20 years in the making:
Results from the g-2 experiment at
@Fermilab
support findings from Brookhaven’s earlier experiment, pointing towards new physics.
Meet Vanessa Sanders, the first African American woman in the U.S. to earn a Ph.D. in radiochemistry.
At Brookhaven, Sanders makes isotopes to detect and treat diseases.
With the ceremonial ribbon cut, the
#ElectronIonCollider
project is officially launched!
Thank you to everyone who visited us today and helped champion this one-of-a-kind nuclear physics research facility for the Nation.
We’re proud to present the next Leona Woods Lectureship Award for outstanding female, under-represented minority, and LGBTQ physicists to
@CERN
's Dorota Grabowska, who studies the mathematical basis of particle physics.
Our scientists have published the first atomic-level model of the SARS-CoV-2 “envelope” protein hijacking a human cell-junction protein.
The model helps explain how
#COVID19
could cause extensive lung damage and infect other organs.
#RHIC
uses a system of intense radio waves to give its particle beams a little extra "kick" of acceleration energy each time they travel around the ring.
#RHIC20
#NSLSII
's PDF beamline reveals the atomic structures of materials used in everyday devices like batteries and computer chips.
When illuminated by x-rays, they make beautiful patterns characteristic of how atoms are assembled.
Scientists at Brookhaven and
@stonybrooku
have developed an operational quantum network covering 87 miles.
This marks the longest successful quantum communication experiment in the US.
#BrookhavenCS
Equipped with a 3.2 gigapixel sensor array built by Brookhaven, the
@VRubinObs
Legacy Survey of Space and Time camera will capture the universe like never before.
Meet the women of Brookhaven: Etsuko Fujita is the leader of our artificial photosynthesis group. She develops systems that use solar energy to create renewable fuels. 👩🔬
#WomensHistoryMonth
The
#LSSTCamera
for
@VRubinObs
is nearing completion at
@SLAClab
!
We developed its 3.2 gigapixel "digital film," the biggest charge-coupled device (CCD) array that has ever been built.
2020 marks five years of “user” operations at
#NSLSII
!
All year, we’ll be celebrating this milestone by highlighting each of NSLS-II’s world-class beamlines. Stay tuned!
How will a nationwide quantum Internet impact the financial sector?
Join us for a virtual roundtable with
@P33Chicago
and
@ScienceUnderSec
this Thursday.
Learn more and register:
The
#ElectronIonCollider
will peer into protons and neutrons to reveal how those particles’ internal building blocks—and the glue-like force that holds them together—form the structure of nearly all visible matter in the universe.
Over nearly nine years, the Daya Bay Reactor Neutrino Experiment captured an unprecedented five and a half million neutrino interactions.
Now, physicists have reported the first result from the experiment’s full dataset.
Three high schools students are working alongside computational scientists in
@BrookhavenLabCS
to study
#COVID19
.
They're exploring inhibitor drugs to disrupt viral proteins that help infectious particles escape from cells.
#BrookhavenSciEd
#STEMrising
Physicists at
#RHIC
are tracking the emergence of charm quarks in particle collisions to determine how quarks combine to form the building blocks of matter.
Before today's synchrotron particle accelerators existed, there were cyclotron particle accelerators.
Here, a Brookhaven scientist inspects a cyclotron magnet in 1949.
#Brookhaven75
#OnThisDay
in 1993, nuclear physicist Edward Teller came to Brookhaven to discuss the importance of
#RHIC
.
Teller was one of the first to propose the concept of colliding heavy nuclei at nearly the speed of light to create a nuclear plasma state.
#RHIC20
2020 has been challenging, but it's also been a banner year for science.
From launching the Electron-Ion Collider project to researching COVID-19, browse some of Brookhaven's scientific achievements in our 2020 news archive:
Scientists reveal hidden quantum phenomena in novel materials at
#NSLSII
’s CSX beamline.
By creating new x-ray optics at the beamline, scientists from
#CFNano
and NSLS-II open doors to new research possibilities.
Combined results from the g-2 experiment at
@Fermilab
and Brookhaven show strong evidence that our theoretical model of the subatomic world is incomplete.
Before
@Fermilab
's landmark result from the g-2 experiment, Brookhaven's earlier version of the experiment detected signs of new physics 20 years ago.
Brookhaven's Berndt Mueller has been awarded by
@APSphysics
for his research on quark-gluon plasma, the matter that filled the universe a mere fraction of a second after its birth.
We're bringing world-leading experts together to resolve performance issues with today’s quantum computers by simultaneously designing software and hardware.
From the archives: Brookhaven Lab Scientist Emeritus Joanna Fowler conducting chemistry research in 1985.
#Brookhaven75
Learn more about Fowler's remarkable career:
#NSLSII
scientist Andi Barbour will be a panelist in our first virtual Q&A for
#BNLSummerSundays
.
Barbour uses the CSX beamline at NSLS-II to study quantum materials.
Tweet us your questions for Barbour!
Event details:
The most powerful magnetic fields in the universe induce a current that deflects charged particles as they emerge from subatomic smashups at
#RHIC
.
@PhysRevX
#QGP
#NuclearPhysics
In 2017, results from the STAR detector’s “Heavy Flavor Tracker” revealed that heavy particles get caught up in the flow of quark-gluon plasma.”
#RHIC
#RHIC20
Inside these storage tanks is liquid helium cooled to -452°F. That's nearly absolute zero (-459°F), the coldest anything can be.
It's used to cool superconducting magnets at
#RHIC
. In all, RHIC contains 25 tons of helium that's recovered and stored in a closed-loop system.
Our Accelerator Test Facility offers the unique combination of a high-brightness electron beam and a high-power picosecond CO2 laser for researchers to explore new ideas for advanced particle accelerators.
More than 1,100 members of the Lab community gathered in Brookhaven Square today to watch the solar
#eclipse
with our special guest,
@SecGranholm
.
It was a special afternoon here in Upton, NY, where we experienced 90.4% totality!
These 3-D nanostructures can conduct electricity without resistance and may provide a platform for fabricating quantum computing and sensing devices.
#CFNano