January 2019 – July 2022
What is it like when the Lab’s main site is nearly empty? Not surprisingly, it is quiet, with wildlife stepping in to fill the void. Meet the Lab’s new fawn and see the turkeys strut their stuff in this exclusive video from Lab videographer Marilyn Sargent. Feel free to share on social media. https://vimeo.com/406337607/e0eb079deb
The second installment of this Women’s History Month series features physicist Lina Galtieri. She was part of the team that conducted groundbreaking bubble chamber experiments, which netted Luis Alvarez a Nobel prize in 1968. She also contributed to the discovery of the top quark in 1994. https://stratcomm-elements.lbl.gov/2020/02/26/pioneering-lab-women/
March is Women’s History Month, and to kick off the celebration, Elements will run weekly posts honoring some of the Lab’s pioneering women scientists. We start with Chien-Shiung Wu, whose research helped other men win Nobel prizes, but was never recognized by the Nobel committee for her work. https://stratcomm-elements.lbl.gov/2020/02/26/pioneering-lab-women/
University of California campuses and labs, including Berkeley Lab, have had starring roles in a number of movies. Test your knowledge of movies, actors, fictional characters, directors, and their connection to the UC system. https://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/news/uc-in-the-movies-awards
The new occupants of the Integrative Genomics Building (IGB) gathered outside their new digs on Monday as part of a “building warming” event, which included a welcome by Lab Director Mike Witherell, holiday treats, and games. Click to view a larger version of the photo. https://stratcomm-elements.lbl.gov/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/2019/12/IGB-group-shot-compressed-scaled.jpg
Through the Department of Energy’s Innovative and Novel Computational Impact on Theory and Experiment (INCITE) program, DOE’s Office of Science has awarded allocations of supercomputer access to 47 science projects for 2020, including six groups involving researchers from Berkeley Lab. https://cs.lbl.gov/news-media/news/2019/doe-announces-2020-incite-allocation-awards/
You may not know his face, but under that hood is Jeffrey Hendrick, one of the Lab’s high-voltage electricians who played an important part in getting the Lab back into operations. Learn more about how Jeffrey’s work, and the work of all the electricians, keep science humming at the Lab. https://stratcomm-elements.lbl.gov/2019/10/15/psps-challenge-unsung-hero-jeffrey-hendrick-facilities/
A Symmetry magazine story features Brazilian scientist César Lattes, who helped develop photographic plates that led to the discovery of the pion particle. In 1948, he brought that knowledge to the Rad Lab (now Berkeley Lab), conducting research that prompted E.O. Lawrence to build the Bevatron. https://www.symmetrymagazine.org/article/the-legacy-of-cesar-lattes
A “Plate of Brasse” marking Sir Francis Drake’s landing near current-day San Francisco was discovered in 1937 at a site not far from Drakes Bay. However, Berkeley Lab researchers subjected the plate to rigorous testing and concluded that the artifact was made using modern materials and techniques. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/did-francis-drake-really-land-california-180973219/
Sally Floyd, a former Lab computer scientist and one of the inventors of Random Early Detection, or RED, an algorithm widely used to handle internet congestion, died Aug. 25 in Berkeley. Read her New York Times obituary (subscription required). https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/04/science/sally-floyd-dead.html
