October 2009 Videos
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Jinsheng Wen: Working on a Superconducting Energy Solution
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Jinsheng Wen is a Stony Brook graduate student working on a superconducting energy solution at Brookhaven Lab.

Piano Recital Featuring 'Trio Voce' at Brookhaven Lab, Today, October 14
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Trio Voce is a spectacular new piano trio that thrills audiences with their passion, enthusiasm and ability to make written music come alive.
Science Writer K.C. Cole to Give Talk at Brookhaven Lab on Physicist Frank Oppenheimer
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Science writer K.C. Cole (shown in reflection above with Frank Oppenheimer) will give a talk based on her recent book, "Something Incredibly Wonderful Happens: Frank Oppenheimer and the World He Made Up," Tuesday, October 13, at 4 p.m. in Berkner Hall. This talk will also be webcast on WBNL.

Puzzled Physicists Solve Decade-Long Discrepancies
Monday, October 12, 2009
A team led by physicists at the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) and Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) have resolved a decade-long puzzle that is set to have huge implications for use of one of the most versatile classes of materials available to us for future technology applications: copper oxide ceramics.
Brookhaven to Host InterLab '09
Monday, October 12, 2009
Held annually since 1994, InterLab is a four day workshop aimed at web designers, web application developers, online communications professionals, and managers of internet resources throughout the DOE complex. This year, Brookhaven will host InterLab, November 16 though 19.

Brookhaven Lab's Joanna Fowler Awarded National Medal of Science
Friday, October 09, 2009
Joanna Fowler, a senior chemist and Director of the Radiotracer Chemistry, Instrumentation and Biological Imaging Program at Brookhaven National Laboratory, was awarded the National Medal of Science at a White House ceremony on October 7. She is one of nine researchers named by President Barack Obama to receive the nation’s highest award for lifetime achievement in science.

BNLer Barbara Royce Honored for 12 Years’ Service to Thee Island INN Soup Kitchen
Thursday, October 08, 2009
Barbara Royce is 2009 Paul Harris Fellow of the Middle Island Rotary Club for work at the soup kitchen. Now, the soup kitchen must move — needs affordable space on Route 25 near a bus stop.

Seminal Work for 2009 Nobel Prize in Chemistry Conducted at Brookhaven Lab
Wednesday, October 07, 2009
The 2009 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was announced on October 7 “for studies of the structure and function of the ribosome,” which were conducted in part at the National Synchrotron Light Source (NSLS) at Brookhaven National Laboratory. Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, a former Brookhaven Lab Biology Department employee and long-time user of the NSLS, now at the Medical Research Council Laboratory of Molecular Biology in Cambridge, UK, and Thomas A. Steitz of Yale University, another long-time NSLS user, share the prize with Ada E. Yonath of the Weizmann Institute of Science.

Richard Setlow Honored at Celebration Symposium
Wednesday, October 07, 2009
Colleagues, friends and family honored Richard Setlow, Senior Biophysicist Emeritus, at a “celebration symposium” sponsored by the Biology Department on September 23, the date he received his 35th BNL Anniversary Award.

Severino Honored with Luminary Award
Wednesday, October 07, 2009
The Hispanic Engineer National Achievement Awards Conference has chosen Brookhaven's Freddy Severino as one of 29 Luminary honorees. The honorees are Hispanic engineers and scientists who are recognized for their contributions to the Hispanic technical community as leaders and role models.

BNL Hosts Workshop on Materials in Next-Generation Energy Systems
Tuesday, October 06, 2009
Brookhaven workshop on materials under extreme conditions bridges disciplines, highlights role of light sources in studying next-generation energy systems.

Five Nonprofits Awarded Grants from Brookhaven Lab
Friday, October 02, 2009
Grants totaling $25,000 to fund science, technology, engineering, and math programs for African American, Hispanic/Latino, and Native American youth in Suffolk County.