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We create innovative tools, technologies and solutions to further scientific research, contributing to the Department of Energy's mission to study new materials, address energy and environmental challenges, and advance fundamental science.
Happy birthday to Ernest O. Lawrence, founder of @berkeleylab.lbl.gov, born August 8, 1901. He received the Nobel Prize for inventing the cyclotron, an antecedent of the modern-day ALS. He also pioneered the concept of Big Science – an approach we still follow! Watch a short video: bit.ly/3HbKjUW
08.08.2025 16:41 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0See our incredible rigging team in action at the @als.lbl.gov! More about roof blocks here: physicalsciences.lbl.gov/2025/07/28/a...
Video: Thor Swift, Berkeley Lab
A roof block is moved by crane at the Advanced Light Source.
The rigging team prepares and moves Roof Blocks 74 and 76 at the Advanced Light Source (ALS) Sector 12 area, as part of the Summer 2025 shutdown work on the ALS Upgrade project, at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab).
The rigging team prepares and moves Roof Blocks 74 and 76 at the Advanced Light Source (ALS) Sector 12 area, as part of the Summer 2025 shutdown work on the ALS Upgrade project, at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab).
A delicate dance with 20-ton concrete blocks. Eighteen enormous concrete blocks will be moved at strategic locations around the historic Advanced Light Source building this summer in a carefully executed engineering operation. Find out more: bit.ly/4lKlL4y Photos: Thor Swift, Berkeley Lab
29.07.2025 18:44 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
The shell and yoke structure of one of the new superconducting magnets being assembled in Berkeley Lab Engineering Building 77 for the High-Luminosity Large Hadron Collider (HL-LHC) at CERN.
The shell and yoke structure of one of the new superconducting magnets being assembled @berkeleylab.lbl.gov for the HL-LHC at CERN. Once installed, these will be the first niobium-tin-based magnets ever used in a particle accelerator and will increase the LHC’s luminosity by a factor of ten.
23.07.2025 20:05 — 👍 6 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 1
The evolution of purpose-built synchrotron magnet housings, as our engineers work to get the design just right.
The evolution of purpose-built #synchrotron #magnet housings, as our #engineers work to get the design just right. Magnets in a synchrotron act like a high-speed traffic system, steering electrons and keeping them in the right "lanes." Getting the magnets in the right orientation is essential.
16.07.2025 20:48 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
An up-close look at several of GRETA’s germanium detectors, each made up of four position-sensitive quadrants, installed for testing at Berkeley Lab.
#GRETA will be the world’s most sensitive gamma-ray #spectrometer when it comes online later this year. Learn about the #engineering that went into this powerful instrument, which will soon be probing the fundamental building blocks of the universe.
Read about GRETA: bit.ly/46yCJhs
Go behind the scenes with our engineering team as they help build the next-generation ATLAS detector for @cern.bsky.social.
07.07.2025 22:16 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Berkeley Lab Engineering Mechanical Fabrication Shops in July 1973.
Berkeley Lab Engineering Mechanical Fabrication Shops top.
Then and now! Our Mechanical Fabrication Shops, shown in July 1973 and today. The shops are an incredible resource for the Lab, and they continue to evolve to meet the demands of cutting-edge engineering and science. Curious to know more? Read about the shops here: bit.ly/3GvktLg
01.07.2025 18:40 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Installation of one of the ABend power supply racks in the Advance Light Source.
One of ABend power supply racks for the @als.lbl.gov upgrade is hoisted into place by the ALS Mechanical Technology Group. Installing these racks in the tight confines of the accelerator pit presents a significant challenge! The team made multiple test runs to ensure successful installation.
25.06.2025 18:48 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
(Left to Right) Anthony Gonsalves, Staff Scientist, Accelerator Technology and Applied Physics (ATAP), Alessio Amodio, Electronics Engineer, Engineering Division, and Dan Wang, Research Scientist, ATAP, discuss the set up of the PW Laser at the Berkeley Lab Laser Accelerator (BELLA) center. Photo: Thor Swift, Berkeley Lab.
AI Meets Laser Tech
Engineers and scientists have successfully used #machinelearning to stabilize a high-power laser, minimizing jitter and improving beam pointing accuracy. This advancement has applications in physics, medicine, and energy. Read more: bit.ly/45sbzIM
#LaserTech #Engineering
Discover how researchers at @BerkeleyLab are driving technological innovations and advancements in theory to help unlock the potential of #fusion which promises abundant, reliable energy.
@DOEScience @ENERGY @lbnlengineering @LBNLcs @LBNLnuclearsci
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The turkeys, the jaw-dropping bay views, the collaborative culture – discover what makes Berkeley Lab such a unique place to work. #Engineering #TeamScience #EngineeringWithaView
09.06.2025 21:05 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Did you know that we’re helping to build the new #ATLAS detector for #CERN?
03.06.2025 22:12 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Making something that is one-of-a-kind or first of its kind? There is a place at Berkeley Lab that can make almost anything you can dream up. Explore our Mechanical Fabrication Shops:
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#MechanicalEngineering Technician Nathan Seidman examines connections on the assembly for GRETA. “The assembly is quite beautiful in a scientific sort of way, so even when I am shoulder-deep and frustrated, trying to access a buried liquid nitrogen line, it's never too bad of a time,” Seidman says.
21.05.2025 17:28 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Step inside the cutting-edge world of our Mechanical Fabrication Shop — featured in this month’s Make: Magazine! Get a behind-the-scenes look at the shop and the talented team supporting the incredible science happening at Berkeley Lab. Engineering makes it happen!
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Tight squeeze? No problem! A custom-designed and built “bottom-up” lift tool is moving rafts—containing magnets, vacuum chambers, and more—through the narrow space of the #ALS accelerator tunnel. Our #engineers created the lift to install rafts without removing a roof block or using a crane.
08.05.2025 20:17 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
The completed instrument, with all 30 segmented germanium detectors fully installed.
One of the aluminum spheres fabricated to hold GRETA's germanium crystal detectors
GRETA's conceptual design
Our engineers are busy bringing science to life. These images show the birth of GRETA, the world’s most sensitive gamma-ray spectrometer, from design and fabrication to the completed instrument. GRETA will help reveal the mysteries of atomic nuclei and the creation of elements in dying stars.
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