The following news release was issued by Macquarie University in Australia. It describes a project incorporating data collected in ecosystems around the world, including data from the Arctic tundra acquired by Alistair Rogers, a biologist at the U.S. …
UPTON, NY —Pianist Di Wu and violinist Solomiya Ivakhiv will perform in concert at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory on Wednesday, March 11, at noon in Berkner Hall. Sponsored by Brookhaven Science Associates (BSA), the …
UPTON, NY — If you want to unravel the secrets of proton spin, put a "twist" in your colliding proton beams. This technique, tried and perfected at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC)—a particle collider and U.S. Department of Energy …
UPTON, NY – U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Ernest Moniz today dedicated the world's most advanced light source, the National Synchrotron Light Source II (NSLS-II) at Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL). The NSLS-II is a $912-million DOE …
UPTON, NY — Farmingdale High School won the Brookhaven National Laboratory/Long Island Regional High School Science Bowl held at the Lab on Saturday, January 31. Farmingdale competed against 15 other teams from across the region in one of the nation's …
UPTON, NY—Valium, one of the best known antianxiety drugs, produces its calming effects by binding with a particular protein in the brain. But the drug has an almost equally strong affinity for a completely different protein. Understanding this secondary …
UPTON, NY — The idea of computing systems based on controlling atomic spins just got a boost from new research performed at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory. By …
UPTON, NY—Reducing the amount of sunlight that bounces off the surface of solar cells helps maximize the conversion of the sun's rays to electricity, so manufacturers use coatings to cut down on reflections. Now scientists at the U.S. Department of …
One of the most important aspects of Brookhaven Science Associates' (BSA's) recent winning proposal to manage and operate Brookhaven National Laboratory for the U.S. Department of Energy was BSA's and New York State's pledge to deepen and …
UPTON, NY—The discovery of "topologically protected" electrical conductivity on the surface of some materials whose bulk interior acts as an insulator was among the most sensational advances in the last decade of condensed matter physics—with …
UPTON, NY — One challenge in improving the efficiency of solar cells is that some of the absorbed light energy is lost as heat. So scientists have been looking to design materials that can convert more of that energy into useful electricity. Now a team …
Menlo Park, Calif. — Plans for the construction of the world's largest digital camera at the Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory have reached a major milestone. The 3,200-megapixel centerpiece of the Large Synoptic Survey …
UPTON, NY — The Daedalus Quartet will give a recital at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory on Wednesday, January 28, 2015, at noon in Berkner Hall. Sponsored by Brookhaven Science Associates (BSA), the event is free and open …
UPTON, NY—In a promising lithium-based battery, the formation of a highly conductive silver matrix transforms a material otherwise plagued by low conductivity. To optimize these multi-metallic batteries—and enhance the flow of electricity—scientists needed …
UPTON, NY Jan. 5, 2015 — Brookhaven Science Associates (BSA), the company that manages Brookhaven National Laboratory for the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Science, today announced several organizational and leadership changes related to …
UPTON, NY—From new insights into the building blocks of matter to advances in understanding batteries, superconductors, and a protein that could help fight cancer, 2014 was a year of stunning successes for the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven …
UPTON, NY—Rust never sleeps. Whether a reference to the 1979 Neil Young album or a product designed to protect metal surfaces, the phrase invokes the idea that corrosion from oxidation—the more general chemical name for rust and other reactions of metal …
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UPTON, NY—A team of scientists from the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory, Columbia Engineering, Columbia Physics and Kyoto University has discovered an unusual form of electronic order in a new family of unconventional …
UPTON, NY — Pianist Tomer Gewirtzman will give a recital at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory on Wednesday, December 10, 2014, at noon in Berkner Hall. Sponsored by Brookhaven Science Associates, the event is free and open …
