Can science be fueled by tacos? 🤔 Hmm, maybe we should experiment! 😉 What a fantastic lunch today! 🙌 A massive thank you to everyone who came out today to celebrate the NSD team. ❤️🌮 #NSDFamily #StaffLunch #TeamScience #TacoTuesday

The Gamma-Ray Energy Tracking Array (GRETA) has successfully completed its commissioning run at FRIB! 🔬 Led by Berkeley Lab, the world's most advanced gamma-ray spectrometer is ready to reveal the inner workings of atomic nuclei. Read more: nuclearscience.lbl.gov/2026/07/28/g... #NuclearPhysics

Massive shoutout to these amazing NSD 88-ers for conquering the San Francisco Half-Marathon yesterday! So proud of Marilena, Yullia, Erich, and Kgashane for finishing strong! Who is ready to sign up for the next one? 🌟👏 #Scienceontherun #TeamScience

Happy Birthday to Al Ghiroso—one of Berkeley Lab’s great element discoverers! 🎉🧪 Al still holds the world record for the most elements discovered or co-discovered (12). He would have been 101 years old today (born in 1915).

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Jennifer Pore from NSD’s Low Energy Nuclear Physics Program is carrying forward @BerkeleyLab legacy of reshaping the periodic table. Using the 88-Inch Cyclotron, the group is continuing the historic path blazed by Glenn Seaborg. nuclearscience.lbl.gov/2026/05/01/c...

Can the 88-Inch Cyclotron Save the Periodic Table? – Nuclear Science Division

The modern periodic table creates the illusion that chemistry is a solved puzzle. With every row and column of the table filled — either by atoms studied for centuries or man-made ones observed only…

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When particles collide, quarks momentarily break free before instantly freezing into the stable matter around us. A new @BerkeleyLab study by Yuxun Guo, Volker Koch, and Feng Yuan creates a new way to map this transition by analyzing the exact angles of the energy spray.

Berkeley Lab researchers developed a fast machine learning method (MCLMC) that reconstructs radiological maps and quantifies uncertainty in just ~10 seconds. This near-real-time data helps emergency responders make safer decisions. ☢️💻 #MachineLearning #NuclearScience #Safety buff.ly/9ubJFvR

A breakthrough in alpha theranostics! 🔬 Our pilot study shows TOF-CGI in a clinical TOF-PET scanner yields much higher SNR than SPECT for Ac-225 cascade imaging, all without collimators. Check out the first clinical images here: buff.ly/2qDFqj3%E2%8... #AlphaTherapy #NuclearMedicine

Announcing Paul Fallon as the Interim Nuclear Science Division (NSD) Director, effective July 1, 2026! A distinguished nuclear physicist and GRETA Project Director, Paul will lead as we search for a permanent director. Read more: buff.ly/WBXrCBI

Settling a missing piece of the cosmic puzzle. How do stars create heavy elements? A new study led by @BerkeleyLab's Nuclear Data Program reviews the "i-process" - a mechanism bridging the gap between traditional stellar models to explain anomalous element patterns across the Milky Way.

So. Darn. Cute. 🦌💛 Two brand new baby dear cruising around @BerkeleyLab. #LabLife #ScienceWithCuteness #CuteAnimals #Wildlife

The newest NSD Newsletter is here! This issue spotlights exciting progress across Nuclear Science Division—from AI/ML methods that speed up radiation map analysis, to fresh insights into heavy elements, collider physics, and lattice QCD. nuclearscience.lbl.gov/nuclear-scie...

The Nuclear Science Division is pleased to share that Hannah Parrilla, Sr. Scientific Engineering Associate, has been recognized as an Outstanding Pre-College Volunteer of the Year by the A-LIFT program. Thanks for inspiring the next generation of STEM leaders nuclearscience.lbl.gov/2026/05/19/c...

Celebrating A-LIFT’s Outstanding Pre-College Volunteer: Hannah Parrilla – Nuclear Science Division

Berkeley Lab’s collaboration, internship, and outreach programs thrive for one simple reason: our incredible staff. Initiatives like the A-LIFT program are highly successful because of dedicated…

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How does the strong force emerge from quarks and gluons? For over a decade, conflicting math led to a mystery: do "di-nucleons" bind at heavy pion masses? A new LBL study led by André Walker-Loud and the BaSc Collaboration finally has the answer: No. nuclearscience.lbl.gov/2026/03/30/d...

🎙️ Episode 3 of Let's Get Nuclear is live! Berkeley Lab explores the evolution of nuclear medicine: from beta emitters (the BB pellets) to alpha emitters (the cannonballs). nuclearscience.lbl.gov/2026/05/07/e...

Mother's Day came early at Berkeley Lab! 🦃💚 Spotted: one proud mama turkey and her adorable baby. #BerkeleyLab #Wildlife #MothersDay

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

LEGEND-200 Publishes its First Results – Nuclear Science Division

After the conclusion of the EU-led GERDA and the US-led MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR (MJD) experiments, the two collaborations, along with additional experts in low-background neutrino research, joined…

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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...

Episode 2: The Ghost in the Detector: Are neutrinos the key in solving the universe’s antimatter mystery? – Nuclear Science Division

Discover how the CUPID experiment, a revolutionary new project, aims to shed light on this mystery by looking for a rare process called neutrinoless double beta decay. Tune in to learn more about the…

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