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QSA Drives Breakthroughs with Superconducting Qubits

Teams working on superconducting qubit platforms enable the simulation of complex phenomena and pave the way for versatile quantum systems. Their collaborative efforts are accelerating progress toward fault-tolerant quantum computing.
1-May-2025 4:45 PM EDT Add to Favorites

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Scientists Crack Decades-Old Puzzle in CO2-to-Fuel Conversion

Researchers have uncovered new insights into electrochemical CO2 reduction, a process by which energy from the sun can be used to convert carbon dioxide into liquid fuels and other useful chemicals.
28-Apr-2025 11:00 AM EDT Add to Favorites

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Scientists Develop Artificial Leaf That Uses Sunlight to Produce Valuable Chemicals

Decades of research leads to self-contained solar panels that convert CO2 into C2 products, valuable precursory chemicals of innumerable products in our everyday lives, from plastic polymers to jet fuel.
24-Apr-2025 11:00 AM EDT Add to Favorites

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QSA Research Highlights Molecules as Elements in Quantum Computing

A summary of experimental work by QSA researchers at partner institutions, focusing on using advanced optical tweezers to manipulate complex molecules. These improvements enable precise control at the molecular level, significantly progressing...
22-Apr-2025 6:35 PM EDT Add to Favorites

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A Quiet Revolution: New Technique Could Accelerate Noise-Free Superconducting Qubits for Quantum Computing

Scientists have developed a new fabrication technique that could improve noise robustness in superconducting qubits, a key technology to enabling large-scale quantum computers.
10-Apr-2025 11:30 AM EDT Add to Favorites

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Moiré than Meets the Eye

Researchers have discovered that phasons, low-temperature quasiparticles found in crystal lattices, enable interlayer excitons to move at very low temperatures, when motion should stop. In addition to contributing to foundational materials science...
24-Mar-2025 11:00 AM EDT Add to Favorites

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DESI Opens Access to the Largest 3D Map of the Universe Yet

A new data release from the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument is now available for researchers to explore. The collection contains information on 18.7 million galaxies, quasars, and stars — the largest dataset of its kind ever shared.
17-Mar-2025 8:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

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New DESI Results Strengthen Hints That Dark Energy May Evolve

The Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument used millions of galaxies and quasars to build the largest 3D map of our universe to date. Combining the DESI data with other experiments shows signs that the impact of dark energy may be weakening over time...
17-Mar-2025 8:10 PM EDT Add to Favorites


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How Scientists Are Accelerating Next-Gen Microelectronics

In a new Q&A, microelectronics expert and CHiPPS Director Ricardo Ruiz shares his perspective on keeping pace with Moore’s Law in the decades to come through a revolutionary technique called extreme ultraviolet lithography.
21-Aug-2023 11:00 AM EDT

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How Fiber-Optic Sensing and New Materials Could Reduce the Cost of Floating Offshore Wind

In this Q&A, Berkeley Lab's Yuxin Wu discusses how scientists are developing sensing technologies that could be installed on floating offshore structures. This would allow the structures to self-monitor damaging conditions that could lead to costly...
1-Jun-2023 11:15 AM EDT

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Fusion Q&A: The Path Forward

Fusion energy could address pollution, climate change, and high energy prices. Berkeley Lab’s Cameron Geddes and Reed Teyber explain how researchers are trying to make it a reality.
22-May-2023 11:15 AM EDT

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The Sparks That Ignited Curiosity: How Quantum Researchers Found Their Path

In celebration of Hispanic Heritage - Latin American Heritage Month, 5 QSA-affiliated scientists described how they pivoted to quantum information science (QIS) and technology, and why they're excited about the opportunities for scientific...
19-Oct-2022 1:00 PM EDT

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How X-Rays Can Make Better Batteries

In this Q&A, ALS senior staff scientist David Shapiro and Stanford materials science professor William Chueh share how their pioneering X-ray techniques can help researchers understand how battery materials work in real time at the atomic scale.
4-Mar-2022 11:00 AM EST

How Can Next-Gen Computer Chips Reduce Our Carbon Footprint?

Berkeley Lab scientists Maurice Garcia-Sciveres and Ramamoorthy Ramesh discuss how future microchips could perform better – and require less energy – than silicon.
1-Dec-2021 11:00 AM EST

Hydrogen Can Play Key Role in U.S. Decarbonization

A Q&A with Berkeley Lab scientists on how hydrogen can help achieve net-zero emissions. Adam Weber is Berkeley Lab's Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies Program Manager and leads Berkeley Lab’s Energy Conversion Group (ECG), and Ahmet Kusoglu is a...
7-Oct-2021 12:50 PM EDT

How Techno-economic Analysis Can Improve Energy Technologies

A Q&A with Berkeley Lab researcher Hanna Breunig on techno-economic analysis, and how she uses it to make negative emissions technologies more competitive
22-Apr-2021 9:00 AM EDT

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