Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

The Ernest Orlando Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), formerly the Berkeley Radiation Laboratory and usually shortened to Berkeley Lab or LBL, is a U.S. Department of Energy national laboratory in Berkeley, California conducting unclassified scientific research. It is managed and owned by the University of California.

Accolades

Notable scientific accomplishments at the Lab since World War II include the observation of the antiproton and the discovery of several transuranic elements.

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World War II - Antiproton - Elements

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Since its inception, ten researchers at this Lab (Ernest Lawrence, Glenn T. Seaborg, Edwin M. McMillan, Owen Chamberlain, Emilio G. Segrè, Donald A. Glaser, Melvin Calvin, Luis W. Alvarez, Yuan T. Lee, and Steven Chu) have been awarded the Nobel Prize.

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Ernest Lawrence - Glenn T. Seaborg - Edwin M. McMillan - Owen Chamberlain - Emilio G. Segrè - Donald A. Glaser - Melvin Calvin - Luis W. Alvarez - Yuan T. Lee - Steven Chu - Nobel Prize

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Elements discovered by laboratory physicists include Astatine, Neptunium, Plutonium, Curium, Americium, Berkelium*, Californium*, Einsteinium, Fermium, Mendelevium, Nobelium, Lawrencium*, Dubnium, and Seaborgium*. Those elements listed with asterisks (*) are named after the laboratory or some of its principle scientists. The element Technetium was discovered after Ernest Lawrence gave Emilio Segrè a molybdenum strip from the LBL cyclotron.

Related Topics:
Elements - Astatine - Neptunium - Plutonium - Curium - Americium - Berkelium - Californium - Einsteinium - Fermium - Mendelevium - Nobelium - Lawrencium - Dubnium - Seaborgium - Technetium - Molybdenum

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