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Don't forget! Today (1/13) at 11am PT Zongliang Xie will discuss developing a digital-twin–enabled generative #AI framework that accelerates the discovery of polymers for #energystorage. Zoom link & more here: https://bit.ly/49vEBHI
January 13, 2026 at 2:00 PM
Don't forget! Today (1/13) at 11am PT Zongliang Xie will discuss developing a digital-twin–enabled generative #AI framework that accelerates the discovery of polymers for #energystorage. Zoom link & more here: https://bit.ly/49vEBHI
Join us at 11am PT on 1/13 for the first talk in our Winter Seminar Series: Zongliang Xie will discuss developing a digital-twin–enabled generative #AI framework that accelerates the discovery of polymers for #energystorage. Zoom link & more here: https://bit.ly/49vEBHI
January 9, 2026 at 7:55 PM
Join us at 11am PT on 1/13 for the first talk in our Winter Seminar Series: Zongliang Xie will discuss developing a digital-twin–enabled generative #AI framework that accelerates the discovery of polymers for #energystorage. Zoom link & more here: https://bit.ly/49vEBHI
Our Winter 2026 Seminar Series starts January 13, featuring 9 early career researchers from across the Foundry.
Tuesdays at 11 AM PT, in person or on zoom. Get the full schedule and Zoom links: https://bit.ly/3QcGVHW
#Seminars #EarlyCareer
Tuesdays at 11 AM PT, in person or on zoom. Get the full schedule and Zoom links: https://bit.ly/3QcGVHW
#Seminars #EarlyCareer
January 9, 2026 at 6:50 PM
Our Winter 2026 Seminar Series starts January 13, featuring 9 early career researchers from across the Foundry.
Tuesdays at 11 AM PT, in person or on zoom. Get the full schedule and Zoom links: https://bit.ly/3QcGVHW
#Seminars #EarlyCareer
Tuesdays at 11 AM PT, in person or on zoom. Get the full schedule and Zoom links: https://bit.ly/3QcGVHW
#Seminars #EarlyCareer
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The #NobelPrize-winning materials known as MOFs have incredible promise for #EnergyTechnology, #medicine, #CleanWater, and more. Our scientists are helping pioneer the field to make big changes from these tiny crystal sponges. ⬇️
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From Nano to Nobel: National Lab Researchers Use MOFs to Solve Big Problems
Omar Yaghi’s pioneering work on metal-organic frameworks opened up a new class of transformative materials. Researchers at Berkeley Lab and its DOE user facilities are designing MOFs for next-generati...
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January 6, 2026 at 4:22 PM
The #NobelPrize-winning materials known as MOFs have incredible promise for #EnergyTechnology, #medicine, #CleanWater, and more. Our scientists are helping pioneer the field to make big changes from these tiny crystal sponges. ⬇️
newscenter.lbl.gov/2026/01/06/f...
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Scientists combined deep learning tools with electron microscopy to analyze nearly half a million individual nanocrystals, revealing how these tiny particles change shape as they grow.
Read more: bit.ly/nano-shape
Read more: bit.ly/nano-shape
December 22, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Scientists combined deep learning tools with electron microscopy to analyze nearly half a million individual nanocrystals, revealing how these tiny particles change shape as they grow.
Read more: bit.ly/nano-shape
Read more: bit.ly/nano-shape
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2025 was filled with remarkable breakthroughs at our Lab, from developing new materials and exploring the universe to making strides in #AI, #microelectronics, and #quantum science. Plus, we celebrated our 17th Nobel Prize! 🏅 Explore our top stories ➡️ newscenter.lbl.gov/2025/12/17/b...
Berkeley Lab’s Big Science Stories of 2025
To celebrate the end of the year, here’s a roundup of some of our biggest stories, which highlight how Berkeley Lab is delivering solutions.
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December 17, 2025 at 4:15 PM
2025 was filled with remarkable breakthroughs at our Lab, from developing new materials and exploring the universe to making strides in #AI, #microelectronics, and #quantum science. Plus, we celebrated our 17th Nobel Prize! 🏅 Explore our top stories ➡️ newscenter.lbl.gov/2025/12/17/b...
Bacteria have microscopic “soccer balls” made of proteins – and scientists just figured out how to build and load these tiny shells on command.
Check out the full story at bit.ly/BMCnano!
Check out the full story at bit.ly/BMCnano!
December 17, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Bacteria have microscopic “soccer balls” made of proteins – and scientists just figured out how to build and load these tiny shells on command.
Check out the full story at bit.ly/BMCnano!
Check out the full story at bit.ly/BMCnano!
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Berkeley Lab is shaping the #quantum future—across qubits, sensors, and networks. Explore 7 ways our research is moving quantum from theory to real-world tech. newscenter.lbl.gov/2025/04/23/s...
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Seven Ways Berkeley Lab is Pioneering the Quantum Future
Groundbreaking research spans the quantum ecosystem, from qubits to sensors to quantum computing networks
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December 11, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Berkeley Lab is shaping the #quantum future—across qubits, sensors, and networks. Explore 7 ways our research is moving quantum from theory to real-world tech. newscenter.lbl.gov/2025/04/23/s...
#QuantumComputing
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💻 ⚙️ Researchers our @molecularfoundry.lbl.gov and George Washington University have discovered that atoms in semiconductors self-organize, changing material properties and enabling next-gen quantum and defense tech. Get the details ⬇️
Atomic Neighborhoods in Semiconductors Provide New Avenue for Designing Microelectronics
Advanced microscopy proves that dilute elements in semiconductors have preferred arrangements, not just random distribution
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November 5, 2025 at 4:52 PM
💻 ⚙️ Researchers our @molecularfoundry.lbl.gov and George Washington University have discovered that atoms in semiconductors self-organize, changing material properties and enabling next-gen quantum and defense tech. Get the details ⬇️
The Molecular Foundry celebrated #NationalNanoDay last week by launching the voting round for our annual NanoArt contest! Help us select the winners by voting here: https://bit.ly/3W49hJY. Voting ends this Friday, 10/17!
October 15, 2025 at 11:07 PM
The Molecular Foundry celebrated #NationalNanoDay last week by launching the voting round for our annual NanoArt contest! Help us select the winners by voting here: https://bit.ly/3W49hJY. Voting ends this Friday, 10/17!
Congratulations to former Foundry Director Omar Yaghi on his Nobel win! The Metal Organic Frameworks (MOFs) that he helped pioneer are widely used and studied throughout the Foundry Community today!
🎉Congrats to @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social's Omar Yaghi, awarded the 2025 @nobelprize.bsky.social in Chemistry for pioneering reticular chemistry and creating metal–organic frameworks (MOFs). Yaghi led our @molecularfoundry.lbl.gov and is now an affiliate in the Lab’s Materials Sciences Division.
UC Berkeley’s Omar Yaghi shares 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry - Berkeley News
Yaghi created a field called reticular chemistry, which involves stitching together molecular building blocks to form porous structures — metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) — with myriad applications.
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October 8, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Congratulations to former Foundry Director Omar Yaghi on his Nobel win! The Metal Organic Frameworks (MOFs) that he helped pioneer are widely used and studied throughout the Foundry Community today!
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From sweltering ancient forges to... warm baths? Scientists discover how to make ultra-strong metal alloys with applications in aerospace, batteries, and energy without the extreme heat. Space-age materials, room-temp process! @molecularfoundry.lbl.gov
Electron Microscopy Reveals New Method to Make Exotic Metal Alloys
Materials scientists at Berkeley Lab have discovered a new strategy to produce sought-after metal alloys
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September 24, 2025 at 4:15 PM
From sweltering ancient forges to... warm baths? Scientists discover how to make ultra-strong metal alloys with applications in aerospace, batteries, and energy without the extreme heat. Space-age materials, room-temp process! @molecularfoundry.lbl.gov
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💻⚙️ Atoms in semiconductors don’t just fall randomly into place, they self-organize in ways that change material properties.
This discovery from our @molecularfoundry.lbl.gov & George Washington University could transform how we design microelectronics for quantum + defense tech. 🧪
This discovery from our @molecularfoundry.lbl.gov & George Washington University could transform how we design microelectronics for quantum + defense tech. 🧪
Atomic Neighborhoods in Semiconductors Provide New Avenue for Designing Microelectronics
Advanced microscopy proves that dilute elements in semiconductors have preferred arrangements, not just random distribution
newscenter.lbl.gov
September 25, 2025 at 9:04 PM
💻⚙️ Atoms in semiconductors don’t just fall randomly into place, they self-organize in ways that change material properties.
This discovery from our @molecularfoundry.lbl.gov & George Washington University could transform how we design microelectronics for quantum + defense tech. 🧪
This discovery from our @molecularfoundry.lbl.gov & George Washington University could transform how we design microelectronics for quantum + defense tech. 🧪
Join us for our seminar today at 11am PT to hear Samuel Blau from Berkeley Lab talk about using AI models in computational chemistry. Get the details here: https://bit.ly/4nqeqIs
September 23, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Join us for our seminar today at 11am PT to hear Samuel Blau from Berkeley Lab talk about using AI models in computational chemistry. Get the details here: https://bit.ly/4nqeqIs
Mark your calendar! Next Tuesday, our Fall seminar series kicks off with a talk by Sihong Wang from @uchicagopme.bsky.social He will tell us about his work on biomimetic polymer electronics that can interface with biology. Get the details here: https://bit.ly/4nrXZuz
September 12, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Mark your calendar! Next Tuesday, our Fall seminar series kicks off with a talk by Sihong Wang from @uchicagopme.bsky.social He will tell us about his work on biomimetic polymer electronics that can interface with biology. Get the details here: https://bit.ly/4nrXZuz
Our Fall seminar series launches next week on 9/16! Check out our amazing lineup of distinguished speakers whose groundbreaking work spans the breadth of science at the nanoscale. Tune in on Tuesdays at 11am PT! Get all the details on our website: https://bit.ly/3QcGVHW
September 12, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Our Fall seminar series launches next week on 9/16! Check out our amazing lineup of distinguished speakers whose groundbreaking work spans the breadth of science at the nanoscale. Tune in on Tuesdays at 11am PT! Get all the details on our website: https://bit.ly/3QcGVHW
And the final item for our morning #MFAUM25 session, the outstanding staff service award, which this year goes to Nanofab staff member Ari Gashi!
August 15, 2025 at 7:03 PM
And the final item for our morning #MFAUM25 session, the outstanding staff service award, which this year goes to Nanofab staff member Ari Gashi!
Finally, the winner of best student paper award, Eliza Neidhart, is sharing her work done with the Foundry’s Brett Helms on modifying the polymers used in plastic bags to make them easier to recycle! @bretthelms.bsky.social
August 15, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Finally, the winner of best student paper award, Eliza Neidhart, is sharing her work done with the Foundry’s Brett Helms on modifying the polymers used in plastic bags to make them easier to recycle! @bretthelms.bsky.social
Next, the winner of best postdoc paper award at #MFAUM25, Dr Min Gee Cho, is telling us how she is working to speed up characterization of materials on TEMs with statistical analysis. #automation #ai #machinelearning
August 15, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Next, the winner of best postdoc paper award at #MFAUM25, Dr Min Gee Cho, is telling us how she is working to speed up characterization of materials on TEMs with statistical analysis. #automation #ai #machinelearning
We’re back from the morning break at #MFAUM25 and launching into our next set of user talks, starting with Kyleigh Range, research assistant at Michigan State, who’s telling us about her work on synthetic bacterial microcompartments (BMCs) @michiganstateu.bsky.social
August 15, 2025 at 5:54 PM
We’re back from the morning break at #MFAUM25 and launching into our next set of user talks, starting with Kyleigh Range, research assistant at Michigan State, who’s telling us about her work on synthetic bacterial microcompartments (BMCs) @michiganstateu.bsky.social
Looking to the future: Our efforts working towards an electron microscope that operates at a super cold 1 Kelvin! An all-superconducting microscope would change the game for studying quantum materials and phenomena!
August 15, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Looking to the future: Our efforts working towards an electron microscope that operates at a super cold 1 Kelvin! An all-superconducting microscope would change the game for studying quantum materials and phenomena!
Coming soon: our new cluster tool for accelerated materials exploration of ultra thin materials. High throughput synthesis with high reproducibility and exquisite control over materials, their surfaces and interfaces!
August 15, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Coming soon: our new cluster tool for accelerated materials exploration of ultra thin materials. High throughput synthesis with high reproducibility and exquisite control over materials, their surfaces and interfaces!
Now at #MFAUM25: a series of short talks on some new and upcoming capabilities at the Foundry. First up: new staff scientist Stephanie Ribet is telling us about her new research program involving cryo and computational electron microscopy
August 15, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Now at #MFAUM25: a series of short talks on some new and upcoming capabilities at the Foundry. First up: new staff scientist Stephanie Ribet is telling us about her new research program involving cryo and computational electron microscopy
