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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! ❄️
December 23, 2025 at 9:31 PM
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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.
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Scientists Build 'Speed Scanner' to Test Thousands of Plant Gene Switches at Once
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December 18, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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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...
Berkeley Lab’s Big Science Stories of 2025
To celebrate the end of the year, here’s a roundup of some of our biggest stories, which highlight how Berkeley Lab is delivering solutions.
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December 17, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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#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...
How Researchers Are Driving Advances for Data Centers
From expert analyses and energy-saving computer models to supercomputers with built-in cooling technologies, Berkeley Lab is driving innovation toward energy-wise data centers.
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December 16, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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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
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Seven Ways Berkeley Lab is Pioneering the Quantum Future
Groundbreaking research spans the quantum ecosystem, from qubits to sensors to quantum computing networks
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December 11, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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“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
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New Berkeley Lab and NVIDIA Partnership Integrates Quantum and AI Supercomputing for Next-Generation Research
A new partnership between Berkeley Lab and NVIDIA is harnessing QubiC and NVQLink technology to connect QPUs, GPUs, and CPUs.
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December 10, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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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.

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Science Power-Up: Rewriting the Rules with Quantum
At Berkeley Lab, scientists are rewriting the rules of computing, chemistry, materials science, and more through the promise of quantum information science. Bert…
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December 9, 2025 at 6:35 PM
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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...
LZ Sets a World’s Best in the Hunt for Galactic Dark Matter and Gets a New Look at Neutrinos from the Sun’s Core
The LUX-ZEPLIN experiment analyzed the largest dataset ever collected by a dark matter detector, reaching unmatched sensitivity.
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December 8, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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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...
Science Power-up: Where Biomanufacturing Can Take Us This Century
Deepti Tanjore, biomanufacturing expert and Director of the Advanced Biofuels and Bioproducts Process Development Unit (ABPDU), shares how scale-up technologies…
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December 4, 2025 at 7:28 PM
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“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
Nvidia’s New Product Merges AI Supercomputing With Quantum
Jensen Huang unveils a new interconnect that links quantum processors with Nvidia’s AI supercomputers to get the most out of both.
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November 21, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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“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
Is your organization ready for the quantum leap? | Roland Berger
Think:Act Magazine dives into the coming wave of quantum innovation and why your business needs to prepare now.
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November 20, 2025 at 12:46 PM
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“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

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Can a Geothermal Startup Vaporize Rock to Drill the Deepest Holes Ever?
Quaise Energy is deploying futuristic technology and banking on Trump’s support for accessing subterranean heat.
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November 19, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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“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
AI and Automation: Preparing Your Lab for the Next Stage
Intertwined trends in automation and AI are pointing to a single inflection point: the autonomous lab
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November 18, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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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! ✨
Unprecedented Perlmutter Simulation Details Quantum Chip
A coalition of researchers used almost all of the Perlmutter supercomputer’s 7,168 NVIDIA GPUs over a period of 24 hours to capture the structure and function of a multi-layered chip. The chip measure...
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November 17, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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"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.
New, more stable qubits could simplify dreamed-of quantum computers
Advance underscores the importance of materials science for quantum computing
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November 17, 2025 at 5:53 PM
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“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.

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California Holds First Statewide Summit on Fusion Energy, Cementing State's Leadership in the Race for Clean Power
More than 200 leaders from science, government, industry, and academia gathered today to accelerate California's growing role as the nation's top fusion ener...
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November 14, 2025 at 9:10 PM
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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.
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BeamNetUS, a network of @departmentofenergy.bsky.social national lab facilities dedicated to #ParticleAccelerator research and applications, is accepting proposals for access to facilities. Deadline is Nov 30. Apply at www.beamnetus.org/access

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November 14, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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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.
Small But Mighty: TESSERACT Joins the Hunt for Dark Matter
Using super-sensitive detectors smaller than a stamp, a new experiment is searching for dark matter at masses no other experiment has explored.
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November 14, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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"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.
How AI Is revolutionizing synthetic biology and biomanufacturing
Beyond Biotech podcast - Héctor García Martín on why biology is hard to engineer
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November 13, 2025 at 4:42 PM
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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

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November 13, 2025 at 6:21 PM
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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

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November 13, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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“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.”

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Biotech markets aren't picking up just yet
Despite some recent eye-catching deals, the financing environment is still sluggish
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November 13, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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🧬 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.
Cracking the Genome’s Switchboard: How AI Helps Decode Gene Regulation
A single letter in the DNA code could change the course of human development
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November 13, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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“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

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A Quiet Revolution: New Technique Could Accelerate Noise-Free Superconducting Qubits for Quantum Computing
A research team led by scientists at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) has developed a new fabrication technique that could improve noise robustness in superconducting qubits, a key technology to enabling large-scale quantum computers...
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November 12, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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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/
November 11, 2025 at 4:47 PM