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Jani Penttala's theoretical work is helping scientists make more precise predictions for what they may discover at the future #ElectronIonCollider.

Conducting four different X-ray imaging techniques would normally take researchers many hours — or even days — at separate instruments. But with this new setup at #NSLSII, researchers accomplished the same experiments in about six hours using one tool.

With a career trajectory paralleling the evolution of quantum computing, Charles Black now leads #C2QA, a national research center tackling the scientific challenges standing between today's technologies and practical quantum computers.

A Brookhaven Lab intern helped turn an idea for automating X-ray microscopy into X-AutoMap — software that analyzed pollution particles four times faster than typical methods. #NSLSII #BrookhavenSciEd

New research on meteorites suggests that the chemical foundation for life is deeply woven into the fabric of the universe. #CFNatBrookhaven

Through the Visiting Faculty Program, Grinnell College professor Kristen Burson has spent three summers at Brookhaven Lab researching nano cages for noble gases and bringing advanced research experiences to her students. #BrookhavenSciEd

What happens when two oxygen nuclei collide at nearly the speed of light? New results from #RHIC provide strong evidence that these collisions generate a quark-gluon plasma, a nearly perfect liquid that filled the early universe.

Designing simulations for the future #ElectronIonCollider's detector gave Rey Cruz Torres skills he now uses to detect credit card fraud.

Lijuan Ruan's work at #RHIC has transformed how physicists study the quark-gluon plasma, the nearly perfect liquid that filled the early universe.

This image featuring the head of the Seagull Nebula, just released today, was captured by the @rubinobservatory.org Commissioning Camera in 2024. https://www.bnl.gov/newsroom/news.php?a=223235

Researchers developed a new kind of computer chip with the speed necessary to sense and respond to harsh environments where conventional silicon chips fail, such as the searing plasmas in fusion reactors. #BrookhavenCS Learn more: https://www.bnl.gov/newsroom/news.php?a=123222

Researchers from @udelaware.bsky.social have identified a molecular switch that could make antibiotics more effective against drug-resistant bacteria.

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: https://www.bnl.gov/scied-day/

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.

Brookhaven Lab intern and @rittigers.bsky.social student Robert Desjardins designed new, stronger stands for holding 12,000-pound particle accelerator magnets — and they're cheaper to produce. #ElectronIonCollider #BrookhavenSciEd

Our researchers are making major contributions to the High-Luminosity Large Hadron Collider at @cern.bsky.social, developing technologies and expertise that will help shape the future #ElectronIonCollider at Brookhaven.

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

Congratulations to Brookhaven Lab physicists Lijuan Ruan and Xin Qian on being named 2026 Fellows of @apsphysics.aps.org. 👏

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.

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

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

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.

Congratulations to Brookhaven physicist Lijuan Ruan on receiving the Ernest Orlando Lawrence Award, one of the most prestigious science and technology awards given by the U.S. government.👏 The award recognizes Ruan's leadership and ingenuity at #RHIC: https://www.bnl.gov/newsroom/news.php?a=123206

We sat down with Grinnell College professor Kristen Burson for a Q&A on her noble gas nano cage project, student mentorship, and a growing collaboration with Brookhaven Lab. #BrookhavenSciEd

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.

What do particle colliders and credit card fraud have in common? Both require finding rare, meaningful signals in enormous streams of noisy data. Simulating detector components for the #ElectronIonCollider helped prepare Rey Cruz Torres for a career in #AI.

We recently hosted Acceleron Fusion to explore Brookhaven's interdisciplinary science capabilities and facilities that can help advance their mission of muon-catalyzed fusion.

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. https://www.bnl.gov/newsroom/news.php?a=123172

How do you efficiently store 12,000-pound magnets? Brookhaven Lab intern and @rittigers.bsky.social student Robert Desjardins helped solve this pivotal question as we transition the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider into the #ElectronIonCollider: https://www.bnl.gov/newsroom/news.php?a=223194

Happy #NationalNanoDay! Today, 10/9, we celebrate discoveries made at the nanometer scale, or 10⁻⁹ meters. At #CFNatBrookhaven, researchers explore materials at this ultra-small scale to advance fields like quantum science, energy technologies, and microelectronics.

Baryon number conservation explains why protons, the central building blocks of atomic nuclei, are so stable and don’t decay. #RHIC

What can an internship at Brookhaven Lab lead to? Through the Community College Internships program, Bryan Aleman contributed to software projects and built skills for his future career. #BrookhavenSciEd

PsiQuantum's software platform “Construct” will support our scientists researching new algorithms and scientific applications for the first generation of fault-tolerant quantum computers. #GenesisMission @psiquantum.bsky.social

Researchers used cryo-electron microscopy to see a bacterial enzyme in three shapes, revealing a molecular switch that could help fight antibiotic resistance.

Realizing the next generation of nuclear reactors requires in-depth understanding of materials used for nuclear fuel, reactor components, and storage technologies — as well as how the materials’ properties change when exposed to harsh conditions. #NSLSII

This prestigious award recognizes #RHIC’s impactful physics discoveries and scientific explorations of nuclear matter over 25 years — and the wide-ranging capabilities that made this science possible.

High school student Ruochen Xu helped scientists at the National Synchrotron Light Source II create software to accurately assess complex mirror shapes. #NSLSII #BrookhavenSciEd

Something interesting is happening in the densest nuclear matter created at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider. #RHIC

Thank you to INFN for visiting Brookhaven Lab and getting a firsthand view of the people, facilities, and technical work driving the #ElectronIonCollider forward. The EIC will be a global facility, and our collaborators are essential to realizing its potential for discovery.

The LUX-ZEPLIN experiment observed a particle interaction that is the most compelling hint of dark matter reported by the experiment to date.

Jani Penttala's theoretical work is helping scientists make more precise predictions for what they may discover at the future #ElectronIonCollider.

Researchers from the Co-design Center for Quantum Advantage have built superconducting qubits that remain coherent for more than one millisecond, a threshold many believed was still years away. #C2QA

Cryostat has left the chat. #RHIC #ElectronIonCollider

With a career trajectory paralleling the evolution of quantum computing, Charles Black now leads #C2QA, a national research center tackling the scientific challenges standing between today's technologies and practical quantum computers.

New research on meteorites suggests that the chemical foundation for life is deeply woven into the fabric of the universe. #CFNatBrookhaven

We’re developing a next-generation grid foundation model through the U.S. Department of Energy's #GenesisMission. This #AI system can rapidly simulate scenarios for adding new loads to the electric grid.

Every year, our Laboratory for Biomolecular Structure collects more than 1 million biological images and enables researchers to deposit nearly 100 new structures into the Electron Microscopy Data Bank.

Congratulations to the #RHIC Discovery and Innovation Team on receiving a Secretary of Energy Achievement Award, one of the highest honors given to U.S. Department of Energy employees and contractors.

Through the Visiting Faculty Program, Grinnell College professor Kristen Burson has spent three summers at Brookhaven Lab researching nano cages for noble gases and bringing advanced research experiences to her students. #BrookhavenSciEd

We're partnering with @psiquantum.bsky.social to give scientists new tools for research on fault-tolerant quantum computers. #GenesisMission