Met the new security at #LBNL this morning.

This week I'm temporarily professional plant nerd at #Berkeley ( #LBNL).

Tentative agreement on UC contract reached—UPTE strike canceled! — UPTE-CWA 9119 UPTE and the University of California have reached a Tentative Agreement (TA) after the mediator brought us back into communications following days of mediation. This is a major victory for UP...

Our tentative agreement is a major victory for UPTE members across the University of California system and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. #UC #ResetUCPriorities #LBNL #BerkeleyLab

A large 3D map of our universe, used to study dark energy. Image credit: DESI Collaboration/ Department of Energy (DOE)/Kitt Peak National Observatory (KPNO)/National Optical-Infrared Astronomy Research Laboratory (NOIRLab)/National Science Foundation (NSF)/Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy (AURA)/R. Proctor.

#DarkEnergy continues to puzzle #cosmologists. Using the #DarkEnergySpectroscopicInstrument, researchers found signs its anti-gravitational strength may be weakening in the current cosmic era. A PNAS Core Concept explainer: https://ow.ly/Qyn350XeZAE

#cosmos #Universe #DarkMatter #LBNL #DESI

A large 3D map of our universe to study dark energy. Image credit: DESI Collaboration/ Department of Energy (DOE)/Kitt Peak National Observatory (KPNO)/National Optical-Infrared Astronomy Research Laboratory (NOIRLab)/National Science Foundation (NSF)/Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy (AURA)/R. Proctor.

Could #DarkEnergy be evolving? Using the #DarkEnergySpectroscopicInstrument, researchers mapped the cosmos and found signs its anti-gravitational force may have weakened in today’s era. Read the PNAS Core Concept explainer: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

#cosmos #Universe #DarkMatter #LBNL #DESI

The astonishing carbon footprint of plastic production Last year, scientists from Lawrence Berkeley National Lab reported that the carbon footprint of plastic production is around 2.2 billion tonnes of CO2-equivalents. That’s more than double previous …

The carbon footprint of plastic production is around 2.2 billion tonnes of CO2-eq - that's more than double previous estimates. At the current growth rate, plastics will be one of the biggest drivers of climate change by 2050.
Action: Set a personal budget on plastic waste! #plastic #climate #LBNL

Heuristic noise models are introduced, and benchmark comparisons are drawn against simulated trapped ion systems and experiments on real superconducting devices. This work will be presented this September at IEEE QCE 2025 in Albuquerque.

#QuEraComputing #NeutralAtoms #QuantumAlgorithm #LBNL #UCLA

My dad loved to dumpster dive for oscilloscopes and other stuff at #LBNL

Meta releases new data set, AI model aimed at speeding up scientific research The Open Molecules 2025 project required 6 billion compute hours in Meta data centers, and could make complex chemistry calculations 10,000 times faster.

The Open Molecules 2025 effort required 6 billion compute hours to create

Meta released a massive trove of chemistry data to supercharge scientific research

o Built an #AI model that can speed up the time it takes to create new drugs and materials

www.semafor.com/article/05/1...

#HPC #LBNL

Subsequent to #neurips24, we had the chance to give a seminar at #LBNL. @lbnlcs.bsky.social It was great seeing old friends @axccl.bsky.social.
To complete the swirl, we visited @loicaroyer.bsky.social at @cziscience.bsky.social in downtown SF. What an inspiring day! @helmholtzai.bsky.social

The part they don't openly discuss in #Oppenheimer is how Josh Hartnett plays Lawrence

As in Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory #LLNL
and
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory #LBNL

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