May 2025

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  Innovation Through Collaboration

  NSLS-II Director Elke Arenholz reflects on a successful Users' Meeting, key project milestones, and discusses upcoming workshops helping to shape the future.
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  Passing on the Torch

  Get to know the NSLS-II UEC's newest Chair, Wilson Chiu and his predecessor Matthew Whitaker.
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  AI/ML's Bright Future at NSLS-II

  From automation to analysis, AI-driven innovations are making synchrotron science faster, smarter, and more efficient. 
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  Prototyping the Next Generation

  A new, compact accelerator design decreases emittance for an even brighter beam.
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  Accelerating Discovery Together

  Users and staff explore new ideas and shared ambitions at the annual NSLS-II & CFN Users' Meeting.
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  Do Robots Dream of Electron Beams?

  NSLS-II scientists are changing how many experiments run by employing a coordinated team of AI-powered robots.
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  Bacteria Self-Destructing in 3… 2…1…

  Dale Kreitler, a chemist at NSLS-II, discusses how cutting-edge beamlines study proteins that defeat antibiotic-resistant bacteria. Learn the steps that scientists take to study bacteria and how X-ray science benefits human health.

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Watching catalysts at work • Imaging the nanoscale • Capturing natural complexity

National Synchrotron Light Source II (NSLS-II) shines ultra-bright light into the unknown using an array of advanced scientific instrumentation at beamlines with x-ray, ultraviolet, and infrared light. It is one of the newest and most advanced synchrotron facilities in the world. It enables the study of material properties and functions with nanoscale resolution and exquisite sensitivity. It provides research tools needed to foster new discoveries and create breakthroughs in critical areas of science, such as energy security, environment, and human health. And its journey is just beginning.

NSLS-II is a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science User Facility operated for the DOE Office of Science by Brookhaven National Laboratory under Contract No. DE-SC0012704.

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