RHIC Newsroom
Press Releases
Transformation of RHIC to EIC Begins
Monday, April 13, 2026
Work starts to remove and repurpose accelerator and detector equipment from RHIC to prepare for the Electron-Ion Collider
A Smashing Success: Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider Wraps up Final Collisions
Friday, February 6, 2026
Capstone collisions mark a quarter century of groundbreaking discoveries and advances in accelerators, detectors, and computing.
Scientists Capture a Glimpse into the Quantum Vacuum
Wednesday, February 4, 2026
New STAR detector findings on particle spin correlations offer insight into how visible matter emerges from “nothing”
AI Streamlines Deluge of Data from Particle Collisions
Monday, February 2, 2026
Custom algorithm compresses particle detector data and speeds processing to capture more collisions for discoveries
Feature Stories
AI Shapes the Design of the Electron-Ion Collider
Monday, May 18, 2026
Artificial intelligence and machine learning are shaping major design and research decisions for the planned Electron-Ion Collider, a next-generation nuclear physics research facility that will collide electrons with protons or nuclei to probe matter’s structure.
BSA Distinguished Lecture: Little Bangs at RHIC, Big Bang Before
Monday, May 11, 2026
Physicist Barbara Jacak will give a talk, titled “Little Bangs at RHIC and the Big Bang at the Beginning,” on May 14 at 5 p.m.
Reflections on the End of RHIC Operations
Friday, February 6, 2026
Folks involved in research at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) offer personal thoughts during the runup to final collisions
AI Helps Scientists Investigate the Universe's Biggest and Smallest Phenomena
Thursday, December 18, 2025
DOE supports researchers who are finding new ways to apply artificial intelligence to high energy and nuclear physics.
