Berkeley Lab delivers scientific breakthroughs over a wide range of science, addressing clean energy, climate resilience, environmental quality, health, and economic competitiveness. In our Lab Plan, we set goals for our future endeavors as a lab. Explore the highlights from our 2024 Lab Plan.

Chemical Sciences, Materials Sciences, and Geosciences

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Computational Science

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Bioscience and Environmental Science

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Fundamental Physics and Accelerator Research

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Reliable Energy and Strategic Technologies

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Understanding the universe, from quarks and nuclei to the cosmos

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Discovering materials, chemical processes, and biological systems for energy and the environment

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Driving the future of computing and data science

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Assuring energy resilience through a science-to-systems approach

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Transforming how we do science

Our world-leading expertise spans 24 of the 25 DOE core capabilities that comprise the science and technology foundation of its national laboratories.

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Advanced Light Source Upgrade (ALS-U)

ALS-U is an ongoing upgrade of the ALS at Berkeley Lab that will expand state-of-the-art X-ray capabilities for solving scientific challenges.

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Biological and Environmental Program Integration Center (BioEPIC)

Scientists who will work in BioEPIC seek to revolutionize understanding of how microbes interact with soils and plants to influence the environment.

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Energy Sciences Network (ESnet) Upgrade

ESnet6, the next-generation network, will help research communities navigate an ever increasing “data deluge” by giving them more bandwidth, greater flexibility, and faster data transfer capabilities.

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NERSC-10

The NERSC-10 project will deliver a next-generation supercomputer to address an evolving landscape in scientific research at the intersection of simulations and modeling, artificial intelligence, and experimental and observational data.

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Linear Assets Modernization Project (LAMP)

LAMP is the largest underground system modernization project in our history and ensures our critical science mission work can continue safely and uninterrupted.

Our talented, creative researchers and operations professionals are the foundation of our team science mission.

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