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Revolutionizing High-Power Lasers: ATAP and Engineering Divisions Launch the Berkeley Advanced Laser Group

Meet Iris, Berkeley Lab's prototype fiber-positioning robot for Spec-S5

Made in Berkeley Lab: Winding a Novel Closed-Loop Coil Magnet Structure

A completed closed-loop coil showing a continuous strand of Nb-Ti superconducting wire wound around a hexagonal mandrel.

Meet Director’s Award Recipient, Runaround Champion, and Mechanical Engineer Jennifer Doyle

Jennifer Doyle with a magnet for the High-Luminosity Large Hadron Collider Accelerator Upgrade Project.

Super Cold and Super Tiny: the Electronics Behind the LEGEND-1000 Physics Detector

Magnified view of a rectangular microchip with fine wires bonded around its edges for electrical connections.

Made in Berkeley Lab: Reverse-Engineering Discontinued Parts

A close up of four brand-new powder-coated chiller end bells sit on a black background.

Discovery to Delivery: 3Q4 with Senajith “Seno” Rekawa

Seno Rekawa shown with highlighted quote: "Scientists come to me with novel research ideas and expect me to build instruments that no one else in the world has built. These can range from an ultra-high-precision extreme ultraviolet lithography system to a simple optical metrology tool for advanced microelectronic research."

Final Magnet for the LHC's High-Luminosity Upgrade Leaves Berkeley Lab

Made in Berkeley Lab: elegant arcs for superconducting magnets

A computer numerical control (CNC) machine in Berkeley Lab Engineering’s Building 77 traces the intricate groove pattern for a superconducting cable into an aluminum-bronze mandrel.

Engineering Division pilots equipment protection interlock system for Berkeley Lab user endstations

Ernesto Paiser, ALS Instrument Software Support Group Lead, pictured with the new no-code interlock system.

New small-batch chemical reactor design provides a springboard for science

Mechanical Engineer Nick Wenner, a member of the Engineering Small Project Support (EsPS) team, demonstrates the method for sealing each well in the small high-throughput pressure reactor he designed and built for use in specialized experiments.

Made in Berkeley Lab: the plasma chamber at the heart of heavy ion accelerators

A closeup view of the flange for the third-generation VENUS plasma chamber. The device was made in-house by the Engineering Division’s highly skilled technicians.

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