"Big models are not the only way forward, " says @berkeleylab.lbl.gov's Bert de Jong. "Learning smarter and piece by piece is the path forward."

"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."

Thanks Yuval Boger, the Quantum Superposition Guy, for hosting me on your podcast discussing the future of quantum computing and the quantum research going on at the Quantum Systems Accelerator and @berkeleylab.lbl.gov

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“National labs bring together deep science, advanced engineering, and a culture of collaboration that’s essential at this stage of quantum’s development,” said @berkeleylab.lbl.gov's Bert de Jong.

“Our goal was to make the best high-resolution, high-efficiency gamma-ray detector we possibly could, so we can answer big questions about the nature of matter and fundamental forces,” said @berkeleylab.lbl.gov's Paul Fallon.

"From farms to cities, turning tough-to-treat water into a #CleanWater 🚰 supply could be life-changing. Proving it works in the real world is how we solve water scarcity for good," says Berkeley Lab's Peter Fiske. 💧🌱🌍🧪

"These new approaches to ocean desalination all utilize small, distributed, manufactured units, rather than a single large-scale custom-built facility, which cuts manufacturing costs and speed deployment of these systems," says @berkeleylab.lbl.gov 's Peter Fiske.

"From high-performance magnets to advanced lasers & simulations, we're engaged with U.S. industry, like TAE, TypeOne Energy & Realta Fusion to develop technologies & insights to help unlock the potential of fusion energy" -
@berkeleylab.lbl.gov’s Cameron Geddes.

The new supercomputer, which uses NVIDIA chips tailored for A.I. calculations, could be the Energy Department's biggest resource for tasks like training A.I. models, says @berkeleylab.lbl.gov's Jonathan Carter. @energygov.bsky.social

“We’re talking about two orders of magnitude more compute than any kind of academic data set that’s ever been made,” says @berkeleylab.lbl.gov's Sam Blau who worked with Meta on the project. “It’s going to dramatically change how people do computational chemistry.”

“Water is the ore body of the 21st century,” said @berkeleylab.lbl.gov’s Peter Fiske. “Technology now is allowing us to pick through the garbage piles of wastewater and pick out the high-value items.”

“That’s the beauty of being in a place like Berkeley Lab: If I have a question, I’ll go next door to ask someone, and in many cases, it’ll be a leading expert on the subject," said @berkeleylab.lbl.gov's Arian Gashi.

"One of the most promising new ways to treat produced water from oil & gas operations is with new membrane technology which transforms the wastewater into a usable resource for industrial reuse or agriculture," says
@berkeleylab.lbl.gov 's Peter Fiske.

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"Not only will it provide sharper details of proteins and other molecules imaged with cryo-EM," says
@berkeleylab.lbl.gov 's Peter Denes, "but it should enable microscopists to image even proteins roughly half the size of what is currently possible."

ALS-United: we speak with Steve Rossi (ALS Deputy for Business Operations), Daniela Leitner (Engineering Division Director, ALS-U System Lead for Removal & Installation), and Andrew Netto (ALS-U Deputy for Operations). @berkeleylab.lbl.gov als.lbl.gov/als-united-s...

Research by @berkeleylab.lbl.gov for @energygov.bsky.social shows that data centers' power consumption has tripled in the last ten years and may triple again by 2028.