Spring Seminar Series starts Tues, April 21! 🔬 Dr. Sreekanth Pannala (SABIC) on bridging atomic-scale science and real-world materials performance with physics-informed AI & autonomous experimentation. 11 am PT, Berkeley Lab + Zoom. All welcome! #nanoscience #BerkeleyLab https://bit.ly/3QkH0iE
Our Spring 2026 Seminar Series starts April 21! 🔬 Nine weeks of cutting-edge nanoscience talks — hybrid Tuesdays at 11am PT. Join us in person at Berkeley Lab or on Zoom. Full schedule: https://bit.ly/3QcGVHW
#FoundryFriday 🔬 Celebrating World Quantum Day with a glow-up story:
A "defect" — tiny nanobubbles in an ultrathin semiconductor — turned out to be the most tunable single-photon source ever demonstrated.
Full story: https://bit.ly/3Q84szH
#Foundryat20 #WorldQuantumDay #Nanoscience
Congratulations to Yashwanth Balaji for winning the Scientific Discovery category of the #NationalLabSLAM! All of us at @berkeleylab.lbl.gov are super proud of you!! #NLSLAM26
Did you know cosmic rays can disrupt quantum computers? Yash’s work here at the foundry has developed new materials for qubits that can block cosmic rays and prevent them from collapsing
Here we gooooo!
We’re here watching the #NationalLabSLAm here at @berkeleylab.lbl.gov! The next category is Scientific Discovery and Yashwanth Balaji is about to speak! We’re rooting for you Yash! #NLSLAM26
Congrats to all the energy security finalists. Next up: national security
We’re watching the finalists in the Energy Security category now. Very cool work!
We are getting set up with our watch party to support Yashwanth Balaji at the #NationalLabSLAM today! Go Yash! @berkeleylab.lbl.gov #NLSLAM26
Behind every breakthrough is a scientist learning, experimenting, and communicating discovery.
The Molecular Foundry is excited to see our researcher Yashwanth Balaji share quantum materials research with new audiences at the #NationalLabSLAM today!
@berkeleylab.lbl.gov #NLSLAM26
Science at scale happens through collaboration.
We’re proud to support @BerkeleyLab finalist Yashwanth Balaji as he joins scientists from 17 DOE National Labs at the #NationalLabSLAM.
National user facilities empower researchers to tackle challenges no single institution can solve alone.
#NLSLAM26
At the Molecular Foundry, researchers explore matter at the nanoscale to solve big challenges. Yashwanth Balaji’s SLAM talk shows how advanced materials research helps make quantum computers more resilient — bringing transformative technologies closer to reality.
Hosted next week! #NationalLabSLAM
🚀 #FoundryFriday | #Foundry20
In honor of #ArtemisII, we're spotlighting Hope Ishii, who studies Moon & asteroid samples atom by atom using electron microscopy at the Molecular Foundry's NCEM.
"Learning something new that people didn't know before" — that's the drive.
https://bit.ly/41dzUPe
Quantum innovation starts with materials.
Our Project Scientist Yashwanth Balaji is representing the Molecular Foundry and @berkeleylab.lbl.gov at the #NationalLabSLAM on April 5, sharing how materials design can protect quantum devices from cosmic radiation.
#NLSLAM26
Our new QIS (Quantum Information Science) Cluster Tool is an automated system that allows researchers to test dozens of different materials and fabrication methods for qubits in a single run.
#QuantumComputing #MaterialsScience #Foundryat20 #DiscoverytoDelivery
The sun is setting on the Molecular Foundry's 20th birthday. 🌅
But today was just the opening note. Every Friday from here, we'll be sharing a story — the discoveries, the people, the moments that made this place what it is.
Follow #FoundryFriday to keep celebrating with us.
#Foundryat20
Behind every nanoscience breakthrough is a researcher with a story.
For the Foundry's 20th Anniversary, we're sharing theirs.
🔗 foundry.lbl.gov/impact/my-foundry-story/
Do you have a Foundry story? Tell us. 👇 #Foundryat20 #MyFoundryStory
The Molecular Foundry turns 20 today. 🔬✨
Two decades of open-access nanoscience at @berkeleylab.lbl.gov— thousands of users, discoveries, and stories.
Explore 20 years of impact:
foundry.lbl.gov/impact/
Don't forget! Today 3/10 @ 11am PT Bernard Field will share his research on complex 2D materials and how computational tools help uncover new metal-organic systems with potential for quantum technologies. Get the zoom link & more here: https://bit.ly/46EOtyn
Join us next Tuesday 3/10 at 11am PT for the next talk in our seminar series where Bernard Field will share his research on complex 2D materials and how computational tools help uncover new metal-organic systems with potential for quantum technologies. Link to zoom info & more in comments.
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.
@nersc.bsky.social
@molecularfoundry.lbl.gov
Don't forget! Today 3/3 @ 11am PT Mythili Suranden presents her research on characterizing superconducting thin films and understanding how their structure and composition impact device performance.#quantum Get the zoom link & more here: https://bit.ly/4lfhFSN
Join us next Tuesday 3/3 at 11am PT for the next talk in our seminar series where Mythili Surendran presents her research on characterizing superconducting thin films and understanding how their structure and composition impact device performance. Link to zoom info & more in comments.
📣 We're joining up with the @jgi.doe.gov to launch our joint Critical Minerals & Materials Call 👀 Learn more: https://bit.ly/3MvzWy6
This is an opportunity to request the capabilities and expertise of both facilities. The call opens 3/1, and our 2/27 webinar is TOMORROW: https://bit.ly/3Oox1I0
Don't forget today Tuesday 2/24 at 11am PT Preetika Rastogi will discuss her work leveraging state of the art imaging techniques to elucidate details of the assembly of Nanoparticles Surfactants for structuring liquids. Link to zoom: https://bit.ly/4kq9ZfQ
Our proposal call opens March 1! Get tips and tricks for a successful proposal by joining our information session this Thursday, 2/26 at 1pm PT! Get the details and link here: https://bit.ly/4tOx8N9
Join us next Tuesday 2/24 at 11am PT for the next talk in our seminar series where Preetika Rastogi will discuss her work leveraging state of the art imaging techniques to elucidate details of the assembly of Nanoparticles Surfactants for structuring liquids. Link to zoom: https://bit.ly/4kq9ZfQ
Don't forget! Today 2/17 @ 11am PT Guangzhao Chen will discuss combining spin-polarized density functional theory (DFT) with analytical dipolar models for designing #quantum technologies. Get the zoom link & more here: https://bit.ly/403xi5G
📣 We're joining up with @jgi.doe.gov in a joint Critical Minerals & Materials Call 👀: https://bit.ly/3MvzWy6
This is an opportunity to use the capabilities and expertise of both facilities. The call opens March 1. You can register for our Feb. 27 webinar now: https://bit.ly/3Oox1I0
