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Artificial Intelligence Analyzes Gravitational Lenses 10 Million Times Faster

SLAC and Stanford researchers demonstrate that brain-mimicking ‘neural networks’ can revolutionize the way astrophysicists analyze their most complex data, including extreme distortions in spacetime that are crucial for our understanding of the universe.

Controlling Traffic on the Electron Highway: Researching Graphene

Graphene may revolutionize electronics. But first, researchers need to get its electrons under control.

New Results Reveal High Tunability of 2-D Material

Berkeley Lab-led team also provides most precise band gap measurement yet for hotly studied monolayer moly sulfide.

Launching a Supercomputer: How to Set Up Some of the World’s Fastest Computers

To solve some of the world’s biggest scientific problems, you need some of the world’s biggest computers. The teams at the Department of Energy’s user facilities get these powerful supercomputers up and running.

Meet the Director: Chuck Black

Charles (Chuck) Black, the director of the Center for Functional Nanomaterials, runs his facility with staff and scientists who embrace the mission of advancing the science of nanomaterials to impact society.

Dark Energy Survey Reveals Most Accurate Measurement of Dark Matter Structure in the Universe

New result rivals precision of cosmic microwave background measurements, supports view that dark matter and dark energy make up most of the cosmos.

'Perfect Liquid' Quark-Gluon Plasma is the Most Vortical Fluid

Swirling soup of matter's fundamental building blocks spins ten billion trillion times faster than the most powerful tornado, setting new record for "vorticity."

No Assembly Required: Nanoparticles that Put Themselves Together

Using self-assembly, scientists are coaxing tiny particles into making new, customized materials.

New Studies of Ancient Concrete Could Teach Us to Do as the Romans Did

Berkeley Lab, UC Berkeley experiments show how natural chemistry strengthened ancient concrete.

Ecological Roots

How the Department of Energy’s national laboratories helped found the study of ecology.

How a Single Chemical Bond Balances Cells Between Life and Death

With SLAC’s X-ray laser and synchrotron, scientists measured exactly how much energy goes into keeping this crucial bond from triggering a death spiral.

Our Expanding Universe: Delving into Dark Energy

Space is expanding ever more rapidly and scientists are researching dark energy to understand why.