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Thursday, May 12, 2011 | Presented by Amy Shapiro | 1:06:05
Registered Dietitian, Amy Shapiro, spoke about safeguards, such as super foods, supplements and nutrition, to sustain and improve long term health.
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Chemist Jeanne A. Hardy of the University of Massachusetts-Amherst presents "Handcuffing the Killers: Conformational Control and Real-Time Monitoring of Caspase Proteolytic Activity." Hardy was sponsored by Brookhaven Women in Science (BWIS) and Brookhaven Science Associates (the company that manages Brookhaven Lab).
Ted Sampieri discusses how to prepare for and deliver an effective presentation. Hosted by Brookhaven Lab's Association of Students & Postdocs.
In the 486th Brookhaven Lecture, Yong Chu illustrates unique challenges and innovative approaches for x-ray microscopy at the nanoscale"measured in billionths of a meter. He also discusses measurement capabilities for the first science experiments at NSLS-II.
Assistance Lunchtime Talk by Nancy D. Losinno and Jude Treder-Wolff. Sponsored jointly by Brookhaven National Laboratory and Magellan Health Services.
A dedication ceremony was held at the new Interdisciplinary Science Building for energy research at Brookhaven Lab. Speakers included Lab Director Doon Gibbs, Department of Energy (DOE) Brookhaven Site Office Manager Frank Crescenzo, Brookhaven Science Associates Vice Chair and Stony Brook University President Samuel L. Stanley Jr., M.D., New York State Senator Kenneth P. LaValle, and Associate Director of the Office of Safety, Security, and Infrastructure for the DOE Office of Science Marcus Jones.
Anna Marie Valerio, President of Executive Leadership Strategies, speaks on practical solutions for developing women leaders and pace of change within organizations and in society.
In the 485th Brookhaven Lecture, Ady Hershcovitch discusses the properties of plasma, the technology he developed to create plasma windows that separate empty space from air, and using plasma windows for science experiments and the air-sensitive electron welding process.
Five women from diverse backgrounds discuss the factors and people who inspired them. Presented by Brookhaven Women in Science (BWIS), March 20, 2013, Brookhaven National Laboratory. With support from Women in Science and Engineering (WISE, Stony Brook) and Zonta. Information about BWIS and its work to promote the advancement of women is available on the BWIS website: http://www.bnl.gov/BWIS/.
Brookhaven Women in Science (BWIS) hosted a talk by Reshmi Mukherjee, professor of physics and astronomy at Barnard College, Columbia University, titled "Exploring the Extreme Universe: Results from the VERITAS Gamma-ray Observatory," March 13.
From a World War I U.S. Army base to a world-renowned center of high-tech research: See how our site and our science have evolved to meet the challenges of the 21st Century.
Speaker Jude Treder-Wolff discusses active listening, differences between hearing and active listening, barriers to active listening, and active listening skills. Part of the Emotional Intelligence series presented by the Employee Assistance Program.
It takes teamwork to assemble and install magnet girders for the storage ring of the National Synchrotron Light Source II. NSLS-II is now under construction at Brookhaven Lab.
Speaker Jude Treder-Wolff of Magellan Health Services speaks on definitions of different communication styles; how assertiveness differs from aggressiveness; and components of assertive communication. Part of the Brookhaven Lab Employee Assistance Program Emotional Intelligence Series.
In the 484th Brookhaven Lecture, Thomas Graham explains the events that led to policy decisions on nuclear weapons in the mid-20th century. He also discusses how forces that drove the U.S. and former Soviet Union to stockpile large numbers of nuclear warheads are applicable in today's decisions on the size and types of nuclear weapons in arsenals among China, India and Pakistan.
Professor Abel Moreno, of the University of Mexico, speaks on "Biomineralization and Biological Sensors" at the Brookhaven Women in Science Lecture, Feb. 7, 2013, Berkner Hall.
Maggie Sullivan, Manager, Learning & Development, demonstrates the new ePerformance system within PeopleSoftHR for supervisors to conduct employee reviews and evaluations.
In the 483rd Brookhaven Lecture, Andrei Fluerasu discusses how techniques called coherent x-ray scattering and x-ray photon correlation spectroscopy, and the future National Synchrotron Light Source II will provide unprecedented capabilities for studying the structure and dynamics of complex materials.
Magellan's Jude Treder-Wolff speaks on methods for achieving happiness and fulfillment in life. Part of the Lab's Employee Assistance Program noontime talk series.
Joint Workshop on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Opportunities for Academia and High Tech Industry.
BNLers who share a commitment to working safely are featured in this video. Staff members talk about a personal contribution they made to making their work environment safer for themselves and others.
On Nov. 30, 2012, BNL hosted the inaugural Young Research Symposium to spotlight the Lab’s youngest and brightest researchers. Shirley Johnson, who worked for the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) for 25 years, spoke of her experiences working at the IAEA and provided attendees with career-advancing advice.
On Nov. 30, 2012, BNL hosted the inaugural Young Research Symposium to spotlight the Lab’s youngest and brightest researchers. Former BNLers Carl Andre, Mark Doherty, Tianna Hicklin, Mathew Maye and Yolanda Small fielded questions from the audience about working in different science-related careers.
On Nov. 30, 2012, BNL hosted the inaugural Young Research Symposium to spotlight the Lab’s youngest and brightest researchers. Steve Vigdor, the Associate Laboratory Director for Nuclear and Particle Physics at the time of the symposium, gave the keynote talk, titled, “Forging a Vision for the Future of Nuclear and Particle Physics at BNL.”
On Nov. 30, 2012, BNL hosted the inaugural Young Research Symposium to spotlight the Lab’s youngest and brightest researchers. Sam Aronson, the Laboratory Director at the time of the symposium, spoke to attendees and mentioned the importance of postdocs in research.
Ever imagined that an Xbox controller could help open a window into a world spanning just one billionth of a meter? Brookhaven Lab’s Ray Conley grows cutting-edge optics called multilayer Laue lenses (MLL) one atomic layer at a time to focus high-energy x-rays to within a single nanometer. To achieve this focusing feat, Ray uses a massive, custom-built atomic deposition device, an array of computers, and a trusty Xbox controller. These lenses will be deployed at the Lab's National Synchrotron Light Source II, due to begin shining super-bright light on pressing scientific puzzles in 2015.
On November 16, 2012, BNL hosted the 2012 Long Island Natural History Conference. As part of the conference, Mike Bottini, a wildlife biologist, talks about the natural history of the river otter on Long Island and documents the return of this charismatic species to our rivers.
On November 16, 2012, BNL hosted the 2012 Long Island Natural History Conference. As part of the conference, Rob DiGiovanni, discusses long term efforts of marine mammal and sea turtle monitoring and recovery efforts.
On November 16, 2012, BNL hosted the 2012 Long Island Natural History Conference. As part of the conference, Russell Burke, Department of Biology, Hofstra University, talks about the biological and ecological studies of diamondback terrapins and impacts to their long-term survival.
On November 16, 2012, BNL hosted the 2012 Long Island Natural History Conference. As part of the conference, Don Riepe, talks about the wide diversity of habitats and wildlife found at the south shore National Park.
On November 16, 2012, BNL hosted the 2012 Long Island Natural History Conference. As part of the conference, Rich Cech, discusses the diversity and life strategies of butterflies found on the east coast in particular those of Long Island.
On November 16, 2012, BNL hosted the 2012 Long Island Natural History Conference. As part of the conference, Byron Young, a retired Marine Biologist, talks about the biology and efforts at restoration of this important prey fish that is key to sustaining a large portion of the important east coast marine fisheries stock.
On November 16, 2012, BNL hosted the 2012 Long Island Natural History Conference. As part of the conference, Key Note Speaker Peter Alden gives an entertaining talk on how wildlife, plants, and habitats have changed in the northeast from colonial times to the present.
On November 16, 2012, BNL hosted the 2012 Long Island Natural History Conference. As part of the conference, BNL's Tim Green discusses the history as well as the natural history changes to this site that has been in federal ownership for nearly 100 years.
On November 16, 2012, BNL hosted the 2012 Long Island Natural History Conference. As part of the conference, Matt Schlesinger covers the natural history and ecological diversity of Plum Island and the importance of the island for rare species as the federal government decides on the sale of the island.
On November 16, 2012, BNL hosted the 2012 Long Island Natural History Conference. As part of the conference, Matt Sclafani gives an interesting talk on the horseshoe crab its importance to medical research as well as it's key role as a food source to migrating shore birds.
On November 16, 2012, BNL hosted the 2012 Long Island Natural History Conference. As part of the conference, Shaibal Mitra discusses the importance of Long Island in the migratory process of many bird species and the differences between spring and fall migrations.
On November 16, 2012, BNL hosted the 2012 Long Island Natural History Conference. As part of the conference, John Turner discusses the historical use of white cedar, the historic extent of where it was found, and its current status in isolated pockets of Long Island.
On November 16, 2012, BNL hosted the 2012 Long Island Natural History Conference. As part of the conference, Jeremy Feinberg discusses how the search for the missing southern leopard frog on Long Island resulted in the discovery of a newly described species of leopard frog (Anura: ranidae) based on genetics.
On November 16, 2012, BNL hosted the 2012 Long Island Natural History Conference. Participants engage in an open discussion about the days event and what future events should cover.
In this 481st Brookhaven Lecture, Vladimir Litvinenko describes the cutting-edge developments accelerator physicists are planning along the path to new, exciting science at RHIC. He explains new techniques, including coherent electron cooling, generating a high-current, polarized electron beam, and ways of suppressing a myriad of potential instabilities.
Jude Treder-Wolff talks about increasing cooperation, decreasing conflict and motivating others.
John Milnor, a Distinguished Professor at Stony Brook University and co-director of its Institute for Mathematical Sciences, discusses how mathematicians in the 20th century have wrestled with the complexities of topology — the mathematical study of space, dimensions, and transformations — with a focus on the three-dimensional sphere and its role as a source of important mathematical theorems.
Information about the two BSA retirement plans: 401(a) and 401(k). Updated for 2013.
Professor José Luis Ruvalcaba of the National Autonomous University of Mexico speaks on "The Science in Unraveling the Mysteries of Pre-Columbian Artifacts." This talk is sponsored by the National Synchrotron Light Source and Brookhaven Women in Science.
Mary Koslap-Petraco of the Suffolk County Department of Health Services explains why adults, not just children, must keep up with immunizations for personal health and to prevent the spread of disease. Part of Healthfest 2012.
Kate Hoffmann of Stony Brook University’s Physical Therapy Program addresses the importance of workplace safety requirements, the Brookhaven Lab safety policy, the impacts of seated work and standing work, the hazards related to slips, trips, and falls, and the proper way to lift heavy items. Part of Healthfest 2012.
On Friday, October 19, 2012, the New York Section of the American Chemical Society (ACS) named Brookhaven Lab's Chemistry Building an Historic Chemical Landmark, in recognition of the synthesis of 18FDG, the first successful radiotracer for positron emission tomography (PET) imaging. As part of the celebration, Louis Sokoloff, M.D., of the Laboratory of Cerebral Metabolism, National Institute of Mental Health, recorded a talk titled, "Development of the 18FDG Method: A Serendipitous Journey from Bench to Bedside."
On Friday, October 19, 2012, the New York Section of the American Chemical Society (ACS) named Brookhaven Lab's Chemistry Building an Historic Chemical Landmark, in recognition of the synthesis of 18FDG, the first successful radiotracer for positron emission tomography (PET) imaging. As part of the celebration, Joanna S. Fowler, Ph.D., Head of Radiotracer Development at Brookhaven National Laboratory, gave a talk titled, "Working Against Time: 18FDG and Chemistry."
On Friday, October 19, 2012, the New York Section of the American Chemical Society (ACS) named Brookhaven Lab's Chemistry Building an Historic Chemical Landmark, in recognition of the synthesis of 18FDG, the first successful radiotracer for positron emission tomography (PET) imaging. As part of the celebration, Abass Alavi, M.D., Chief of the Division of Nuclear Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, gave a talk titled, "Unparalleled Contributions of FDG-PET to Medicine."
On Friday, October 19, 2012, the New York Section of the American Chemical Society (ACS) named Brookhaven Lab's Chemistry Building an Historic Chemical Landmark, in recognition of the synthesis of 18FDG, the first successful radiotracer for positron emission tomography (PET) imaging. As part of the celebration, Mony J. DeLeon, Ed.D., from the Department of Psychiatry at New York University Medical Center, gave a talk titled, "Alzheimer's disease."
On Friday, October 19, 2012, the New York Section of the American Chemical Society (ACS) named Brookhaven Lab's Chemistry Building an Historic Chemical Landmark, in recognition of the synthesis of 18FDG, the first successful radiotracer for positron emission tomography (PET) imaging. As part of the celebration, Nora D. Volkow, M.D., Director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse and a continuing collaborator on research at Brookhaven Lab, gave a talk titled, "FDG: Contribution to Our Understanding of Addiction."
In his lecture, Michael J. Devine, director of the Harry S. Truman Presidential Library, speaks on “The Atomic Bombs President Truman Did Not Drop: Nuclear Weapons from Hiroshima to the Dismissal of General Douglas MacArthur.”
In this 480th Brookhaven Lecture, Goldhaber Fellow Ben Babst talks about how innovating scientists in the Lab's Medical Department are using a technique called positron emission tomography, or PET imaging — commonly used to diagnose cancer and study brain activity — to investigate plants' abilities to make substances for biofuels that could one day power our vehicles, homes, and industry.
David Alexoff and the Positron Emission Tomography team instituted morning meetings to discuss safety concerns, equipment issues, share ergonomic advice, and more. How are the meetings working out for the team? Watch the video to find out.
Many BNLers and visitors to the Lab ride bicycles around the site’s roads. But how are the Lab’s bike safety rules communicated? And what do you do if you see someone riding without a helmet, or on a sidewalk? Watch this video with Jim Higgins to find out.
Data collected during 2011 and 2012 at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN in Switzerland, the world's highest-energy proton collider, has culminated in the discovery of a new particle that is about 135 times heavier than a proton. But is it really the Higgs particle predicted by the theory that explains the origin of the mass of most elementary particles in the universe? The discovery and its possible identity is discussed by two Brookhaven Lab physicists, Sally Dawson and Howard Gordon, with deep roots in the hunt for the Higgs.
In this 2012 Sambamurti Memorial Lecture, Dan Dwyer explains that neutrinos are considered the “ghosts” of the particle world, present everywhere but rarely seen.
In the 479th Brookhaven Lecture Jörg Schwender describes some of the modeling efforts that he and his collaborators use to explore the biochemical reactions of plant metabolism and predict the characteristics of high-oil plant varieties.
In the 478th Brookhaven Lecture Darío Arena explains the fundamentals of magnetic materials — including a concept called angular momentum, which can be illustrated by a balancing gyroscope — as well as researchers' tools and techniques for investigating these materials at BNL's National Synchrotron Light Source (NSLS).
DOE's Dr. Timothy Hallman, Associate Director of Science for Nuclear Physics, discusses the future of nuclear physics in the U.S.
The third annual Safety Day filled Berkner Hall June 6 with Lab staff, summer students, subject matter experts, and outside safety product vendors for a fun and useful learning experience.
After a tree-felling incident resulted in a serious employee injury, the Site Services Division worked with the Wildfire Academy to provide training for its staff, as Tom Lambertson explains in this video.
When Amber Aponte took her daughter to the Lab’s Little Red School House one cold morning, she noticed the walkways were slippery. Watch this video to learn how Amber submitted her observation to the Safety Hotline, which resulted in a timely solution.
Andy Cook works in a lab where laser beams are directed from one table to another. Because researchers have to walk through the beam area, Andy implemented a novel solution to address this safety concern. Watch the video to see what it was.
The Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) demo room, managed by Safety & Health Services Division’s Bob Selvey, gives BNLers the opportunity to try out safety glasses, gloves, lab coats, hearing protection, and more, before ordering the product. Watch this video to learn how this demo room helps people at the Lab.
Some sidewalks at the Lab are decades old, with cracks caused by weather and roots, posing potential tripping hazards to the site’s many walkers. The Site Resources Division crew is systemically identifying the sidewalks that need repair and replacement, and getting the job done. Watch the video to learn more.
By switching from metal snow stakes to fiberglass stakes, Mike Pankowski’s team found a way to limit the opportunity for injuries during the installation and maintenance process. Watch the video to learn how the new stakes are safer for BNLers.
The old soup stand at the cafeteria was too high for some people. Hot soup could splash and cause a burn. Kelly Smith saw the problem, suggested a solution, and now the soup stand is lower. Watch the video to learn more.
By capturing repetitive work on video and with still images, the Lab’s ergonomic experts are able to provide detailed, personalized ergonomics advice to workers around the Lab. Watch this video of Safety & Health Rep. Mark Marco to learn more about this program.
Jude Treder-Wolff discusses the way we establish priorities for relationships vs. the demands of work. She provides evidence-based information about the significance of work-life fit, tools for self-assessment of work/life balance, as well as strategies and resources for integrating this information into personal and professional life.
In the 477th Brookhaven Lecture, Roman Samulyak discusses developing mathematical models accurate and reliable enough for simulated experiments to replace actual experiments. He explains how supercomputers and numerical tools are being used to investigate turbulence, design components for future muon colliders, and evaluate ideas for nuclear fusion.
Physicist Paul Sorensen describes discoveries made at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC), a particle accelerator at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory. At RHIC, scientists from around the world study what the universe may have looked like in the first microseconds after its birth, helping us to understand more about why the physical world works the way it does -- from the smallest particles to the largest stars.
Construction is under way for the Interdisciplinary Science Building (ISB), a future world-class facility for energy research at Brookhaven Lab. Meet two scientists who will develop solutions at the ISB to tackle some of the nation’s energy challenges, and tour the construction site.
In the 476th Brookhaven Lecture, Gianluigi De Geronimo discusses basic principles of microelectronics. He then explains how Brookhaven's Instrumentation Division collaborates with scientists to develop unique application-specific integrated circuits for detectors that enable discoveries, push research, and change lives.
Nancy Losinno covers topics such as how change creates anxiety; stress, strains, burnout and emotional exhaustion; stress management tips; and maintaining good physical health via BNL stress-busting resources.
Katherine Prestridge, leader of the Extreme Fluids team at Los Alamos National Laboratory, describes several types of fluid instabilities that are seen in everyday life that cause fluids to mix in space, the atmosphere, the ocean, and even in your coffee cup!
Chao Zhang, on behalf of the Daya Bay collaboration, discusses the status of the Daya Bay experiment which aims to measure the final unknown mixing angle that describes how neutrinos oscillate.
In the 475th Brookhaven Lecture Tom Watson discusses how perfluorocarbon tracer (PFT) technology can be viewed as a hammer looking for nails. The colorless, odorless and safe gases have a number of research uses, from modeling how airborne contaminants might move through urban canyons to help first responders plan their response to potential terrorist attacks and accidents to locating leaks in underground gas pipes.
EAP manager, Nancy Losinno, discusses how to promote healthy sleep behavior in your child.
In the 474th Brookhaven Lecture Oleg Gang discusses how Brookhaven scientists have devised a way of using strands of synthetic DNA attached to the surface of nanoparticles to instruct them to self-assemble into nanoscale structures, clusters, and three-dimensional organizations.
Steve Chassman, Clinical Program Director for LICADD, the Long Island Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence, talks about why people take opiate drugs, how they get hooked and engagement and intervention strategies for adolescents and their families. This lecture was presented for the benefit of staff as part of the Laboratory's Employee Assistance Program.
Lab Fire Captain Marcel Rosenfeld is responsible for the automated external defibrillators installed around the Lab site. Watch the video to learn more about these life-saving devices.
On December 5, 2011, the PHENIX collaboration celebrated its 20th anniversary at a symposium, which began with some speakers’ recollections of early challenges and struggles in getting PHENIX approved, designed, and built. The speakers continued their talks with recounts of the many successes that occurred during the first 11 years of operations at RHIC, and ended with predictions of continued success for both RHIC and PHENIX in the next decade.
In his lecture, Bioengineer Stephen Quake argues that both physics and biology can be tied together by the use and consequences of precision measurement.
It’s official: All systems are go at the Long Island Solar Farm located on site at Brookhaven Lab — the largest solar power plant in the eastern United States. More than 100 people came to celebrate on November 18.
The Long Island Solar Farm located at Brookhaven National Lab is the largest photovoltaic array in the eastern U.S., and among the largest in the nation constructed on federal property. Generating a maximum of 32-megawatts, it can produce enough energy to power up to 4,500 Long Island homes without the use of fossil fuels. (Video courtesy of BP Solar.)
Eric Dooryhee explains that a synchrotron is an exceptionally powerful source of light (from x-rays to infrared), which permits fast, sensitive experiments to be done without damage on minute samples of objects, using a range of analytical techniques and allowing measurements to be made below the surface.
Ya Ha, an associate professor of pharmacology at the Yale University School of Medicine explains that genetic mutations in the protein presenilin are known to cause Alzheimer’s disease. Ha describes research into presenilin’s precise shape and function which could reveal new opportunities to treat or prevent early-onset Alzheimer’s.
Denise DiMeglio talks about the 2012 benefits open enrollment for medical and dental benefits, reimbursement accounts (health care, dependent daycare, and transit commuter), and the vacation buy plan.
Joanna Fowler has made significant contributions to brain research and the understanding of diseases such as addiction, which she studies using positron emission tomography (PET), an imaging technique that measures the concentration and movement of a positron-emitting radioisotope in living tissue. PET can provide information on biochemical changes or the movement of drugs in the living human body — including the brain, which is important for investigating addiction.
Nima Arkani-Hamed, a professor in the School of Natural Sciences at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey, gives a BSA Distinguished Lecture titled "Space-Time, Quantum Mechanics and the Large Hadron Collider."
Richard Allingham noticed a risk with the Kubotas on site. He shed a little light on the problem, which led to an excellent safety solution. Watch the video to learn more.
A ceremony was held in Berkner Hall on September 23, 2011, in which the American Physical Society (APS) honored Brookhaven National Laboratory as a historic site in the advancement of the field of physics. APS President Barry Barish presents a plaque to commemorate the honor, and several speakers — including Laboratory Director Sam Aronson — recap Brookhaven’s longstanding contributions to advancing the field of physics and highlight its plans for the future. (This is the full-length video of the event. Talks are also available as individual videos on this website.)
Lab Director Sam Aronson speaks at the ceremony at which the American Physical Society (APS) honored Brookhaven National Laboratory as a historic site in the advancement of the field of physics. Connecting the Laboratory’s expertise and research of its past to the expertise and research of its future, Aronson focuses on the Laboratory’s work in nuclear and particle physics, condensed matter physics, life sciences, environmental sciences, and the chain of activities from discovery to deployment.
Barry Barish, American Physical Society (APS) President, speaks at the ceremony at which the APS honored Brookhaven National Laboratory as a historic site in the advancement of the field of physics.
Nick Samios, Director of the RIKEN BNL Research Center and former Brookhaven Laboratory Director, speaks at the ceremony at which the American Physical Society (APS) honored Brookhaven National Laboratory as a historic site in the advancement of the field of physics. Samios discusses physics discoveries and contributions resulting from work done through the Laboratory’s facilities and major programs.
BNL Senior Physicist Emeritus, former American Physical Society (APS) Editor-in-Chief, and former BNL Deputy Director Martin Blume speaks at the ceremony in which the APS honored Brookhaven National Laboratory as a historic site in the advancement of the field of physics. Blume tells the story of Brookhaven scientists Renate Chasman and Kenneth Green who developed the Chasman-Green Lattice, a critical component for BNL’s National Synchrotron Light Source, other light sources around the world, and the future NSLS-II.
Bob Crease, BNL Historian and Stony Brook University Philosophy Department Chair, speaks at the ceremony at which the American Physical Society (APS) honored Brookhaven National Laboratory as a historic site in the advancement of the field of physics. Crease highlights some of the important people, facilities, and scientific developments in the evolution of Laboratory during its six-decade+ history.
Mina Talai discusses how she helped improve safety at BNL with an ADA compliant ramp in Berkner Hall.
Physicist Michiko Minty explains how bunches of particles traveling in opposite directions in each of the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider’s (RHIC) two superconducting rings are guided, focused, and accelerated to nearly the speed of light and then made to collide. She describes how to ensure the highest possible collision rates by establishing head-on collisions between the two-foot-long bunches which, at the interaction points, are a width comparable to a human hair.
Daniel Nocera, a Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor whose recent research focuses on solar-powered fuels, gave a BSA Distinguished Lecture, titled “Harnessing Energy from the Sun for Six Billion People — One at a Time.”
Frank Lincoln explains how the first magnet girder is installed in the storage ring of Brookhaven National Laboratory's National Synchrotron Light Source II (NSLS-II).
Developing affordable, large-scale energy storage systems would be a game-changing advance for the U.S. electrical grid. In particular, energy storage will be crucial in enabling the widespread use of two key renewable energy sources: wind and solar power. Superconducting Magnet Energy Storage (SMES) systems use magnetic fields in superconducting coils to store energy with near-zero energy loss, and have instantaneous dynamic response and nearly infinite cycle life.
John Galvin, a developer in the Lab's Web Services Group, gives an overview of the new WBNL website.
Oceanographer Sylvia Earle discusses how oceanic changes that have occurred over the last half century threaten the existence of life on Earth.
Presented by Marta Maczaj, M.D., Co-Director, St. Charles Sleep Disorders Center, Clin. Assoc. Prof., Dept. of Psychiatry NYU School of Medicine, and Clin. Ass. Prof. (Vol), Dept of Psychiatry SUNY at Stony Brook. Basic facts about sleep and sleep requirements and tips on improving your sleep.
A novel multimodal optical nanoprobe is incorporated into a transmission electron microscope (TEM) sample holder. The nanoprobe allows scientists to perform all the usual experiments done in a TEM in addition to those involving optical excitation and measurement of the sample, electrical measurements on the sample, scanning tunneling microscopy (STM), and combinations of these measurements. Of particular utility is the ability to simultaneously measure optical and electrical properties of the sample at the nanoscale.
The mezzanine floor of the ring building tunnel for NSLS-II was completed when the last concrete was placed in February 2011.
Scientists from BNL, Stony Brook University, and collaborators have demonstrated the efficacy of a "wearable," portable PET scanner they've developed for rats. The device will give neuroscientists a new tool for simultaneously studying brain function and behavior in fully awake, moving animals.
Peter Wanderer, head of Brookhaven's Superconducting Magnet Division, describes the magnet that's being built for the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams at Michigan State University.
In a first step toward achieving industrial-scale green production, scientists from BNL and collaborators at Dow AgroSciences report engineering a plant that produces industrially relevant levels of chemicals that could potentially be used to make plastics.
Many chemists want to speed things up — faster reactions can produce higher yields. But BNL chemist James Wishart would rather slow some reactions down. He studies syrupy materials known as ionic liquids, liquids composed entirely of positive and negative ions.
Roof work continues on top of the ring building for the National Synchrotron Light Source II.
At Brookhaven National Laboratory on October 13, 2010, construction workers, Brookhaven and Department of Energy officials, invited guests, and Lab staff signed the final beam to close the ring building of the National Synchrotron Light Source II (NSLS-II), under construction since 2009.
In honor of National Disability Awareness Month, this video was produced to serve as one of several events/activities focusing on increasing overall awareness to the barriers that individuals and families face with disabilities.
Modern, compact ion injector will feed new kinds of particles to RHIC and NSRL.
Brookhaven National Laboratory's Center for Functional Nanomaterials is receiving more than $5 million in new equipment from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
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.
Update on Basic Energy Sciences from the annual Joint National Synchrotron Light Source and Center for Functional Nanomaterials Users’ Meeting where new research results and advances in experimental capabilities in synchrotron radiation and nanosciences were presented.
The annual Joint National Synchrotron Light Source and Center for Functional Nanomaterials Users’ Meeting presents new research results and advances in experimental capabilities in synchrotron radiation and nanosciences.
A new program announced today at the U.S. Department of Energys Brookhaven National Laboratory will give high school teachers and their students access to multi-million-dollar instruments at one of the nations premier scientific facilities. In its first year, this program — Introducing Synchrotrons into the Classroom (InSynC) — is expected to engage dozens of teachers and students in hands-on experiments at Brookhavens National Synchrotron Light Source.
Barbara Royce, an employee of Brookhaven Lab since 1980, will be honored for her dedicated community service work at the Town of Brookhavens 24th Annual Womens Recognition Night on March 25 at Town Hall in Farmingville.
The Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC, http://www.bnl.gov/rhic ) is a 2.4-mile-circumference particle accelerator/collider that has been operating at Brookhaven Lab since 2000, delivering collisions of heavy ions, protons, and other particles to an international team of physicists investigating the basic structure and fundamental forces of matter. In 2005, RHIC physicists announced that the matter created in RHICs most energetic collisions behaves like a nearly perfect liquid in that it has extraordinarily low viscosity, or resistance to flow. Since then, the scientists have been taking a closer look at this remarkable form of matter, which last existed some 13 billion years ago, a mere fraction of a second after the Big Bang. Scientists have revelaed new findings, including the first measurement of temperature very early in the collision events, and their implications for the nature of this early-universe matter.
When the NSLS-II is running, electrons traveling at nearly the speed of light and forced by magnets around a circular storage ring will produce energy in the form of light known as synchrotron radiation. Lead and concrete shielding around the injector and storage rings and along the beamlines will provide protection against these photons and neutrons, and radiation exposure to personnel working on the NSLS-II floor will be quite low. In this video, BNLs lead structural engineer Tom Joos describes how higher-density concrete can be used where shielding is particularly necessary.
The users' open forum is an opportunity to express opinions and share views with the User Executive Committee members and other interested users. In this video, Lab Director Sam Aronson presents an introductory talk to users on “Safety, Growth and RHIC.”
The U.S. Department of Energys Brookhaven National Laboratory is receiving $260.9 million in new science funding from President Obamas American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, principally to accelerate construction of the National Synchrotron Light Source II (NSLS-II), a new $912-million project that began construction in 2009. The funds are part of $1.2 billion announced by Secretary of Energy Steven Chu from funding allocated under the Recovery Act to DOEs Office of Science. The funds will support an array of Office of Science-sponsored construction, laboratory infrastructure, and research projects across the nation.
ProxiScan is a compact gamma camera suited for high-resolution imaging of prostate cancer. Developed by Brookhaven National Laboratory and Hybridyne Imaging Technologies, Inc., ProxiScan won a 2009 R&D 100 Award, sponsored by R&D Magazine to recognize the top 100 technological achievements of the year.
Determining the structure of the ribosome has made it possible for Ramakrishnan and his colleagues to image antibiotics bound to the ribosome, leading to a better understanding of their action, which could help in the development of novel drugs. In his talk, Ramakrishnan conveys the excitement in the field that has arisen as a result of these discoveries.
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.
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Workers at the NSLS-II ring building construction site recently completed the first complicated concrete pour for the approximately 19-ft.-tall walls of the Utility Tunnel. The continuous pour was the first of its kind, as previous pours have been for footings and the foundations of footings. The construction team has estimated the entire project will use 40,000 cubic yards of concrete. To date, they have used 1,000 cubic yards, leaving 39,000 cubic yards of concrete to go!
After recent road testing, NSLS- II magnets hold high-precision alignment, marking first major R&D achievement for BNLs newest accelerator.
A celebration of the contribution that Renaissance Technologies, Inc., made to the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider, during which the entire Lab community participated in a series of RHIC Renaissance events, beginning with the Roads to Discovery ceremony, followed by a 1.8-mile 'Collide the Ions' walk for autism research around the newly re-dedicated RHIC Ring Road. The days activities also include talks preceding and following the walk.
'Collide the Ions' walkers dressed in blue and yellow T-shirts walked around Brookhaven Lab's Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider ring road in opposite directions. Halfway around the ring, the walkers symbolically "collided."
The first bits of the National Synchrotron Light Source II (NSLS-II) ring building are now taking shape after the concrete-pouring process for the new, world-class facility began on Monday, July 20. Once complete, the 400,000 square-foot building will house the accelerator ring, the largest component of the machine.
Physicist Peter Steinberg explains the nature of the quark gluon plasma (QGP), a new state of matter produced at Brookhaven Lab's Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC).
Physicist Peter Steinberg explains what happens when atomic nucleii travelling at close to the speed of light smash together in Brookhaven Lab's Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC).
Physicist Peter Steinberg explains that fundamental particles like protons are themselves made up of still smaller particles called quarks. He discusses how new particles are produced when quarks are liberated from protons...a process that can be observed in Brookhaven Lab's Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC).
In honor of the start of construction for NSLS-II, members of the Center for Dance, Movement and Somatic Learning at Stony Brook University performed a special interpretive dance titled Time and Space for Celebration.
Brookhaven Lab announces that it is beginning construction of the conventional facilities at the National Synchrotron Light Source II (NSLS-II), a project that will advance energy research for the nation and create hundreds of jobs for Long Island over the next several years.
An animation that follows polarized protons as they travel through the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) accelerator complex to the experiments. The arrows indicate the direction of each proton's spin. The animation concludes with a fly-by of the RHIC experiments running during the spin program.
Physicist Tim Hallman discusses the properties of the "perfect" liquid and plans for luminosity and detector upgrades to the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider.
Brookhaven National Lab has successfully developed a new pre-injector system, called the Electron Beam Ion Source, for the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) and NASA Space Radiation Laboratory science programs. The first of several planned improvements to the RHIC facility, EBIS will help transform RHIC into the Quantum Chromo Dynamics Lab that will enable the study of QCD in more detail.
To investigate a new form of matter not seen since the Big Bang, scientists are using a new experimental probe: collisions between two beams of copper ions. The use of intermediate size nuclei is expected to result in intermediate energy density - not as high as in earlier runs colliding two beams of gold ions at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC), but more than was produced by colliding a beam of gold ions with much lighter deuterons.
Physicists working at the Brookhaven National Lab's Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) are exploring the puzzle of proton spin as they begin taking data during the 2009 RHIC run. For the first time, RHIC is running at a record energy of 500 giga-electron volts (GeV) per collision, more than double the previous runs in which polarized proton beams collided at 200 GeV. Narrarated by RHIC run coordinator Mei Bai.
Students from six local high schools -- Farmingdale, Sachem East, Shoreham, Smithtown East, Ward Melville, and William Floyd -- came to Brookhaven National Laboratory to experience research with particle physicist Helio Takai. They were among more than 6,000 high school students from around the world who participated in the annual international Hands-on Particle Physics Masterclasses. In this program, now involving 23 countries, particle physicist mentors show the students how to use data gathered by the large particle collider experiments at CERN, the European Center for Nuclear Research, to unravel hidden secrets of high energy physics.
Brookhaven National Lab facilities and research were featured on "Jeopardy!" as video clues on the March 24, 2009 broadcast of the show.
Building on the idea of using DNA to link up nanoparticles scientists at Brookhaven National Lab have designed a molecular assembly line for high-precision nano-construction. Nanofabrication is essential for exploiting the unique properties of nanoparticles in applications such as biological sensors and devices for converting sunlight to electricity.
To increase Brookhaven National Laboratory's awareness of the accomplishments of women in science and to provide its members with role models of their own, Brookhaven Women in Science (BWIS) assists in the development of policies and practices which enhance the quality of life for Lab employees; promotes a long-term commitment to diversity in Lab staff; promotes the advancement of women in scientific and technical careers; provides a forum for the exchange of scientific, technical, and professional information; encourages students to consider careers in science, mathematics, engineering, and technology; and supports each other's efforts on the job, and encourages each other's successes.
A tour of Brookhaven's National Synchrotron Light Source (NSLS). The NSLS is one of the world's most widely used scientific research facilities, hosting more than 2,500 guest researchers each year. The NSLS provides intense beams of infrared, ultraviolet, and x-ray light for basic and applied research in physics, chemistry, medicine, geophysics, environmental, and materials sciences.
The weeklong crash course is designed to introduce participants to the best and latest equipment and techniques for macromolecular x-ray crystallography. The students also get to meet and learn from the leading developers of software in the field, and then actually use the NSLS beamlines to collect data. The course is offered by Brookhaven Labs Biology and National Synchrotron Light Source departments, and reflects an educational component of the PXRR (Macromolecular Crystallography Research Resource), funded jointly by the National Center for Research Resources a branch of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the U.S. Department of Energys Office for Biological & Environmental Research.
Brookhaven biochemist John Shanklin discusses the engineering of biofuels and plant-derived replacements for petro-chemicals.
Like astronomers tweaking images to gain a more detailed glimpse of distant stars, physicists at Brookhaven National Laboratory have found ways to sharpen images of the energy spectra in high-temperature superconductors — materials that carry electrical current effortlessly when cooled below a certain temperature. These new imaging methods confirm that the electron pairs needed to carry current emerge above the transition temperature, before superconductivity sets in, but only in a particular direction.
Fifty years ago, before either arcades or home video games, visitors waited in line at Brookhaven National Laboratory to play Tennis for Two, an electronic tennis game that is unquestionably a forerunner of the modern video game. Two people played the electronic tennis game with separate controllers that connected to an analog computer and used an oscilloscope for a screen. The game's creator, William Higinbotham, was a physicist who lobbied for nuclear nonproliferation as the first chair of the Federation of American Scientists.
Brookhaven scientist Joanna Fowler describes Positron Emission Technology (PET) research at BNL which for the past 30 years has focused in the integration of basic research in radiotracer chemistry with the tools of neuroscience to develop new scientific tools for applications in human health.
Explore career opportunities at Brookhaven Lab, where creativity and inspiration come alive and dreams become reality.
Brookhaven researcher Peter Daum discusses an international field experiment designed to make observations of critical components of the climate system of the southeastern Pacific. Because elements of this system are poorly understood and poorly represented in global climate models, collecting real-time, complementary data from a variety of areas will go a long way toward improving scientists ability to use these models for making accurate predictions about Earths climate.
On Sunday September 7, 2008, Brookhaven National Laboratory hosted a ceremony to mark the retiring of the 77th U.S. Army Regional Readiness Command -- the infantry division that began its distinguished 91-year history on the Lab site, formerly the site of Camp Upton, a U.S. Army induction and training center during WWI and WWII.
As the sole Tier-1 computing facility for ATLAS in the United States and the largest ATLAS computing center worldwide Brookhaven provides a large portion of the overall computing resources for U.S. collaborators and serves as the central hub for storing, processing, and distributing ATLAS experimental data among scientists across the country.
Brookhaven Lab is home to one of only a few Scanning Transmision Electron Microscope (STEM) machines in the world and one of the few that can image single heavy atoms.
In addition to serving as the U.S. host laboratory for the ATLAS experiment at the Large Hadron Collider in Switzerland, Brookhaven National Laboratory plays multiple roles in this massive international undertaking, ranging from construction and project management to data storage and distribution.
Evidence to date suggests that gold-gold collisions the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider at Brookhaven are indeed creating a new state of hot, dense matter, but one quite different and even more remarkable than had been predicted. Instead of behaving like a gas of free quarks and gluons, as was expected, the matter created in RHIC's heavy ion collisions appears to be more like a "perfect" liquid.
Established in 1947 on Long Island, Upton, New York, Brookhaven is a multi-program national laboratory operated by Brookhaven Science Associates for the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). Six Nobel Prizes have been awarded for discoveries made at the Lab. Brookhaven has a staff of approximately 3,000 scientists, engineers, technicians and support staff and over 4,000 guest researchers annually.
Staff from Brookhaven's new Center for Functional Nanomaterials (CFN) describe how this advanced facility will focus on the development and understanding of nanoscale materials. The CFN provides state-of-the-art capabilities for the fabrication and study of nanoscale materials, with an emphasis on atomic-level tailoring to achieve desired properties and functions. The overarching scientific theme of the CFN is the development and understanding of nanoscale materials that address the Nation's challenges in energy security.
A guided tour of Brookhaven's Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) conducted by past Laboratory Director John Marburger. RHIC is a world-class scientific research facility that began operation in 2000, following 10 years of development and construction. Hundreds of physicists from around the world use RHIC to study what the universe may have looked like in the first few moments after its creation. RHIC drives two intersecting beams of gold ions head-on, in a subatomic collision. What physicists learn from these collisions may help us understand more about why the physical world works the way it does, from the smallest subatomic particles, to the largest stars.
The National Synchrotron Light Source II (NSLS-II) at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory is a proposed new state-of-the-art medium energy storage ring designed to deliver world-leading brightness and flux with top-off operation for constant output. The facility will be able to produce x-rays up to 10,000 times brighter than those produced at the existing NSLS. Design and engineering of the new light source began in 2007 and construction and operations are expected to being in 2009 and 2015, respectively.
