Registration is open for the 12th Annual Nuclear Science Day for Scouts. The event will take place on Saturday, Nov. 9. The event is hosted by Berkeley Lab’s Nuclear Science Division, the Advanced Light Source, and Berkeley Lab K-12 Programs, and supported by many volunteers. Participating scouts will learn about the ABC of Nuclear Science, participate in activities to learn about radioactivity, and receive a tour of the Advanced Light Source on a fun-filled day. All scouts are welcome.
Berkeley Lab scientists and engineers contribute to FCC Week 2024 in San Francisco on June 10-14
Berkeley Lab scientists and engineers served on the local organizing committee and presented talks for the tenth edition of the Future Circular Collider (FCC) Conference, hosted by the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) in San Francisco on June 10-14, 2024.
The event convened over 400 international scientists, with expertise spanning a diverse array of research domains, working together to advance the feasibility study for a visionary post-LHC research infrastructure at CERN. Presentations, breakouts, and poster sessions focused on research site infrastructure, accelerator design and operations, detector design, physics sensitivity, and cross-cutting considerations such as AI/ML and early career researcher participation.
Berkeley Lab’s Engineering and Nuclear Science Divisions host ‘High School STEM Day’ activities on March 20
On March 20th, over 60 students and teachers from Bay Area high schools visited the Lab for High School STEM Day, a monthly program hosted by Berkeley Lab’s K-12 STEM Education and Outreach Program in collaboration with the Women’s Support and Empowerment Council (WSEC). The program featured talks about science, technology, and engineering efforts Lab-wide, and included tours of the Engineering Division’s Fabrication and Composites Shops and the 88-Inch Cyclotron (part of the Nuclear Science Division), as well as the Advanced Light Source (ALS), the Integrative Genomics Building (IGB), and the National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center (NERSC).
Berkeley Lab’s Physics and Nuclear Science Divisions host an ‘open house’ for prospective UC Berkeley graduate students on March 15
On March 15, Berkeley Lab’s Physics and Nuclear Science Divisions hosted Lab tours and information sessions as part of the UC Berkeley Physics Department’s two-day open house event for prospective graduate students interested in pursuing research careers in nuclear and particle physics as well as cosmology.
200 Scouts Head for the Hill this Saturday
Berkeley Lab will host the 11th annual Nuclear Science Day for Scouts this Saturday, Sept. 30. Learn how boys and girls will get hands-on experience from a cadre of volunteers, including Lab physicist Alan Poon, who was at the first event in 2009 as a way to give back to the community.
NSD Postdocs Compete in LBNL Research SLAM Final
Two Postdoctoral Researchers from NSD competed in the final of the Berkeley Lab Research SLAM. Fatima Garcia from the Low Energy Nuclear Physics Program and Emil Rofors from The Applied Nuclear Physics Program represented the Division in the SLAM competition where contestants are challenged to present a three-minute presentation of their research to a non-specialist audience.
Fatima presented a talk entitled “The Great Periodic Table Debate” in which she provided an insight into how the Superheavy Elements Group is exploring new regions of the periodic table. Emil’s presentation was entitled “Hey Drone, Should I Eat that Banana?” and described how he is combining radiation detectors, robotics, and advanced algorithms to develop new capabilities for the detection and mapping of nuclear radiation.
Twelve presenters competed in the final, delivering their presentations to an audience from across the Lab, and a panel of judges. First place went to Sarah Gleeson, ESA. Second place went to Mohammed Ombadi, EESA. Third place went to Aparajitha Srinivasan, BSA. They will now advance to the regional Bay Area Research SLAM to compete against the finalists from Lawrence Livermore National Lab, Sandia National Labs, and SLAC National Lab.
