 Little Kids, Big Hearts Friday, May 25, 2012 Local students gather donations for troops.
 Magnetic Materials, Bleeding-Edge Technology and NSLS: Questions and Answers With Brookhaven Lab’s Darío Arena Thursday, May 24, 2012 Darío Arena, a scientist at Brookhaven Lab’s National Synchrotron Light Source, explains his work probing the magnetic characteristics of compounds and alloys that advance technological applications from cloud computing to medical imaging.
 478th Brookhaven Lecture Today, 5/24: “A New Spin on Magnets: Using X-Rays to Explore Novel Magnetic Materials” Thursday, May 24, 2012 Magnets are essential components for advanced applications from cloud computing to medical imaging. Join Darío Arena for the 478th Brookhaven Lecture, “A New Spin on Magnets: Using X-Rays to Explore Novel Magnetic Materials,” in Berkner Hall on Thursday, May 24, at 4 p.m.
 DOE’s D’Agostino Commemorates Decommissioning of BGRR During Tour of Brookhaven Lab Wednesday, May 23, 2012 Thomas P. D’Agostino, Under Secretary for Nuclear Security and Administrator of the National Nuclear Security Administration, visited Brookhaven Lab and spoke at an event to commemorate the decommissioning of the Brookhaven Graphite Research Reactor (BGRR) on May 17.
 BNLers Recognized for Relief Work Following Japanese Tragedies Tuesday, May 22, 2012 Christopher Cacace and Stephen Musolino of the Lab’s Nonproliferation and National Security Department recently received accolades from Associate Administrator for Emergency Operations Joseph J. Krol for their assistance and relief work following the Japanese earthquake and tsunami.
 Researchers Move Inventions Closer to Market with Technology Maturation Program Monday, May 21, 2012 The BNL Technology Maturation Program is an important part of the strategy to accomplish the Lab’s technology transfer mission by supporting promising scientific discoveries.
 2012 NSLS & CFN Joint Users’ Meeting Starts Today, 5/21 Monday, May 21, 2012 All are invited to the plenary sessions for the 2012 NSLS & CFN Joint Users’ Meeting that starts today, May 21. Speakers this morning include Doon Gibbs of BNL, Harriet Kung from the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science, and Gina Kolata of the New York Times.
 Update From RHIC Run 12: One World Record, Three World Firsts Friday, May 18, 2012 Run 12 at RHIC provides the world’s highest beam energy for polarized protons, uranium-uranium collisions, increasing luminosity for colliding uranium beams, and copper-gold collisions.
 Searching the Universe for Highly Energetic Cosmic Particles and Role Models Thursday, May 17, 2012 Petra Huetenmeyer of Michigan Technological University will give a talk titled “Searching the Universe for Highly Energetic Cosmic Particles and Role Models,” at BNL on Thursday, May 17, at 4 p.m. in Berkner Hall. Live webcast on WBNL.
 Internal Atomic Structure Reveals Key to Pollution-Fighting Bacteria Wednesday, May 16, 2012 Molecular bonds may explain mechanism behind unique enzyme’s bioremediation of carcinogenic pollutants.
 25000….and Counting! Tuesday, May 15, 2012 Devon Holmes is BNL Employee #25000.
 Winning Projects at Brookhaven Lab’s 2012 Elementary School Science Fair — From ‘Hot or Not?’ to ‘The Green Cupcake’ Tuesday, May 15, 2012 More than 540 science projects from 118 Suffolk County schools were entered into the 2012 Elementary School Science Fair.
 RHIC Explores Matter at the Dawn of Time Monday, May 14, 2012 Physicist Paul Sorensen, videographer Alex Reben, and writer Karen McNulty Walsh collaborated to produce this video on major discoveries at Brookhaven's Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider as part of the Department of Energy's “Breakthrough” video series.
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 Commissioning the Linac at NSLS-II Friday, May 11, 2012 The commissioning of the National Synchrotron Light Source II’s linear accelerator, or Linac, signifies the first step in the completion of NSLS-II — a multi-year, multi-million dollar project that will yield the most sophisticated and powerful synchrotron light source in the world.
 Nanosheet Catalyst Discovered to Sustainably Split Hydrogen from Water Thursday, May 10, 2012 Low-cost non-noble electrocatalyst efficiently generates hydrogen gas for fuel.
 BSA Scholarships Awarded to 15 High School Seniors Thursday, May 10, 2012 Fifteen high school seniors whose parents work at Brookhaven Lab have been awarded BSA Scholarships. These annual scholarships provide students with $2,500 per year for up to four years of study at a college or university.
 'Go Figure!' Wednesday, May 09, 2012 William Meehan, a 10th grader from East Islip High School, has a real passion for numbers. Meehan, a participant in the Lab’s middle and high school math scholar program (administered by the Museum of Mathematics) for the past few years, said his love for figures and equations really paid off when he recently made the list of semifinalists in the American Mathematical Competition.
 Topological Insulator Shows Promise for New Class of Room-Temperature Electronics Tuesday, May 08, 2012 In the search for new materials with improved electrical conductivity, scientists at Brookhaven Lab have found a candidate that appears to be “protected” from two kinds of current-killing scattering — at least on the surface.
 It Pays to Investigate Ridesharing at Brookhaven Lab Monday, May 07, 2012 The price per gallon of regular gas on Long Island averages $4.05, so if drivers weren’t sure about ridesharing before now, maybe the growing cost will inspire a look at how to split their commuting burden with colleagues.
 New Technique Uses Electrons to Map Nanoparticle Atomic Structures Monday, May 07, 2012 A Brookhaven/Columbia Engineering School team of scientists shows how a form of nanocrystallography can be carried out using a transmission electron microscope an instrument found in many chemistry and materials science laboratories.
 Atomic-scale Visualization of Electron Pairing in Iron Superconductors Thursday, May 03, 2012 By measuring how strongly electrons are bound together to form Cooper pairs in an iron-based superconductor, scientists provide direct evidence supporting theories in which magnetism holds the key to this material’s ability to carry current with no resistance.
 Marty Woodle: Engineering/Science Volunteer Extraordinaire Thursday, May 03, 2012 BNL Retiree Marty Woodle, a 30-year volunteer at BNL’s science, math, and engineering-related public displays and contests for students, believes that promoting these events is an important way to excite lasting interest in science.
 Celebrating Two Milestones at NSLS-II Thursday, May 03, 2012 About 440 people gathered in the hangar-like hallway of NSLS-II on April 26 to celebrate two major construction milestones: completion of the massive ring building in February and the commissioning of the light source’s linear accelerator, or LINAC, in March.
 Banner Year for BNL’s Meng Li Wednesday, May 02, 2012 Scientist Meng Li of Brookhaven’s Chemistry Department has been recognized three times in the past year, with awards from the Electrochemical Society, the International Society of Electrochemistry, and the Stony Brook University’s President’s Award to a Distinguished Doctoral Student.
 Brookhaven Lab’s Adzic Named ‘Inventor of the Year’ Tuesday, May 01, 2012 The New York Intellectual Property Law Association has honored senior chemist Radoslav Adzic for his extensive nanocatalyst research.
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