Barbara Jacak

A team at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory will attempt to synthesize theoretical element 120 in a new national effort spearheaded by the US Department of Energy. If successful, this project would represent the 17th element discovered at UC Berkeley.

For the first time in history, scientists at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory’s National Ignition Facility achieved a net energy gain through nuclear fusion, a crucial breakthrough in the continuing search for clean energy. 

Nine UC Berkeley professors will join 234 other campus faculty in the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, it was announced Wednesday.