![Saul Perlmutter, George Smoot, Michael Witherell at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.](https://www.lbl.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Excellence_XBD201704-00056-014.jpg)
Researchers at Berkeley Lab have earned the world’s most prestigious scientific honor 16 times. Lab scientists who win a Nobel Prize have a street named after them.
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- Chemistry
- 2022
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- Physics
- 2022
![Jennifer Doudna, a light-haired person wearing a black jacket, smiles in front of a bookcase.](https://www.lbl.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Excellence_Awards-Module_jennifer_doudna-credit-UCBerkeley-scaled-e1659731536782.jpg)
- Chemistry
- 2020
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The Lab’s partnership with the University of California and its 10 campuses is the most productive integration of a national laboratory with a major research university. In particular, our close ties with UC Berkeley through our faculty appointments and joint research initiatives enrich our programs and bring world-class students to the Lab.
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A new multi-institutional center led by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) could accelerate the next revolution in microchips, the tiny silicon components used in everything from smartphones to smart speakers, life-saving medical devices, and electric cars.
![Abby Dernburg, left, and Ramamoorthy Ramesh](https://www.lbl.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/2024_LBL_AAAS_890x665px.jpg)
![From left: Polly Arnold, Uroš Seljak, and Irfan Siddiqi.](https://www.lbl.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/2024_Newscenter_AAAS_1025x685_Image-Component_Gradient-Circles-1-890x595.jpg)
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