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Press Releases
Simons Foundation Announces New Collaboration on Confinement and QCD Strings
Thursday, July 28, 2022
The collaboration brings together leading scientists and Brookhaven Lab nuclear physics facilities to explore how the building blocks of matter get their properties.
Study Reveals How Some High-Energy Particle 'Jets' Lose Energy
Wednesday, June 8, 2022
Results may offer new insight into properties of quark-gluon plasma (QGP)—the hot mix of fundamental nuclear-matter building blocks that filled the early universe.
Physicists 'Shine' Light on Inner Details and Breakup of Simple Nucleus
Thursday, March 24, 2022
Collisions of light with deuterons offer insight into gluelike particles that bind the building blocks of matter—and what it takes to break protons and neutrons apart.
Brookhaven Lab Physicist Abhay Deshpande Named AAAS Fellow
Wednesday, January 26, 2022
Honor recognizes accomplishments in experimental nuclear physics at RHIC and planning for future Electron-Ion Collider
Feature Stories
Meet Cliff Brutus: Mechanical Engineer, Project Manager, and Life-Long Learner
Thursday, August 11, 2022
A go-kart, scholarship, and internship at Brookhaven Lab fueled his love for machines of the grandest scale.
Meet Kayla Hernandez: Electrical Engineer Helps Send Particle Beams Into RHIC
Monday, July 18, 2022
On call for troubleshooting at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC), exhilarated by challenges, and excited about the future, Hernandez couldn’t imagine being anything (or anywhere) else!
RHIC/AGS Users' Meeting Emphasizes Diverse Workforce Opportunities
Thursday, June 30, 2022
Supporting scientists and students from underrepresented communities is a top priority for the nuclear physics field.
From RHIC to EIC: At the QCD Frontiers
Thursday, June 30, 2022
Annual users’ meeting highlights physics results, future plans, efforts to increase diversity, and more.