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Overview
Our origins as the first large-scale research facility in the north-eastern United States.Discoveries
Brookhaven is home to discoveries that led to seven Nobel Prizes.Unique Facilities
The Lab was conceived to design, construct and operate large scientific research machines.
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A passion for discovery, a history of achievement
Brookhaven National Laboratory was established in 1947 on the eastern end of Long Island at the former site of the U.S. Army’s Camp Upton.
Originally built out of a post-World War II desire to explore the peaceful applications of atomic energy, the Laboratory now has a broader mission: to perform basic and applied research at the frontiers of science, including nuclear and high-energy physics; physics and chemistry of materials; nanoscience; energy and environmental research; national security and nonproliferation; neurosciences; structural biology; and computational sciences.
Over its history, Brookhaven Lab has housed three research reactors, numerous one-of-a-kind particle accelerators, and other cutting-edge research facilities responsible for discoveries leading to many advances for science and society as well as seven Nobel Prizes.
Did you know: In 1958 a Brookhaven scientist developed “Tennis for Two,” an electronic tennis game that is unquestionably a forerunner of the modern video game.