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Author Archives: rberkowitz
Building a National Quantum Strategy
Andrea Damascelli recounts the struggles of coordinating different sectors to establish a quantum technology ecosystem in Canada. Continue reading
How Wildfires Transform Soil Chemistry
X-ray microscopy tools at the Advanced Light Source (ALS) mapped the chemistry of wildfire ash, revealing microscale organizational changes in elements within the ash. Continue reading
Posted in Berkeley Lab
Tagged Berkeley Lab, Chemistry, Ecology, Environment, Microscopy, X-rays
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Mysterious type of static electricity has a hidden culprit
Find explains how volcanic ash plumes spark lightning and why dust in grain silos can explode Continue reading
Posted in Science Magazine
Tagged Materials Sciences, Physics, Science Magazine, Soft matter
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Laser Chip Brings Multiplexing to AI Data Centers
Feeding more optical signals into one fiber will reduce latency. Continue reading
Posted in IEEE Spectrum
Tagged Electrical engineering, Electronic engineering, IEEE Spectrum, Optics, Photonics, Semiconductors
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Local Disorder Impacts a Quantum Material’s Electronic States
Atom-level understanding of how the surface electronic properties of a magnetic semimetal can be tuned could guide its use in advanced technologies like spintronics and catalysis. Continue reading
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Tagged Berkeley Lab, Machine Learning, Materials Sciences, Quantum Physics, Spectroscopy
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Why Wildfire Smoke Drives One-Way Swirling
New modeling explains why smoke-filled vortices in the upper atmosphere have all been observed rotating in a single direction. Continue reading
Posted in APS Physics
Tagged Aerosols, APS Physics, Atmospheric Sciences, Fluid Dynamics, Geophysics
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AI Discovers Geophysical Turbulence Model
Researchers have used an artificial-intelligence tool to reveal long-sought equations that describe small-scale features in 2D turbulent systems. Continue reading
New AI Sensor ‘Sniffs’ Out Spectral Targets
A first-of-its-kind smart sensor developed at Berkeley Lab performs AI tricks to identify targets while it captures spectral images. Continue reading
A Novelist Derives Physics–Crime Duality
Nova Jacobs reflects on how she came to write murder mysteries set in the world of physics. Continue reading
Thin-Film Coating Boosts X-Ray Instrument Performance
Researchers developed optimized coatings for diffraction gratings that use thin-film interference to double the light reaching the sample, capturing power otherwise lost to absorption. Continue reading
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Tagged Advanced Light Source, Berkeley Lab, Materials Sciences, synchrotron radiation, X-rays
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