Harnessing fusion could transform people’s access to energy. Here are six ways that Berkeley Lab researchers are developing technologies and techniques that bring fusion energy closer to reality.
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Two Berkeley Lab scientists—Jennifer Doudna and Nitash Balsara—have been elected to the National Academy of Engineering, one of the highest honors for engineers. Their work spans #CRISPR gene editing and safer rechargeable batteries. @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social
Clues to next-gen tech are hidden in densely clustered MOF crystals. Researchers developed “virtual apertures,” a new electron microscopy technique to mine nanocrystal data for energy tech and #DrugDiscovery.
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What does #DiscoveryToDelivery look like in microelectronics?
Take a virtual tour of the Center for X-Ray Optics (#CXRO) clean room, where extreme ultraviolet lithography (EUVL) helps advance next-generation computer chips.
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Congratulations to Aditi Krishnapriyan on receiving the 2025 U.S. Department of Energy Early Career Research Program award! She will develop #MachineLearning methods to fundamentally change scientific workflows & speed up discovery. @berkeleylab.lbl.gov
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#Microelectronics power smartphones, EVs, and AI.
Berkeley Lab researchers are advancing next-gen chip materials, transistor designs, and manufacturing to enable faster, more efficient computing.
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#DiscoveryToDelivery: Berkeley Lab researchers are advancing next-generation microelectronics—addressing fundamental challenges in chip design, materials, and manufacturing that support economic security and national defense. Learn more ⬇️
#DiscoveryToDelivery: Berkeley Lab helped develop EUV lithography, a technique enabling smaller, faster microchips. Our Center for X-Ray Optics (CXRO) provides an EUV tool to support chip innovation. https://newscenter.lbl.gov/2022/06/03/extreme-uv-light-tiny-microchips/
#DiscoveryToDelivery: Berkeley Lab researchers are developing open-source 3D simulations to advance energy-efficient microelectronics, helping address data center energy use and future computing needs.
#AI-powered digital twins help push our world-class instruments further. By linking real-time data with advanced models, researchers can test ideas faster, refine experiments, and speed up science across disciplines.
#DiscoveryToDelivery: Lab technologies available for licensing and collaboration are advancing deposition, lithography, manufacturing, and device applications, from nanoscale pattern transfer to next-generation memory and transistors. https://ipo.lbl.gov/2024/05/09/microelectronics-technologies/
Digital twins are transforming how scientists test and improve complex systems. ⚡ Learn how researchers are developing AI-enabled digital twins to simulate complex systems, accelerate scientific discovery, and enable smarter, faster decisions.
From #DiscoveryToDelivery: Berkeley Lab researchers are advancing materials for optical computing, an emerging approach using light to manage data more efficiently. @molecularfoundry.lbl.gov
“Next-generation batteries don’t have to rely on critical materials," says @berkeleylab.lbl.gov's Robert Kostecki. "Disordered rock salt (DRX) Li-ion cathodes are cobalt-free, offer higher energy density, improved stability & enhanced safety."
From #DiscoveryToDelivery: Berkeley Lab researchers are developing biodegradable printed circuits to improve heavy-metal recovery and reduce environmental impact.
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🎉 Congratulations to the scientists selected for an Early Career Research Program award! Their bold projects are addressing challenges in physics, geothermal energy, and computing.
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#DiscoveryToDelivery: Our researchers are developing advanced microcapacitors to improve on-chip energy storage and power delivery for next-gen electronics and computing systems. https://newscenter.lbl.gov/2024/05/06/groundbreaking-microcapacitors-could-power-chips-of-the-future/
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“Dual-probe experiments at @berkeleylab.lbl.gov's BELLA Center have achieved unprecedented precision in inertial confinement fusion, which could help solve engineering challenges in developing fusion," says BELLA Research Scientist, Hai-En Tsai.
What does #DiscoveryToDelivery look like for #microelectronics? Bruno La Fontaine, Director of Berkeley Lab’s Center for X-Ray Optics (CXRO), gives you an inside look at how research is helping industry shape next-generation chips. ⬇️ https://vimeo.com/1092844720/531b8f60c0?ts
Berkeley Lab scientists have developed “Digital Twin for Chemical Sciences,” an AI-powered platform that creates digital replicas of chemical experiments. The advance could revolutionize research across energy, manufacturing, and materials science. @nersc.bsky.social @als.lbl.gov
From #DiscoveryToDelivery: early LBNL research in transistor design is helping inform today’s chip manufacturing for #AI and computing. https://newscenter.lbl.gov/2025/09/22/early-berkeley-lab-research-demonstrated-novel-approach-to-next-generation-transistor-design/
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From hours to seconds: 3D X-ray data from the @advlightsource can now be streamed to Berkeley Lab supercomputers and reconstructed into detailed visualizations in real time. The Superfacility approach is changing how experiments are run and accelerating scientific discovery. https://bit.ly/4triECQ
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Meet the “robot pizza chef” serving up better #QuantumComputers. A new #QIS cluster tool at Berkeley Lab gives researchers a faster way to find the ideal recipes for superconducting qubits and sensors.
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Scientists have eliminated a data-processing bottleneck that has plagued the performance of spectral imaging technology. The result is an intelligent sensor that can ID chemicals and quickly characterize materials. @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social @uclacollege.bsky.social
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Big advances start with better building blocks. At Berkeley Lab, we invent the techniques industry needs to turn next-generation #microelectronics into real-world applications, speeding the path from research to use. #DiscoveryToDelivery https://www.lbl.gov/research/microelectronics-and-beyond/
“FORUM-AI aims to be the first full-stack, agentic AI system for materials science research and discovery,” says @berkeleylab.lbl.gov's Anubhav Jain. “It will help scientists at every step of energy materials research.”
Breakthrough science doesn’t stop at discovery, it delivers! Announcing #DiscoveryToDelivery. Berkeley Lab research becomes real-world benefits for people and the world, starting with #microelectronics, the underpinning of AI and next-gen computing. Learn more: https://www.lbl.gov/impact/
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“We’re witnessing the emergence of a new layer of scientific infrastructure: AI systems that can interpret intent, plan actions, and safely operate complex instruments.” – Thorsten Hellert, Berkeley Lab scientist #GenesisMission https://bit.ly/3Z606dB
