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Recyclable Reagent and Sunlight Convert Carbon Monoxide into Methanol
Wednesday, March 20, 2024
Healable Cathode Could Unlock Potential of Solid-state Lithium-sulfur Batteries
Monday, March 11, 2024
CO2 Conversion Helps Industry, Addresses Climate
Tuesday, February 20, 2024
Engineered Battery Chemistry for Fast Charging Capabilities
Friday, January 26, 2024
Catalytic Combo Converts CO2 to Solid Carbon Nanofibers
Thursday, January 11, 2024
Toshifumi Sugama Honored for Contributions to Geothermal Industry
Wednesday, October 4, 2023
DOE Announces $70 Million in Research Training Opportunities for Students and Faculty from Historically Underrepresented Institutions
Monday, August 21, 2023
Chemists Unravel Reaction Mechanism for Clean Energy Catalyst
Monday, May 15, 2023
Ionic Liquids' Good Vibrations Change Laser Colors with Ease
Thursday, January 19, 2023
Novel Chemical Reaction Supports Carbon-Neutral Industrial Processes
Tuesday, December 13, 2022
X-rays Reveal Elusive Chemistry for Better EV Batteries
Monday, December 5, 2022
A Radical New Approach in Synthetic Chemistry
Wednesday, November 23, 2022
Brookhaven Lab Names John C. Gordon Chemistry Division Chair
Thursday, October 13, 2022
DOE Energy Frontier Research Center on Molten Salts Renewed for Four Years
Friday, September 9, 2022
Electrolyte Additive Offers Lithium Battery Performance Breakthrough
Wednesday, June 1, 2022
Machine Learning Framework IDs Targets for Improving Catalysts
Tuesday, May 10, 2022
Brookhaven Chemist Minfang Yeh Wins 2021 DPF Instrumentation Award
Thursday, April 28, 2022
Clues to Better Batteries Emerge from Tracking Lithium
Monday, February 28, 2022
Steering Conversion of CO2 and Ethane to Desired Products
Wednesday, February 9, 2022
Top-10 Areas of Amazing Science at Brookhaven Lab in 2021
Wednesday, December 29, 2021
Brookhaven Lab Awarded $8M for Electric Vehicle Battery Research
Wednesday, December 8, 2021
Converting Methane to Methanol—With and Without Water
Monday, November 8, 2021
Jose Rodriguez Named Fellow of the American Vacuum Society
Friday, October 15, 2021
Catalyst Study Advances Carbon-Dioxide-to-Ethanol Conversion
Friday, September 10, 2021
Scientists Discover New Approach to Stabilize Cathode Materials
Thursday, June 3, 2021
Mapping Performance Variations to See How Lithium-Metal Batteries Fail
Monday, April 19, 2021
Study Reveals Platinum's Role in Clean Fuel Conversion
Wednesday, February 10, 2021
Chemists Settle Battery Debate, Propel Research Forward
Thursday, January 28, 2021
Brookhaven Lab's Top-10 Stories of 2020
Wednesday, January 6, 2021
Batteries Mimic Mammal Bones for Stability
Tuesday, December 15, 2020
New 'Genomic' Method Reveals Atomic Arrangements of Battery Material
Monday, November 9, 2020
Coming Down the Pike: Long-Haul Trucks Powered by Hydrogen Fuel Cells
Thursday, October 8, 2020
APS Designates Sanford Lab, Morgan State University as Historic Physics Sites
Monday, September 14, 2020
Brookhaven Lab Partners in New $40 M Research Center to Convert Sunlight to Liquid Fuels
Wednesday, August 5, 2020
Department of Energy funds milestone North Carolina-led initiative to advance solar energy research
Friday, July 31, 2020
Water is Key in Catalytic Conversion of Methane to Methanol
Thursday, April 30, 2020
Cathode 'Defects' Improve Battery Performance
Wednesday, February 5, 2020
Monitoring Intermediates in CO2 Conversion to Formate by Metal Catalyst
Wednesday, January 29, 2020
Top-10 Science and Technology Achievements of 2019
Monday, January 6, 2020
Tethered Chem Combos Could Revolutionize Artificial Photosynthesis
Monday, November 4, 2019
Machine-Learning Analysis of X-ray Data Picks Out Key Catalytic Properties
Tuesday, October 22, 2019
Two Brookhaven Lab Scientists Named DOE Office of Science Distinguished Fellows
Wednesday, October 16, 2019
Chemistry Postdoc Receives Battery500 Young Investigator Award
Thursday, October 10, 2019
New Core-Shell Catalyst for Ethanol Fuel Cells
Friday, June 7, 2019
Scientists Design Organic Cathode for High Performance Batteries
Thursday, May 30, 2019
Catalyst Renders Nerve Agents Harmless
Monday, April 22, 2019
Cause of Cathode Degradation Identified for Nickel-rich Materials
Friday, March 15, 2019
Top 10 Discoveries of 2018
Monday, January 7, 2019
Light-Activated, Single-Ion Catalyst Breaks Down Carbon Dioxide
Monday, November 26, 2018
Four Brookhaven Lab Scientists Named Fellows of American Physical Society
Tuesday, October 9, 2018
Funding for New DOE Energy Frontier Research Center at Brookhaven Lab
Friday, July 6, 2018
Tripling the Energy Storage of Lithium-Ion Batteries
Thursday, June 14, 2018
From Face Recognition to Phase Recognition: Neural Network Captures Atomic-Scale Rearrangements
Thursday, May 31, 2018
PROSPECTing for Antineutrinos
Friday, May 18, 2018
Lawrence Livermore to lead United States-United Kingdom consortium for demonstrating remote monitoring of nuclear reactors
Tuesday, March 27, 2018
2017's Top-10 Discoveries and Scientific Achievements at Brookhaven National Laboratory
Wednesday, December 27, 2017
Scientists Use Machine Learning to Translate 'Hidden' Information that Reveals Chemistry in Action
Tuesday, October 10, 2017
New Efficient Catalyst for Key Step in Artificial Photosynthesis
Tuesday, October 3, 2017
Three Brookhaven Lab Scientists Selected to Receive Early Career Research Program Funding
Tuesday, August 15, 2017
New Efficient, Low-Temperature Catalyst for Converting Water and CO to Hydrogen Gas and CO2
Thursday, June 22, 2017
Scientists Design Molecular System for Artificial Photosynthesis
Friday, June 2, 2017
Scientists Demonstrate New Real-Time Technique for Studying Ionic Liquids at Electrode Interfaces
Tuesday, May 16, 2017
New Measurements Suggest 'Antineutrino Anomaly' Fueled by Modeling Error
Tuesday, April 4, 2017
Chemists ID Catalytic 'Key' for Converting CO2 to Methanol
Thursday, March 23, 2017
Next-Gen Dark Matter Detector in a Race to Finish Line
Tuesday, February 14, 2017
Brookhaven Lab Wins Three 2016 R&D 100 Awards
Tuesday, November 8, 2016
PubSci: The Cutting Edge of Chemistry
Tuesday, November 1, 2016
Tomoyasu Mani Wins 2016 Blavatnik Regional Award for Young Scientists
Thursday, October 13, 2016
Five Brookhaven Lab Projects Selected as R&D 100 Award Finalists
Monday, August 29, 2016
Brookhaven Scientists Contribute to Effort to Make Next-generation Electric Vehicle Batteries
Friday, July 29, 2016
Speeding Up Key Oxygen-Oxygen Bond-Formation Step in Water Oxidation
Monday, May 16, 2016
2015's Top 10 Scientific Advances at Brookhaven National Laboratory
Tuesday, December 29, 2015
Neutrino Researchers Win 'Breakthrough Prize' in Fundamental Physics
Monday, November 9, 2015
Flipping Molecular Attachments Amps Up Activity of CO2 Catalyst
Monday, October 5, 2015
Stony Brook University Student Kuan Hu Wins 2015 Mow Shiah Lin Scholarship
Wednesday, September 30, 2015
New Computer Model Could Explain how Simple Molecules Took First Step Toward Life
Tuesday, July 28, 2015
X-Rays and Electrons Join Forces To Map Catalytic Reactions in Real-Time
Monday, June 29, 2015
Brookhaven Lab's Asian Pacific American Association Offers Dr. Mow Shiah Lin Scholarship
Thursday, April 2, 2015
Stony Brook University Student Meng Yang Wins 2014 Mow Shiah Lin Scholarship
Friday, October 3, 2014
Nanostructured Metal-Oxide Catalyst Efficiently Converts CO2 to Methanol
Thursday, July 31, 2014
Stanford Chemist Richard Zare to Speak at Brookhaven Lab July 22-23
Friday, July 11, 2014
Brookhaven Lab's Asian Pacific American Association Offers Dr. Mow Shiah Lin Scholarship
Monday, March 17, 2014
Top-10 Brookhaven Lab Breakthroughs of 2013
Wednesday, January 15, 2014
Stony Brook University Student Jo-Ann Jee Wins Mow Shiah Lin Scholarship
Thursday, October 3, 2013
Nanocrystal Catalyst Transforms Impure Hydrogen into Electricity
Wednesday, September 18, 2013
Elevated Levels of Copper in Amyloid Plaques Associated with Neurodegeneration in Mouse Models of Alzheimer's Disease
Thursday, August 22, 2013
Recipe for Low-Cost, Biomass-Derived Catalyst for Hydrogen Production
Wednesday, April 24, 2013
Chemist Jeanne A. Hardy to Give Talk at Brookhaven Lab on Caspases, Causative Factor in Neurodegenerative Diseases , 4/24
Tuesday, April 9, 2013
Local High School Students Win Long Island Science & Engineering Fair
Wednesday, March 20, 2013
Brookhaven Lab's Asian Pacific American Association Offers Dr. Mow Shiah Lin Scholarship
Monday, March 18, 2013
David Schlyer Named Chair of Brookhaven Lab's Biosciences Department
Friday, January 11, 2013
Scientists Capture Lithium-Ion Batteries in Nanoscale Action
Wednesday, November 21, 2012
Chemistry Building at Brookhaven Lab Named Historic Chemical Landmark
Friday, October 19, 2012
MEDIA ADVISORY: Lab Honored for Developing Tracer for Brain Imaging and Cancer Diagnosis
Monday, October 15, 2012
Stony Brook University Student Yixiong Yang Wins Mow Shiah Lin Scholarship
Monday, October 1, 2012
Esther Takeuchi Selected to Receive 2013 E.V. Murphree Award
Friday, September 7, 2012
Brookhaven Lab Chemists Win R&D 100 Award for Fuel Cell Research
Wednesday, June 20, 2012
Top Battery Innovator to Lead Energy Research at Brookhaven Lab
Friday, June 8, 2012
Nanosheet Catalyst Discovered to Sustainably Split Hydrogen from Water
Wednesday, May 9, 2012
Brookhaven Lab’s Adzic Named ‘Inventor of the Year’
Tuesday, May 1, 2012
New Catalyst for Safe, Reversible Hydrogen Storage
Sunday, March 18, 2012
Announcing the First Results from Daya Bay: Discovery of a New Kind of Neutrino Transformation
Thursday, March 8, 2012
N.E. Chemcat Corporation Licenses Brookhaven Lab's Electrocatalyst Technology for Fuel Cells in Electric Vehicles
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
Brookhaven Lab Awards $33 Million Contract for Laboratory and Office Renovations
Monday, August 1, 2011
Brookhaven Lab's Joanna Fowler Receives Distinguished Women in Chemistry/Chemical Engineering Award
Friday, June 24, 2011
Brookhaven Lab's Asian Pacific American Association Offers Dr. Mow Shiah Lin Scholarship
Thursday, April 21, 2011
New Highly Stable Fuel-Cell Catalyst Gets Strength from its Nano Core
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
Seminal Work for 2009 Nobel Prize in Chemistry Conducted at Brookhaven Lab
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
Brookhaven Lab's Joanna Fowler Awarded National Medal of Science
Thursday, September 24, 2009
Chemists Reach from the Molecular to the Real World with Creation of 3-D DNA Crystals
Thursday, September 3, 2009
New Catalyst Could Boost Cleaner Fuel Use
Thursday, May 14, 2009
International Collaboration at FIU Leads to Discovery of New Single-Element Compound
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
New Catalyst Paves the Path for Ethanol-Powered Fuel Cells
Sunday, January 25, 2009
Researcher Supported by the U.S. Department of Energy Is Co-Winner of 2008 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Monday, October 13, 2008
Chemist Travels World to Study Mysterious Properties of Neutrinos
Tuesday, August 19, 2008
Controlling the Size of Nanoclusters: First Step in Making New Catalysts
Wednesday, July 9, 2008
New Method Expands Tool Kit for Monitoring Body Chemistry, Disease
Monday, July 7, 2008
Efficient Catalysts for Making Oxygen for 'Artificial Photosynthesis'
Monday, March 10, 2008
Experiments Reveal Unexpected Activity of Fuel Cell Catalysts
Thursday, December 13, 2007
Study Offers Insight into Plant Cell-Wall Construction
Friday, December 7, 2007
Tiny Tubes and Rods Show Promise as Catalysts, Sunscreen
Monday, September 10, 2007
Using Life's Building Blocks to Control Nanoparticle Assembly
Wednesday, August 22, 2007
Working Toward New Energy With Electrochemistry
Monday, August 20, 2007
Energy Dept. Awards $11.2 Million for Hydrogen Research
Tuesday, May 15, 2007
Gold, Copper Nanoparticles Take Center Stage in the Search for Hydrogen Production Catalysts
Wednesday, March 28, 2007
Giving Platinum Catalysts a Golden Boost for Fuel Cells
Tuesday, March 27, 2007
New Developments in "Artificial Photosynthesis"
Tuesday, March 27, 2007
Brookhaven Lab Scientists Discover Gold Clusters Stabilize Platinum Electrocatalysts For Use in Fuel Cells
Thursday, January 11, 2007
Lasers Shine Light on Chemical Reactions
Wednesday, November 22, 2006
Modeling the Movement of Electrons at the Molecular Scale
Monday, September 11, 2006
Understanding the Chemistry of Ionic Liquids for Nuclear Fuel Reprocessing
Monday, September 11, 2006
At the NSLS, Scientists Working Toward Better Batteries
Thursday, March 9, 2006
Common Food Preservative Might Provide Treatment for Cystic Fibrosis
Thursday, January 26, 2006
Brookhaven Lab Chemists Probe Combustion Process
Wednesday, January 4, 2006
New Direction for Hydrogen Atom Transfers
Wednesday, October 19, 2005
Ceria Nanoparticles Catalyze Reactions for Cleaner-Fuel Future
Tuesday, March 15, 2005
Moving Electrons at the Molecular and Nanometer Scales
Monday, March 14, 2005
Scientists Create, Study Methane Hydrates in "Ocean Floor" Lab
Sunday, March 13, 2005
Following Nature's Lead, Scientists Seek Better Catalysts
Monday, January 24, 2005
Taking Charge of Molecular Wires
Sunday, August 22, 2004
A Better Catalyst for Ammonia Production
Wednesday, August 18, 2004
New Brookhaven Laser Facility Captures Molecules in Action
Monday, May 3, 2004
Designing a Better Catalyst for
Tuesday, September 9, 2003
Imaging Study Reveals Effect of Smoking on Peripheral Organs
Monday, September 8, 2003
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2023 Fowler Award in Chemical and Biochemical Sciences: Applications Due by 2/15
Tuesday, January 10, 2023
Quantum Chemistry Finds a New Path for Future Quantum Devices
Tuesday, September 13, 2022
Berkeley Lab Researchers Record Successful Startup of LUX-ZEPLIN Dark Matter Detector at Sanford Underground Research Facility
Thursday, July 7, 2022
Announcing the Inaugural Fowler Award Winners
Tuesday, May 17, 2022
Three Brookhaven Scientists Named Oppenheimer Leadership Fellows
Monday, April 4, 2022
SBU, Harvard Lead Research Team That Solves Longstanding Problem in Catalysis Science
Tuesday, February 22, 2022
Researchers Team up to get a Clearer Picture of Molten Salts
Monday, November 29, 2021
Tracking Pileups on Battery Charging Route to Drive Performance
Wednesday, August 11, 2021
Moving Toward a Clean-Energy Future by Advancing Fuel Cell Technology
Tuesday, April 13, 2021
Single-Crystal Technology Holds Promise for Next-Generation Lithium-Ion Batteries
Thursday, December 10, 2020
Jingguang Chen Wins 2020 AIChE Wilhelm Award
Thursday, November 5, 2020
Lithium-Ion Battery Research "Flowers"
Thursday, November 5, 2020
The Big Questions: José Rodriguez on Catalysts
Thursday, December 5, 2019
3-D Periodic Table at New York Hall of Science
Friday, October 25, 2019
Summer Intern Christopher Hayes Studies Charge Separation for Solar Energy
Friday, August 9, 2019
Interns Investigate Catalysts for a Greener Future
Wednesday, July 17, 2019
New Lab overview video
Tuesday, June 4, 2019
Our Favorite Elements
Wednesday, April 3, 2019
James Wishart Awarded Maria Skłodowska-Curie Medal
Friday, February 15, 2019
Journal Special Issues Honor Chemists Radoslav Adzic and Jan Hrbek
Tuesday, January 22, 2019
Cliff Gerlak: From U.S. Marine Veteran to Chemical Engineer
Friday, January 18, 2019
EVENT TODAY: Celebrate the 60th Anniversary of Technetium-99m
Wednesday, November 7, 2018
In Memoriam: Thomas Steitz, Nobel Laureate, 78
Wednesday, November 7, 2018
Celebrating the 60th Anniversary of Technetium-99m
Wednesday, October 24, 2018
Meet Jasmine Hatcher and Trishelle Copeland-Johnson
Friday, August 24, 2018
Exploring Greener Approaches to Nitrogen Fixation
Tuesday, June 5, 2018
Producing Beneficial Propylene While Consuming a Major Greenhouse Gas
Tuesday, May 15, 2018
Multi-Modal Operando X-Ray Study Yields New Insights on Lithium-Sulfur Batteries
Wednesday, May 2, 2018
Despite Devastation, They—and Their Science—Go On
Monday, March 26, 2018
Radoslav Adzic Named Senior Scientist Emeritus
Thursday, November 16, 2017
In Memoriam: Julius Hastings
Thursday, September 7, 2017
Scientists Find New Method to Control Electronic Properties of Nanocrystals
Thursday, August 10, 2017
Scientists Design Promising New Cathode for Sodium-based Batteries
Thursday, July 20, 2017
Brookhaven Lab Chemist Etsuko Fujita to be Honored at Asian American and Pacific Islander Celebration
Tuesday, May 2, 2017
Jingguang Chen is the Recipient of the 2017 Robert Burwell Lectureship in Catalysis
Monday, April 24, 2017
Brookhaven Lab, Stony Brook University Scientists Present Catalysis Research Opportunities at NSLS-II
Friday, April 21, 2017
Q&A with CFN Scientist Qin Wu
Friday, April 14, 2017
Brookhaven Lab-Led Research Aims to Develop Protections Against Chemical Warfare Agents
Tuesday, April 11, 2017
Brookhaven Lab's Asian Pacific American Association Offers Mow Shiah Lin Scholarship
Monday, April 10, 2017
Brookhaven's PubSci Takes a Close Look at the Chemistry of Catalysis
Monday, November 21, 2016
New Catalyst for Making Methanol from Methane
Tuesday, November 15, 2016
PubSci: The Cutting Edge of Chemistry
Tuesday, November 15, 2016
Moving Improvements in Electric Vehicle Fuel-Cell Catalysts from the Laboratory to the Highway
Tuesday, August 23, 2016
Chemist Darío Stacchiola of Brookhaven Lab Granted Tenure
Thursday, July 7, 2016
Brookhaven/Stony Brook University Chemist Esther Takeuchi Featured in Scientist Trading Cards
Tuesday, February 23, 2016
Chemistry Department Celebrates Role in Nobel-Winning Neutrino Science
Wednesday, December 16, 2015
Postdoc Alesha Harris: Tackling Chemistry from Nanoparticles to Neutrinos
Tuesday, November 24, 2015
Meet Robert Palomino: 'Give Everything a Shot!'
Tuesday, October 20, 2015
Brookhaven Lab's Links to 2015 Nobel Prize in Physics
Wednesday, October 7, 2015
Brookhaven Lab Summer School Helps Develop Tomorrow's Nuclear Chemistry Experts
Friday, July 24, 2015
A goldmine of scientific research
Wednesday, May 27, 2015
504th Brookhaven Lecture on Wednesday, 4/29: 'Catching Catalysis in the Act: In Situ Studies With X-Rays and Electrons'
Friday, April 24, 2015
499th Brookhaven Lecture on Wednesday, 11/19: 'Artificial Photosynthesis: Making and Breaking Bonds with Protons and Electrons'
Friday, November 14, 2014
Tracking Heat-Driven Decay in Leading Electric Vehicle Batteries
Monday, October 27, 2014
It's Ionic
Monday, September 29, 2014
Brookhaven Lab Scientist Jingguang Chen Recipient of 2015 George A. Olah Award
Wednesday, August 27, 2014
Ionic Liquid Boosts Efficiency of CO2 Reduction Catalyst
Friday, June 6, 2014
The Play-by-Play of Energy Conversion: Catching Catalysts in Action
Monday, January 6, 2014
Jasmine Hatcher Becomes an "All-Star" Chemist
Tuesday, November 12, 2013
Brookhaven Lab's Marshall Newton Inducted Into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Thursday, November 7, 2013
In Memoriam: Carol Creutz
Friday, August 23, 2013
Women @ Energy: Joanna Fowler
Thursday, April 18, 2013
Electrocatalysis Pays Tribute to BNL Scientist Radoslav Adzic
Tuesday, February 12, 2013
Hydrogen Storage Paper by Brookhaven Chemists Makes Nature Chemistry's "Top 10 of 2012"
Friday, February 1, 2013
BNL Names Retiree Carol Creutz Senior Scientist Emeritus
Tuesday, January 29, 2013
BNL Grants Emeritus Status to Retiree Marshall Newton
Wednesday, January 16, 2013
Stanislaus Wong Named AAAS Fellow for Work on Designing New Nanomaterials
Monday, December 10, 2012
BNL Chemistry Building Named Historic Landmark
Wednesday, November 7, 2012
Local High School Sisters Win Major Award for Studies at Brookhaven Lab
Friday, November 2, 2012
BNL Honored for Developing Tracer Used to Image the Brain and Diagnose Cancer
Monday, October 15, 2012
Antagonistic Catalysis: Creating a Bifunctional and Tunable Acid-Base Catalyst
Thursday, March 29, 2012
New Supercomputers at Brookhaven will Advance Nanomaterial Design
Thursday, March 22, 2012
Catalysis Chemist Accelerates Alternative Energy Research
Sunday, March 18, 2012
DOE Renews Grants to NSLS Users
Thursday, March 15, 2012
Brookhaven National Laboratory Completes Major Science Lab Renovation
Thursday, February 23, 2012
MIT Externs Get an Internal View of Technology Commercialization
Thursday, February 2, 2012
Ten BNL Scientists Granted Tenure: Meet Ralph James and Ping Liu
Friday, January 27, 2012
Richard Holroyd Named Senior Scientist Emeritus
Friday, January 13, 2012
James Cumming Named Senior Scientist Emeritus
Wednesday, December 28, 2011
Garman Harbottle Named Senior Scientist Emeritus
Friday, December 16, 2011
Daya Bay Today: BNL and Collaborators Enable Next Step in Neutrino Research
Wednesday, November 2, 2011
BNL Researchers Debut New Glass Reactor to Study Battery Materials Synthesis
Thursday, September 29, 2011
The Softer Side of X-rays — Researchers Use NSLS to Probe Cadmium-Contaminated Soil
Wednesday, August 17, 2011
BNL Honors Six Winners of the 2011 Science & Technology Award
Wednesday, July 20, 2011
Lights, Camera, Action!
Monday, May 9, 2011
‘Super-catalyst’ Found to Purify Hydrogen
Monday, November 15, 2010
Ionic Liquids: Syrupy solvents promise new efficient ways to generate, store, and use energy
Friday, November 12, 2010
Chemistry Department's Doctoral Student Melissa Patterson Wins Stony Brook University Award
Monday, April 27, 2009
New Radiotracers on the Horizon
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
New Chemistry for Artificial Photosynthesis
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
Designing Better Electrocatalysts for Fuel Cells
Thursday, May 15, 2008
Designing Better Electrocatalysts for Fuel Cells
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
