Building a National Quantum Strategy

Posted on March 26, 2026 by rberkowitz

Andrea Damascelli recounts the struggles of coordinating different sectors to establish a quantum technology ecosystem in Canada. Read more in APS Physics Magazine…

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How Wildfires Transform Soil Chemistry

Posted on March 26, 2026 by rberkowitz

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. Read more at Berkeley Lab…

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Mysterious type of static electricity has a hidden culprit

Posted on March 19, 2026 by rberkowitz

Find explains how volcanic ash plumes spark lightning and why dust in grain silos can explode. Read more in Science Magazine…

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Laser Chip Brings Multiplexing to AI Data Centers

Posted on March 16, 2026 by rberkowitz

Feeding more optical signals into one fiber will reduce latency. Read more in IEEE Spectrum…

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Local Disorder Impacts a Quantum Material’s Electronic States

Posted on February 24, 2026 by rberkowitz

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. Read more at Berkeley Lab…

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Why Wildfire Smoke Drives One-Way Swirling

Posted on February 19, 2026 by rberkowitz

New modeling explains why smoke-filled vortices in the upper atmosphere have all been observed rotating in a single direction. Read more in APS Physics Magazine…

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AI Discovers Geophysical Turbulence Model

Posted on February 11, 2026 by rberkowitz

Researchers have used an artificial-intelligence tool to reveal long-sought equations that describe small-scale features in 2D turbulent systems. Read more in APS Physics Magazine…

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New AI Sensor ‘Sniffs’ Out Spectral Targets

Posted on February 11, 2026 by rberkowitz

A first-of-its-kind smart sensor developed at Berkeley Lab performs AI tricks to identify targets while it captures spectral images. Read more at Berkeley Lab…

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A Novelist Derives Physics–Crime Duality

Posted on February 6, 2026 by rberkowitz

Nova Jacobs reflects on how she came to write murder mysteries set in the world of physics. Read more in APS Physics Magazine…

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Thin-Film Coating Boosts X-Ray Instrument Performance

Posted on January 28, 2026 by rberkowitz

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. Read more at Berkeley Lab…

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