News From the Past Year
Meet Lu Ma, Scientist at the NSLS-II Quick X-Ray Absorption & Scattering Beamline
Monday, August 29, 2022
Ma leads the operation and development of the QAS beamline and helped create the QAS remote user program
Brookhaven Lab Researchers Win 2022 Microscopy Today Innovation Award
Tuesday, August 23, 2022
The team developed a set of bonded x-ray lenses to overcome a long-standing alignment issue, making nanometer resolution more accessible than ever before.
NSLS-II User Profile: Roopali Kukreja, UC Davis
Wednesday, May 18, 2022
In the "Leading Lights" series, visiting researchers sit down with NSLS-II staff for a Q&A on their research and user experience.
Hidden Distortions Trigger Promising Thermoelectric Property
Monday, May 9, 2022
Study describes new mechanism for lowering thermal conductivity to aid search for materials that convert heat to electricity or electricity to heat.
Ultrafast 'Camera' Captures Hidden Behavior of Potential 'Neuromorphic' Material
Monday, May 9, 2022
Study uncovers surprising details of insulator-to-metal transition in vanadium dioxide, a promising material for new technologies that emulate brain cells.
Seeing the Forest Through the Trees: Brookhaven Lab Scientists Develop New Computational Approach to Reduce Noise in X-ray Data
Monday, April 18, 2022
Software developed at NSLS-II greatly improves data quality for a versatile x-ray technique.
Seeing More Deeply into Nanomaterials
Wednesday, April 13, 2022
New 3D imaging tool reveals engineered and self-assembled nanoparticle lattices with highest resolution yet—7nm—about 1/10,000 of the width of a human hair.
NSLS-II Researcher Yonghua Du Recognized as a Highly Cited Researcher 2021
Tuesday, April 5, 2022
Du was cited by Web of Science in its Cross-Field category, which identifies researchers who have contributed to highly cited papers across several different fields.
Toward Batteries That Pack Twice as Much Energy per Pound
Tuesday, March 22, 2022
A method for stabilizing the interfaces in solid-state lithium-ion batteries opens new possibilities.
Ultrahard Chiton Teeth Discovery Offers Clues to Next-generation Advanced Materials
Thursday, March 17, 2022
The teeth of a mollusk can not only capture and chew food to nurture its body, but the marine choppers also hold insights into creating advanced, lower-cost and environmentally friendly materials
Evidence for Exotic Magnetic Phase of Matter
Tuesday, February 22, 2022
Scientists identify a long-sought magnetic state predicted nearly 60 years ago.
524th Brookhaven Lecture: Magnetism, Superconductivity, and Neutron Scattering
Tuesday, February 22, 2022
Join Igor Zaliznyak of Condensed Matter Physics & Materials Science for this talk on Wednesday, Feb. 23, at 4 p.m. on Zoom.
The Brain's Secret to Lifelong Learning Can Now Come as Hardware for Artificial Intelligence
Thursday, February 3, 2022
Scientists describe a way that computer chips could dynamically rewire themselves to take in new data like the brain does.
Reshaping the World of Research Through Remote Experimentation
Thursday, January 20, 2022
How the pandemic steered user research facilities on an unexpected journey of adaptation
Top-10 Areas of Amazing Science at Brookhaven Lab in 2021
Wednesday, December 29, 2021
Annual roundup of research hits showcases wide-ranging impacts on science and society
New Material Could Pave Way for Better, Safer Batteries
Wednesday, December 22, 2021
A material derived from trees could potentially replace liquid electrolytes in next-generation batteries.
Meet Longtime IBM/Brookhaven Lab Scientist Jean Jordan-Sweet
Wednesday, December 1, 2021
Jordan-Sweet retired after a nearly 40-year career based at Brookhaven Lab.
Researchers Team up to get a Clearer Picture of Molten Salts
Monday, November 29, 2021
Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge, Brookhaven and Idaho national laboratories and Stony Brook University have developed a novel approach to gain fundamental insights into molten salts, a heat transfer medium important to advanced energy technologies.
