Brookhaven National Laboratory conducts research in the physical, biomedical, and environmental sciences, as well as in energy technologies. Brookhaven also builds and operates major facilities available to university, industrial, and government scientists. http://www.bnl.gov en-us www@bnl.gov http://www.bnl.gov/world/images/BNLlogo_4web.gif http://www.bnl.gov Scientists from Brookhaven Lab and the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC), the world’s largest particle accelerator dedicated to nuclear physics research, will present compelling new findings about the nature of the “perfect” liquid created in near-light-speed collisions of gold ions at RHIC. http://www.bnl.gov/bnlweb/pubaf/pr/PR_display.asp?prID=1077 Tue, 9 Feb 2010 09:00:00 EST Farmingdale High School took first place in the Regional Science Bowl at Brookhaven Lab, beating Half Hollow Hills West, which won second place. http://www.bnl.gov/bnlweb/pubaf/pr/PR_display.asp?prID=1076 Mon, 1 Feb 2010 14:30:00 EST Pianist Daria Rabotkina will perform at Brookhaven Lab on Wednesday, February 24, at noon in Berkner Hall. Sponsored by Brookhaven Science Associates, the concert is free and open to the public. http://www.bnl.gov/bnlweb/pubaf/pr/PR_display.asp?prID=1072 Thu, 28 Jan 2010 11:30:00 EST Robert J. Shiller, economics professor and fellow at Yale’s International School of Finance, will give a BSA Distinguished Lecture, titled “Animal Spirits: How Human Psychology Drives the Economy, and Why It Matters for Global Capitalism,” at Brookhaven National Laboratory on Tuesday, March 2. http://www.bnl.gov/bnlweb/pubaf/pr/PR_display.asp?prID=1070 Tue, 26 Jan 2010 08:30:00 EST One hundred and twenty five students representing 25 high schools from Long Island will participate in a Regional Science Bowl competition, a fast-paced question-and-answer tournament designed to test their knowledge in biology, chemistry, physics, mathematics, astronomy, earth science and general science. http://www.bnl.gov/bnlweb/pubaf/pr/PR_display.asp?prID=1069 Mon, 25 Jan 2010 08:30:00 EST Peter Daum has been named chair of the Environmental Sciences Department at Brookhaven Lab, effective January 1. A senior scientist at Brookhaven, Daum has been acting chair of the department for the past two years. http://www.bnl.gov/bnlweb/pubaf/pr/PR_display.asp?prID=1068 Wed, 20 Jan 2010 10:30:00 EST Planet Earth has warmed much less than expected during the industrial era based on current best estimates of Earth’s “climate sensitivity” — the amount of global temperature increase expected in response to a given rise in atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide. http://www.bnl.gov/bnlweb/pubaf/pr/PR_display.asp?prID=1067 Tue, 19 Jan 2010 11:15:00 EST Today, Brookhaven Lab and Advanced Energy Systems, Inc. of Medford, N.Y. celebrated the opening of a new hi-tech facility at the AES site that will produce crucial components used in particle accelerators around the world. http://www.bnl.gov/bnlweb/pubaf/pr/PR_display.asp?prID=1066 Fri, 15 Jan 2010 14:00:00 EST Brookhaven Lab and Science Writers in New York (SWINY) invite reporters to tour BNL's Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider, the world's largest atom smasher designed exclusively for nuclear physics research. http://www.bnl.gov/bnlweb/pubaf/pr/PR_display.asp?prID=1071 Fri, 15 Jan 2010 09:00:00 EST 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. http://www.bnl.gov/bnlweb/pubaf/pr/PR_display.asp?prID=1065 Thu, 14 Jan 2010 16:15:00 EST