March 22, 2011

Brookhaven National Laboratory is now halfway toward completing construction of the National Synchrotron Light Source II (NSLS-II), a powerful x-ray microscope nearly half a mile in circumference.

October 19, 2010

On October 13, 2010, construction workers, elected officials, and Lab employees celebrated twin milestones for the National Synchrotron Light Source II and Interdisciplinary Science Building.

October 12, 2010

The CFN is receiving more than $5 million in new equipment from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.

September 23, 2010

Suite of Recovery Act-funded tools designed, assembled by Brookhaven and collaborators will help clarify role of aerosols in climate change.

September 09, 2010

Lab Director Sam Aronson joined the Brookhaven research team in Schenectady NY at the announcement of a $4.25 million grant to fund superconducting magnet energy storage research.

August 26, 2010

This week, the doors to the High Flux Beam Reactor were closed and locked. They’ll remain that way for up to 65 years, until radiation levels in the large components like the reactor vessel naturally decay to a point where the reactor may be removed safely.

August 13, 2010

BNL has announced the selection of the general contractor for construction of laboratory-office buildings (LOBs) for the National Synchrotron Light Source II (NSLS-II).

June 29, 2010

The U.S. Department of Energy’s Brookhaven National Laboratory has awarded a contract to a general contractor for the construction of a new $66.8 million Interdisciplinary Science Building (ISB), a state-of-the-art facility that will bring together scientists focused on the nation’s most pressing challenge of the 21st century.

June 03, 2010

U.S. Department of Energy Deputy Secretary Daniel Poneman (left) and Congressman Tim Bishop visited BNL on June 1 to announce an additional $28 million in Recovery Act funding to accelerate cleanup projects at the Lab, including cleanup at the Brookhaven Graphite Research Reactor.

June 01, 2010

DOE Deputy Secretary Daniel Poneman has announced that the U.S. Department of Energy and BNL have reached a major milestone in the cleanup of the Brookhaven Graphite Research Reactor.

January 14, 2010

This news release is being issued today by the U.S. Department of Energy. Brookhaven Lab's Adrian Gozar has won a grant from DOE's new Early Career Research Program for his investigation of optical properties of materials at the level of nanometers, or billionths of a meter, to determine their functionality. For more information, contact Diane Greenberg, Brookhaven National Laboratory, 631 344-2347, or greenb@bnl.gov.

November 09, 2009

Thanks to American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funding, the design and construction of the lab-office buildings for NSLS-II has been accelerated so that the buildings will be available for occupancy in FY12 – at least a year earlier than originally planned.

October 27, 2009

A collaboration between Brookhaven and Idaho national laboratories will improve the way scientists model the inner workings of nuclear reactors.

September 15, 2009

Ten steel columns were incorporated into the ever-growing framework for the National Synchrotron Light Source II last week, the first structural steel erected for the future 400,000-square-foot facility.

September 04, 2009

With $18 million in Recovery Act funding, site preparation has begun for a new state-of-the-art energy research facility at the U.S. Dept. of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory.

August 25, 2009

With stimulus funds in hand, a collaboration of national laboratories, universities, and industry is testing a new material that could revolutionize the superconducting magnet field.

August 12, 2009

NSLS-II construction is the lead story in the inaugural issue of the American Recovery & Reinvestment Act Newsletter, published by the DOE Office of Science.

August 04, 2009

U.S Department of Energy Secretary Steven Chu has announced that more than $327 million in new funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act will go toward scientific research, instrumentation, and laboratory infrastructure projects.

July 17, 2009

U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced today that up to $85 million in funding under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act will be awarded in early 2010 to support at least 50 early career researchers for five years at U.S. academic institutions and DOE national laboratories.

June 17, 2009

Hundreds gathered at Brookhaven Lab on June 15 to celebrate the start of construction of the Lab’s newest facility, the National Synchrotron Light Source II, which will create 1,000 new jobs on Long Island.

June 15, 2009

U.S. Senators Charles Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand and U.S. Congressman Tim Bishop were among hundreds who celebrated the initiation of the NSLS-II project, which will bring direct economic benefits to Long Island and New York State.

May 18, 2009

The U.S. Department of Energy, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and the N.Y. State Department of Environmental Conservation have agreed on a final cleanup action for the inactive High Flux Beam Reactor at Brookhaven Lab.

March 31, 2009

Energy Secretary Steven Chu has announced $6 billion in new funding under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to accelerate environmental cleanup work and create thousands of jobs across 12 states - including a major investment in New York. Projects identified for funding will focus on accelerating cleanup of soil and groundwater, transportation and disposal of waste, and cleaning and demolishing former weapons complex facilities.

March 23, 2009

US Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Steven Chu (above, center) announced a major funding jolt for science in the United States while visiting Brookhaven National Laboratory on Monday, March 23.

March 23, 2009

Brookhaven Lab will receive $184.3 million in new science funding from President Obama’s American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, principally to accelerate construction of the National Synchrotron Light Source II, a new $912 million project approved to start construction earlier this year by the Department of Energy.

February 18, 2009

Senator Charles Schumer and Congressman Tim Bishop visited Brookhaven Tuesday morning to announce that the Lab will receive more than $30 million in direct funding from the economic stimulus bill.