The #NobelPrize-winning materials known as MOFs have incredible promise for #EnergyTechnology, #medicine, #CleanWater, and more. Our scientists are helping pioneer the field to make big changes from these tiny crystal sponges. ⬇️ newscenter.lbl.gov/2026/01/06/f... @molecularfoundry.lbl.gov

Our social media team will be taking a break starting 12/24 and will return with fresh content in the new year. Wishing everyone a peaceful holiday season and a bright new year ahead. See you in 2026! ❄️

Modifying plant genes gives us more productive & resilient crops, but the process is a slog. JBEI scientists have a new way to screen thousands of gene regulators at once, helping us learn how to tailor traits using the plant’s own genetic control panel. newscenter.lbl.gov/2025/12/18/s...

2025 was filled with remarkable breakthroughs at our Lab, from developing new materials and exploring the universe to making strides in #AI, #microelectronics, and #quantum science. Plus, we celebrated our 17th Nobel Prize! 🏅 Explore our top stories ➡️ newscenter.lbl.gov/2025/12/17/b...

#DataCenters are critical to our technology landscape, and our researchers are leading the way in enhancing their efficiency and reliability. Explore how we’re driving advancements in seven key areas to power the future. newscenter.lbl.gov/2025/12/16/h...

Berkeley Lab is shaping the #quantum future—across qubits, sensors, and networks. Explore 7 ways our research is moving quantum from theory to real-world tech. newscenter.lbl.gov/2025/04/23/s... #QuantumComputing @molecularfoundry.lbl.gov @cs.lbl.gov

“Now, researchers can create truly adaptive HPC-supported quantum experiments… enabling a new era of quantum discovery.” — Bert de Jong, QSA Director #QuantumComputing #AI #Innovation @cs.lbl.gov @atap.lbl.gov newscenter.lbl.gov/2025/10/29/n...

What do better batteries, smarter materials & secure networks have in common? #Quantum science. 🔮 Go behind the scenes with the Lab’s Bert de Jong to see how qubits could solve tomorrow’s energy challenges. @molecularfoundry.lbl.gov @als.lbl.gov vimeo.com/1077331088

Today, researchers with the @lzdarkmatter.bsky.social experiment set a world's best in the search for galactic #DarkMatter, and also marked the detector’s first glimpse of neutrinos from the sun's core. newscenter.lbl.gov/2025/12/08/l...

What if better food, fabrics, and more could be grown in a lab? #Biomanufacturing experts are leading the way in scaling-up synthetics for items you rely on every day. Learn how precision fermentation can power the future of products in your home. Watch the video: vimeo.com/1121969286/8...

“Incorporating QubiC into @nvidia’s NVQlink enables a new era of #quantum discovery, where quantum experiments learn and evolve on the fly, unlocking scientific insights that were previously out of reach.” — Bert de Jong, QSA Director & Senior Scientist; Berkeley Lab

“AI will be used to design the next-generation quantum technology, and incorporated into programming, controlling and error correcting quantum computers.” — Bert de Jong, QSA Director & Senior Scientist ✨ https://thinkact.rolandberger.com/en/ta-46/is-your-organization-ready-for-the-quantum-leap

“Expected to grow 20× by 2050 worldwide, geothermal energy is especially promising in the U.S. due to the existing oil & gas infrastructure that can be used for geothermal production. Geothermal energy may someday power 45% of U.S. homes.” — Eva Schill (@wsj.com link behind paywall)

“The A-Lab can process up to 100 times as many samples as a human can and pare down paths for further investigation with AI. It’s intended to iterate rapidly, the way scientists operate.” — Gerbrand Ceder, Berkeley Lab & UC Berkeley

We're breaking new ground in quantum computing! Over 7,000 NVIDIA GPUs on @nersc.bsky.social's Perlmutter supercomputer have powered an advanced multilayer quantum-chip simulation, giving researchers the tools to fine-tune #quantum hardware before it’s even built! ✨

"Building superconducting qubits with over a microsecond lifetime is a heroic effort and establishes the solid foundations for next-generation superconducting quantum computing technology," says @berkeleylab.lbl.gov's Bert de Jong.

“By connecting with research, industry, and state partners, we’re helping build a strong fusion ecosystem in California,” said Cameron Geddes of @atap.lbl.gov during this week’s California Fusion Convening event. @businesswire.bsky.social

Your next research breakthrough could start here with us at Berkeley Lab! BeamNetUS connects researchers with DOE accelerator facilities, including @atap.lbl.gov, Argonne, @brookhavenlab.bsky.social, Fermilab, SLAC, and Jefferson Lab. 🗓️ Apply by Sunday, Nov. 30. More info: beamnetus.org/access

Sensors built to hunt dark matter might also power breakthroughs in quantum computing. TESSERACT’s transition-edge sensors are opening new paths for both dark matter searches and quantum technologies.

"With AI, synthetic biology can become computationally driven, rather than intuition driven, where algorithms design DNA, enzymes, & entire biosynthetic pathways before they’re ever built," says @berkeleylab.lbl.gov's Hector Garcia Martin.

Congrats to @berkeleylab.lbl.gov 's John Shalf! He’s been awarded IEEE's 2025 Seymour Cray Award for pioneering work in energy-efficient computing & hardware-software co-design bit.ly/JS_CrayAward Heading to @Supercomputing ( #SC25 ) next week? Connect with our experts: bit.ly/LBL_SC25 #HPC

Research Scientist, Reed Teyber, created a new method to measure inter-tape resistance in superconducting cables, promising more powerful & reliable magnets for HEP, #fusionenergy, & beyond @berkeleylab.lbl.gov @lbnlengineering.lbl.gov @departmentofenergy.bsky.social atap.lbl.gov/news/a-new-m...

“Industrial #biotech is not performing well either," says @berkeleylab.lbl.gov's Deepti Tanjore. "We have overemphasized innovation at the microbial level, neglecting innovation in scale-up and distributed domestic manufacturing.” @rowanwalrath.bsky.social

🧬 AI is helping decode the genome's "switchboard." A Berkeley Lab and Stanford study in Nature shows how combining experiments with machine learning reveals where AI succeeds and falls short in predicting how DNA enhancers control gene activity.

“Knowing how to make noise-resistant qubits will allow us to advance more efficient quantum computers directed at solving the scientific problems that are key to the US Department of Energy's mission.” – @wadejong.bsky.social, Quantum Systems Accelerator director Details ⬇️✨🧪

Excited about the future of energy? So are we! Discover how our researchers are working on innovative technologies to make fusion energy a reality and bring us closer to cleaner, more accessible power! Details ⬇️ https://newscenter.lbl.gov/2025/06/12/the-technologies-fueling-the-future-of-fusion/

DYK the Earth's heat is a constant, renewable source of energy 🔥♻️⚡️? In our new Explainer Series, we explain how enhanced geothermal systems (EGS) go beyond natural hot spots to unlock resilient power almost anywhere. Check it out! 🧪 ⬇️

✨ Congratulations to state leaders, researchers, and industry partners on launching #QuantumCalifornia, a statewide effort to accelerate quantum technology, grow the workforce, and drive economic impact. @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social#QuantumCalifornia

Scientists engineer a yeast to convert urine into hydroxyapatite, a high-value material used to repair bones and teeth. The tech could offset high costs of wastewater treatment and more. Details ⬇️🧪🦠 @molecularfoundry.lbl.gov ‬ @biosci.lbl.gov @ucirvine.bsky.social

💻 ⚙️ Researchers our @molecularfoundry.lbl.gov and George Washington University have discovered that atoms in semiconductors self-organize, changing material properties and enabling next-gen quantum and defense tech. Get the details ⬇️

The Quantum Systems Accelerator (QSA) at Berkeley Lab, co-led with Sandia National Laboratories, received $125M in renewed funding from the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science. 🧪 ✨

DYK AI isn’t just changing the game, it’s helping us discover faster? From nanoscale materials to supercomputing, Berkeley Lab researchers are using AI to accelerate science in real time! Learn more ⬇️✨ @als.lbl.gov @molecularfoundry.lbl.gov @esnet.bsky.social @nersc.bsky.social

“Now, researchers can create truly adaptive HPC-supported quantum experiments… enabling a new era of quantum discovery.” — Bert de Jong, QSA Center Director ✨ @cs.lbl.gov @atap.lbl.gov #QuantumComputing #AI #Innovation

“QubiC is one of the first open-source platforms to tightly integrate quantum hardware control, hybrid quantum-classical workflows, and HPC.” — Gang Huang, Berkeley Lab #QuantumComputing #QubiC @cs.lbl.gov @atap.lbl.gov#QuantumComputing#QubiC

In a big step for quantum computing, Berkeley Lab and NVIDIA are integrating quantum processors to supercomputers via NVQLink. Our open-source QubiC controller will bring us closer to more powerful and reliable quantum computers. #NVIDIAGTC @atap.lbl.gov ✨ ⬇️ nvidianews.nvidia.com/news/nvidia-...

✨ AI + supercomputing = real-time science. Berkeley Lab’s AI tools analyze data as it’s created, helping our scientists make discoveries faster. @nersc.bsky.social @esnet.bsky.social

We’re part of a team of 80 researchers across 15 institutions pushing the boundaries of quantum information science. Collaboration is how discovery scales. ⚛️ https://quantumsystemsaccelerator.org/

We’re exploring the quantum frontier to solve challenges today’s tech can’t touch. From theory to application, every discovery moves us closer to what’s next. ⚛️

AI is transforming how science gets done. At Berkeley Lab, automation and data systems are helping our researchers make discoveries faster than ever. ✨

At Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, we’re tackling one of AI’s toughest challenges: generating reliable insights from limited data about Earth’s subsurface, where 80% of global energy originates. Learn how ⬇️ @eesaberkeleylab.bsky.social

🎉Congrats to @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social's Omar Yaghi, awarded the 2025 @nobelprize.bsky.social in Chemistry for pioneering reticular chemistry and creating metal–organic frameworks (MOFs). Yaghi led our @molecularfoundry.lbl.gov and is now an affiliate in the Lab’s Materials Sciences Division.

🏅 Former Berkeley Lab senior scientist John Clarke has won the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics. His research on quantum tunneling in electric circuits paved the way for today’s quantum computers and sensors. 🧠 This brings LBNL’s Nobel count to 17! @nobelprize.bsky.social @uofcalifornia.bsky.social

🔊 Join us for the Great Berkeley ShakeOut at @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social 📅 Thursday, Oct 16 🕚 11a–2p PT 📍 Sproul Plaza Visit our booth to hear from a Berkeley Lab subject matter expert, who will share the latest in earthquake simulation research. #BerkeleyShakeOut

"Every breakthrough in science invites both excitement and scrutiny," says @berkeleylab.lbl.gov 's Kristin Persson. "There is tremendous promise in applying data-driven AI and machine learning to the discovery, direction, and optimization of materials."

"Windows lose 10x to 20x more energy per square foot than a well-insulated wall," says Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory's Steve Selkowitz who's pioneering work decades ago led to the development of these thinner, more efficient windows.

STAR just reported its most precise data yet in the search for a nuclear-matter “critical point.” Why it matters: sharper tests of theory for how quarks & gluons change phase under extreme conditions. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory helped lead the analysis. @brookhavenlab.bsky.social

With sadness and gratitude, we honor George F. Smoot III—Berkeley Lab scientist since 1974 and 2006 Nobel Laureate in Physics—who has passed away at 80. His “baby picture” of the universe changed cosmology. https://elements.lbl.gov/news/honoring-the-legacy-of-george-smoot/ @nobelprize.bsky.social

“We provided irrefutable proof that we could make the quark-gluon plasma in the laboratory. That’s a big deal, because that’s re-creating the Big Bang in a little bang.” – Barbara Jacak, Berkeley Lab nuclear physicist who worked on RHIC’s PHENIX particle detector @berkeleylabpress.bsky.social

💻⚙️ Atoms in semiconductors don’t just fall randomly into place, they self-organize in ways that change material properties. This discovery from our @molecularfoundry.lbl.gov & George Washington University could transform how we design microelectronics for quantum + defense tech. 🧪

🦌 🐍 🦃 Always a reminder that Berkeley Lab’s hilltop campus is shared with incredible neighbors. From coyotes and deer to rattlesnakes and turkeys, wildlife is part of our daily landscape, and a sign of our unique environment where world-class science meets the natural world. 💙#WildlifeWednesday