The LEGEND-200 experiment has published its first results! ⚛️ By reaching a new world-leading half-life limit for 0νββ decay (>1.9×10²⁶ years), the team is redefining neutrino research. LBNL designed the ultra-pure electronics for this milestone. Read more: buff.ly/cwsuzqC #Neutrino #LBNL

How do you optimize one of the world's most powerful ion sources without spending hours on manual tuning? You let AI do it! 🤖✨ The result? A stable, optimized beam and more time for physicists to focus on the science! nuclearscience.lbl.gov/2026/03/30/o...

The latest Nuclear Science Division newsletter is out now! This issue shares updates on exciting work across NSD. Take a look! nuclearscience.lbl.gov/nuclear-scie...

How do you listen for the rarest signals in the universe? You start by going -300°F. To help the LEGEND-1000 search for the origins of matter, our Engineering and Nuclear Science Divisions are developing a "super tiny" microchip with a "super big" job. engineering.lbl.gov/2026/03/26/s...

Congratulations to our very own Feng Yuan for being named a 2026 Outstanding Referee by the American Physical Society! This prestigious honor recognizes scientists who have demonstrated exceptional diligence, professionalism, and constructive feedback in the peer-review process for APS journals.

Congratulations to the #ArtemisII crew on a safe return. Before Orion launched, its vital electronics were put to the ultimate test at Berkeley Lab's 88-Inch BASE Facility to ensure they could withstand the harsh radiation of deep space. One giant leap for science, one "hardened" chip at a time.

Is the proton smaller than we thought? We usually imagine protons as three little spheres, but the reality is much more mysterious. Check out a new study suggesting that a proton’s "identity" is actually concentrated in its very center! antarcticaneutrinos.blogspot.com/2026/03/what...

We’re getting a clearer look at the "Perfect Fluid." Researchers have developed a new way to probe the expansion of quark-gluon plasma using electromagnetic signals (photons + dileptons). We now have a "flowmeter" for the hottest matter in the known universe. journals.aps.org/prl/abstract...

Happy St. Patrick's Day from NSD! 🍀🍰 We're celebrating with another delicious edition of "The Great NSD Bake-Off"! 🍰 Today's homemade treats were absolutely divine. Thank you to everyone for a great turn out and for making it a lucky day! 🍀🎉 #StPatricksDay #TheGreatNSDBakeOff

Excited to announce that Berkeley Lab will host the 27th International Workshop on Electron Cyclotron Resonance Ion Sources (#ECRIS26) in San Francisco! Join us Sept 27 – Oct 1, 2026, to discuss the latest in ECR ion source R&D and applications. conferences.lbl.gov/event/2362/

Breath-taking views that never get old 🌅😍! Even the turkeys are loving it 🐓😊 #NatureLovers #ScenicViews #TurkeyTales #NuclearScience #BerkeleyLab

The 88-Inch Cyclotron: a 60-year legacy of innovation! From 1962 to today, it's been pushing the boundaries of research. #Science #Research #NuclearScience #Cyclotron 📸 : Berkeley Lab / Thor Swift

🌌💥 New episode alert! 🚨 Episode 2 of Let's Get Nuclear explores the universe's matter-antimatter mystery 🤯. Join @BerkeleyLab experts as they discuss the neutrino's role in solving this cosmic puzzle 🔍 #NuclearPhysics #LetsGetNuclear nuclearscience.lbl.gov/2026/02/03/e...

LBNL's NSD and Creighton University scientists have compared photon-proton and photon-lead collisions, and discovered that some of the products look very similar. So, the product is likely a single resonance, rather than a mixture of two resonances. #LBL #Creighton journals.aps.org/prc/abstract...

Get ready to go nuclear! 🚀💥 Introducing our new podcast series, Let's Get Nuclear! 🎙️ In episode 1, we dive into the mysterious world of superheavy elements! 🌟https://nuclearscience.lbl.gov/2026/01/27/episode-1-the-quest-for-element-120-and-the-elusive-island-of-stability/

Berkeley Lab has pushed the boundaries of magnet technology! Their 88-Inch Cyclotron's VENUS ion source set a world record for magnetic confinement field strength. Now, the team is building MARS, which will create even stronger magnetic fields. newscenter.lbl.gov/2026/01/15/l...

Celebrating 25 years of discovery! From building the STAR TPC to pioneering MAPS detectors, RNC led the way in finding the "perfect liquid." As this epic journey at RHIC ends, we continue leading QCD & jet research into a new era. ⚛️✨ #Science #Physics www.energy.gov/science/arti...

ALICE collaboration at CERN just cracked how light atomic nuclei survive the LHC's scorching fireball. Turns out nuclei form after the initial collision via nuclear fusion in a cooler environment - key finding to better model light-nuclei creation and interpret signals in the search for dark matter.

Published in Science, CUORE hunts for a rare process that could change our understanding of the universe and help answer one of physics’ biggest questions: Are neutrinos their own antiparticles, and could that explain why we exist at all? newscenter.lbl.gov/2025/11/20/n...

New paper in PRL! 🚀 NSD Researchers propose that 23Na could be a significant source of galactic axions, detectable by all-sky detectors like COSI 🔍. It might be possible to reach 3 sigma sensitivity in 2 years of measurements! 💻 : journals.aps.org/prl/abstract...

Meet Mathis Wiedeking, an experimental physicist at @BerkeleyLab 🚀! He's on a mission to unravel nuclear reactions that help us understand how elements form 🌟. newscenter.lbl.gov/2025/11/18/s... #nuclearphysics #astrophysics #i-process 📸 : Marilyn Sargent / Berkeley Lab

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