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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
Gluons May Play Central Role in Baryon Number Conservation
Quark-connecting ‘gluon junction' could be primary carrier of baryon number, essential to stability of protons, atoms, and all visible matter
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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
Building Smart Tools -- and Career Skills -- at Brookhaven Lab
A returning community college intern shares how Brookhaven Lab experience solidified his interest in programming.<br />
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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
Brookhaven Lab, PsiQuantum Partner to Accelerate Quantum Application Development Using Construct Software Tool
Brookhaven National Laboratory and PsiQuantum today announced a collaboration that will leverage PsiQuantum's software platform “Construct” to support Brookhaven Lab scientists.
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Researchers used cryo-electron microscopy to see a bacterial enzyme in three shapes, revealing a molecular switch that could help fight antibiotic resistance.
Targeting Antibiotic Resistance
Researchers uncover a critical molecular switch that helps bacteria survive environmental stress and antibiotic exposure.
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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
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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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.
RHIC Team Receives Prestigious DOE Secretary Achievement Award
Recognition honors innovators who enabled 25-year exploration of quark-gluon plasma, proton spin, and strongest force in nature
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High school student Ruochen Xu helped scientists at the National Synchrotron Light Source II create software to accurately assess complex mirror shapes. #NSLSII #BrookhavenSciEd
Student Advances Precision Optics Characterization at NSLS-II
High school student, Ruochen Xu, helps NSLS-II scientists create software to accurately assess complex mirror shapes.
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Something interesting is happening in the densest nuclear matter created at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider. #RHIC
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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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.
LZ Sees Surprising Result in Search for Dark Matter
Particle interaction could be interpreted as a signal from a dark matter candidate -- but more data is needed.
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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.
Jani Penttala Receives 2026 Fanyi Zhao Lectureship Award
The Electron-Ion Collider Theory Institute has named Jani Penttala, a postdoctoral theoretical nuclear physicist at the University of California, Los Angeles, the recipient of the 2026 Fanyi Zhao Lectureship Award.
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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
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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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 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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New research on meteorites suggests that the chemical foundation for life is deeply woven into the fabric of the universe. #CFNatBrookhaven
A Glimpse of the Solar System's Origins: Striking Details on the Molecules Inside a Meteorite
Scientists joined forces to get a fresh look at the complex makeup of meteorites and a look into the solar system's past.
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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.
Brookhaven Lab to Lead $14M AI Project for Nation's Electric Grid
Researchers will develop an AI model to accelerate electric grid expansion planning with optimal accuracy, affordability, and efficiency in operations.
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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.
Built for Discovery: LBMS at Five Years
LBMS marks five years as a leading cryo-EM facility, advancing biological discovery through cutting-edge imaging and collaboration.
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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.
RHIC Team Receives Prestigious DOE Secretary Achievement Award
Recognition honors innovators who enabled 25-year exploration of quark-gluon plasma, proton spin, and strongest force in nature
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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
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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We're partnering with @psiquantum.bsky.social to give scientists new tools for research on fault-tolerant quantum computers. #GenesisMission
Brookhaven Lab, PsiQuantum Partner to Accelerate Quantum Application Development Using Construct Software Tool
Brookhaven National Laboratory and PsiQuantum today announced a collaboration that will leverage PsiQuantum's software platform “Construct” to support Brookhaven Lab scientists.
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Designing #AI simulations for the future #ElectronIonCollider's detector gave Rey Cruz Torres skills he now uses to detect credit card fraud.
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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Evidence from #RHIC suggests that gluons, rather than valence quarks, are the true carriers of baryon number and baryon number conservation — an important concept for maintaining the stability of all visible matter.
Gluons May Play Central Role in Baryon Number Conservation
Quark-connecting ‘gluon junction' could be primary carrier of baryon number, essential to stability of protons, atoms, and all visible matter
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Perched atop a seven-story building at Brookhaven Lab, the Quantum Lighthouse transmits and receives particles of light that carry quantum information — through open air. https://www.bnl.gov/newsroom/news.php?a=223097
Nick D'Imperio aims to shape a new era of computing and artificial intelligence, building on decades of expertise in high-performance computing, scientific software development, and strategic computing infrastructure.
Nicholas D'Imperio Named Associate Laboratory Director for Computing and Data Sciences at Brookhaven Lab
New CDS ALD Nicholas D'Imperio seeks to advance Brookhaven Lab into new frontiers of AI, HPC, and data-driven discovery.
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Researchers from @udelaware.bsky.social have identified a molecular switch that could make antibiotics more effective against drug-resistant bacteria.
Targeting Antibiotic Resistance
Researchers uncover a critical molecular switch that helps bacteria survive environmental stress and antibiotic exposure.
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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.
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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This latest result shows that if a muon electric dipole moment exists, it must be smaller than what the Muon g-2 experiment can currently detect.
Muon g-2 Experiment Places New Constraints on a Forbidden Property of Muons
The Muon g-2 collaboration announced a new measurement of the muon's electric dipole moment.
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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.
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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