The Department of Energy has awarded $115 million over five years to the Quantum Systems Accelerator, a new center led by Berkeley Lab that will forge solutions to harness quantum information science for discoveries, energize the nation’s research community, and accelerate the transfer of quantum technologies from the lab to the marketplace.

The Department of Energy has awarded $115 million over five years to the Quantum Systems Accelerator, a new center led by Berkeley Lab that will forge solutions to harness quantum information science for discoveries, energize the nation’s research community, and accelerate the transfer of quantum technologies from the lab to the marketplace.

Department of Energy awards announced in July will advance Berkeley Lab R&D to develop a more effective and compact particle-beam system for cancer treatment, improve particle-beam performance using artificial intelligence, and develop a high-power, rapid-fire laser system for both tabletop and large-scale applications.

Inspired by the nation’s grappling with issues of race and racial discrimination, UC Berkeley physics major and Berkeley Lab student assistant Ana Lyons turned to art as a way to contribute to the conversation, creating a poster project honoring the contributions of Black American physicists, which will feature a series of 12 posters.