🤯#NuclearReactions #Fission #Science

Job Alert!🚨 Lawrence Berkeley National Lab's Nuclear Science Division is hiring a Postdoctoral Scholar! If you're excited about ultrafast laser spectroscopy, laser plasma accelerators, and cutting-edge optical systems, this could be the perfect role for you! Apply now! https://loom.ly/Nfh5MOc

Nuclear identity crisis! 🤔 Are you a Liquid Drop or a Shell Model kinda nucleus? 🤷‍♀️ Both models have their perks! 💡 Liquid Drop explains nuclear stability, while Shell Model reveals nucleon behavior 📚 #NuclearPhysics #LiquidDropModel #ShellModel #Physics

Last week was #LabSafetyWeek! NSD's Heavy Element Group got hands-on with fire extinguisher training, simulated an earthquake, and even escaped an escape room! Did anyone else participate in Lab Safety Week? Share your experiences with us! #LabSafety #SafetyFirst #NuclearScience

Exciting updates from the world of nuclear science! 🗞️⚛️ Read the full newsletter and stay up-to-date on the latest news: https://loom.ly/Av189Ac #NuclearScience #BerkeleyLab #Science #Physics

Every experimentalist's worst nightmare. When you're lying awake at 3 am wondering... did I turn on the detector?! 😳💡 #experimentalistlife #sleeplessnights #detectordrama #Science #NuclearScience #Physics