Using light focused to size of an atom, they push microscopy resolution to new level
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Dark Energy Instrument’s Lenses See the Night Sky for the First Time
On April 1 the dome of the Mayall Telescope near Tucson, Arizona, opened to the night sky, and starlight poured through the assembly of six large lenses that were carefully packaged and aligned for the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument project, which is expected to provide the most precise measurement of the expansion of the universe, and new insight into dark energy.
On the hunt … for new knowledge
With scholarship support, chemistry grad student Jessica Kelz probes the secrets of carnivorous plants
Setting a ‘Gold Standard’ for Ultrasensitive Particle Detectors
Alan “Al” Smith was a pioneer in the “low-background counting” performance of particle detectors – their ability to see ever-fainter signatures of particle interactions. He developed the gold standard for measuring trace levels of radioactivity in materials and components.
When Semiconductors Stick Together, Materials Go Quantum
A simple method developed by a Berkeley Lab-led team could turn ordinary semiconducting materials into quantum machines – superthin devices with extraordinary electronic behavior. Such an advancement could help to revolutionize a number of industries aiming for energy-efficient electronic systems – and provide a platform for exotic new physics.
CERN approves UCI-initiated hunt for new particles at the Large Hadron Collider
FASER detector will seek clues pointing to hidden matter in the universe
Laser ‘Drill’ Sets a New World Record in Laser-Driven Electron Acceleration
Combining a first laser pulse to heat up and “drill” through a plasma, and another to accelerate electrons to incredibly high energies in just tens of centimeters, scientists have nearly doubled the previous record for laser-driven particle acceleration at Berkeley Lab’s BELLA Center.
Astronomers from UCI, other institutions use new technique to find extrasolar planets
Effectiveness of tool is demonstrated on recent super-Earth discovery at Barnard’s star
