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 Long Island, New York
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Joined March 2009
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This image featuring the head of the Seagull Nebula, just released today, was captured by the @VRubinObs Commissioning Camera in 2024. bnl.gov/newsroom/news.php?a=…
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Educators, join us for Sci-Ed Day on Tuesday, Nov. 3. 🍎✏️⚛️ Participants will have the chance to meet our scientists, see our facilities, and learn how to incorporate current research topics into their lessons. #STEM #education Learn more and register: bnl.gov/scied-day/
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Scientists have spotted an intriguing dip in particle momentum measurements in the densest nuclear matter created at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider. #RHIC The result may offer clues to how nuclear matter changes phase. bnl.gov/newsroom/news.php?a=…

RHIC Reports New Data from High-density Nuclear Matter

Intriguing dip in particle momentum measurements in densest nuclear matter created at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider

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Brookhaven Lab intern and @RITtigers student Robert Desjardins designed new, stronger stands for holding 12,000-pound particle accelerator magnets — and they're cheaper to produce. #ElectronIonCollider #BrookhavenSciEd bnl.gov/newsroom/news.php?a=…

Student Engineer Designs Magnet Stands for Next-Gen Collider

A Brookhaven Lab summer intern designed stronger, cost-saving magnet storage stands for the future Electron-Ion Collider.

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Our researchers are making major contributions to the High-Luminosity Large Hadron Collider at @CERN, developing technologies and expertise that will help shape the future #ElectronIonCollider at Brookhaven. nytimes.com/2026/09/17/scien…

Scientists Overhaul Giant Particle Collider in Search of Universe’s Hidden Building Blocks

The European Organization for Nuclear Research, or CERN, will dismantle the Large Hadron Collider, which helped discover the so-called God Particle, in order to build a more powerful particle...

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A new instrument at #NSLSII combines four imaging techniques into one experimental setup, enabling comprehensive studies of materials for next-generation nuclear reactors. bnl.gov/newsroom/news.php?a=…

First-of-its-Kind X-ray Imaging Tool for Studying Nuclear Materials

A new instrument at Brookhaven Lab combines four imaging techniques into one experimental setup, enabling comprehensive studies of materials for next-generation nuclear reactors.

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Congratulations to Brookhaven Lab physicists Lijuan Ruan and Xin Qian on being named 2026 @APSphysics Fellows. 👏 bnl.gov/newsroom/news.php?a=…

Two Brookhaven Lab Physicists Named APS Fellows

Lijuan Ruan and Xin Qian honored for contributions to RHIC and tracking ghostlike neutrinos, respectively

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This 124-foot-tall, 300,000-gallon water tank was built for the U.S. Army in 1941, when the Brookhaven Lab site was still the U.S. Army’s Camp Upton. It served our water distribution needs for decades. And then we demolished it, with a little help from gravity.
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A partnership spanning chemistry, engineering, and quantum device design has yielded a millisecond-coherent transmon, proving that smarter materials may hold the key to the next quantum leap. #C2QA bnl.gov/newsroom/news.php?a=…

Tantalum, Silicon, and a Cross-Disciplinary Bet that Paid Off

A partnership spanning chemistry, engineering, and quantum device design has yielded a millisecond-coherent transmon, proving that smarter materials may hold the key to the next quantum leap.

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In many ways, Chuck Black’s career parallels the evolution of quantum computing, combining a foundation in fundamental physics with decades of nanoscale materials research and experience with semiconductor technology. #C2QA bnl.gov/newsroom/news.php?a=…

A Career Built for Quantum Leadership

With a career trajectory paralleling the evolution of quantum computing, Charles Black now leads a national quantum research center.

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Scientists at Brookhaven National Laboratory have developed a smart X-ray tool that can scan 500 air pollution particles in just 10 hours. bit.ly/4hN3DaR

Smart US X-ray microscope scans 500 pollution particles in 10 hours

Scientists at Brookhaven National Laboratory have developed a smart X-ray tool that can scan 500 air pollution particles in just 10 hours.

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Advanced robotics and automation can make scientific tasks more efficient and effective. DOE is supporting projects led @argonne, @ORNL, @SLAClab & @BrookhavenLab to demonstrate these possibilities and create capabilities for the scientific community. energy.gov/science/articles/…
Photo of a woman in a fleece jacket with her back to the camera who is working on a computer. There is an automated robotic setup in front of her.

ALT Photo of a woman in a fleece jacket with her back to the camera who is working on a computer. There is an automated robotic setup in front of her.

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This dip in #RHIC data could help scientists find the long-sought "critical point" in nuclear matter phase transitions, a key value for understanding the makeup of the early universe. bnl.gov/newsroom/news.php?a=…

RHIC Reports New Data from High-density Nuclear Matter

Intriguing dip in particle momentum measurements in densest nuclear matter created at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider

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Congratulations to Brookhaven physicist Lijuan Ruan on receiving the Ernest Orlando Lawrence Award, one of the most prestigious science and technology awards bestowed by the U.S. government.👏 The award recognizes Ruan's leadership and ingenuity at #RHIC: bnl.gov/newsroom/news.php?a=…
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We sat down with @GrinnellCollege professor Kristen Burson for a Q&A on her noble gas nano cage project, student mentorship, and a growing collaboration with Brookhaven Lab through @doescience's Visiting Faculty Program. bnl.gov/newsroom/news.php?a=…

Visiting Faculty Program Builds Research Connections at Brookhaven Lab

Grinnell College professor Kristen Burson reflects on a noble gas nano cage project, student mentorship, and a growing collaboration with Brookhaven Lab.

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Enter the self-driving lab SLAC researchers are leading a new project for autonomous labs where SI agents, robots and intelligent detectors work together to run experiments end to end: stanford.io/4AYXu2R
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What’s in the air we breathe? At #NSLSII new software called X-AutoMap helps researchers answer this question by more efficiently examining pollution particles at the nanoscale. bnl.gov/newsroom/news.php?a=…

From 44 Hours to 10: Automation Accelerates Nanoscale X-ray Analysis

Automated X-ray microscopy workflow quickly identifies and analyzes particles of interest in air pollution samples at the nanoscale.

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What do particle colliders and credit card fraud have in common? Both require finding rare, meaningful signals in enormous streams of data. Simulating #ElectronIonCollider components helped prepare Rey Cruz Torres for a career as a deep learning engineer. bnl.gov/newsroom/news.php?a=…

Meet Rey Cruz Torres: Designing Detector Technologies for Particles — and Fraud

Simulating detector components for the Electron-Ion Collider planted seeds and honed AI skills for protecting credit card transactions  

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We recently hosted Acceleron Fusion to explore Brookhaven's interdisciplinary science capabilities and facilities that can help advance their mission of muon-catalyzed fusion.
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These 14 organic molecules from the Murchison meteorite were imaged at #CFNatBrookhaven. They are among thousands of other carbon-based molecules uncovered from the meteorite, suggesting the chemical foundation for life is woven into the universe. bnl.gov/newsroom/news.php?a=…
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