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Brookhaven's Navid Vafaei-Najafabadi awarded prestigious NSF Early CAREER Grant

DOE/Brookhaven National Laboratory
Grant and Award Announcement

The research and outreach laid out Vafaei-Najafabadi's proposal has inextricable ties to both Stony Brook University and Brookhaven National Laboratory, making the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program grant a catalyst for greater collaboration between the two institutions.

Structure of 'oil-eating' enzyme opens door to bioengineered catalysts

DOE/Brookhaven National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Scientists at Brookhaven National Laboratory have produced the first atomic-level structure of an enzyme that selectively cuts carbon-hydrogen bonds—the first and most challenging step in turning simple hydrocarbons into more useful chemicals. The detailed atomic level “blueprint” suggests ways to engineer the enzyme to produce desired products.

Journal: Nature Structural & Molecular Biology
Funder: DOE/US Department of Energy

Brookhaven Lab physicist Mary Bishai elected DUNE Co-Spokesperson

DOE/Brookhaven National Laboratory
Business Announcement

Mary Bishai, a distinguished scientist at Brookhaven National Laboratory, has been elected co-spokesperson of the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE). In her new role, Bishai will lead DUNE’s 1,400-member international collaboration—the largest neutrino collaboration in the world.

STAR physicists track sequential 'melting' of upsilons

DOE/Brookhaven National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Scientists using the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) to study some of the hottest matter ever created in a laboratory have published their first data showing how three distinct variations of particles called upsilons sequentially “melt,” or dissociate, in the hot goo.

Journal: Physical Review Letters

Ogo Enekwizu brings soot-seeded clouds into the laboratory

DOE/Brookhaven National Laboratory

Tiny particles in Earth’s atmosphere can have a big impact on climate. But understanding exactly how these aerosol particles form cloud drops and affect the absorption and scattering of sunlight is one of the biggest sources of uncertainty in climate models. Ogochukwu (Ogo) Enekwizu is trying to tame that complexity by creating soot-seeded clouds in the laboratory.

Funder: DOE/US Department of Energy

Scientists map changes in soot particles emitted from wildfires

DOE/Brookhaven National Laboratory

We need a better understanding of the particles emitted by wildfires, including how they evolve, so we can improve our predictions of their impacts on climate, climate change, and human health. Atmospheric scientists at Brookhaven National Laboratory and collaborating institutions recently published a study that suggests the global climate models aren’t getting the full picture. Their data could change that.

Funder: DOE/US Department of Energy, NASA Earth Science Division

Lunar telescope will search for ancient radio waves

DOE/Brookhaven National Laboratory
Business Announcement

Scientists at Brookhaven Lab are leading a new effort to land a radio telescope on the moon. If successful, the project will mark the first step towards exploring the Dark Ages of the universe.

Clear sign that QGP production 'turns off' at low energy

DOE/Brookhaven National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Physicists report new evidence that production of an exotic state of matter in collisions of gold nuclei at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) can be 'turned off' by lowering the collision energy. The findings will help physicists map out the conditions of temperature and density under which the exotic matter, known as a quark-gluon plasma (QGP), can exist and identify key features of the phases of nuclear matter.

Journal: Physical Review Letters
Funder: DOE/US Department of Energy, U.S. National Science Foundation

Brookhaven Lab and Boys & Girls Club of Shinnecock Nation team up for DIY STEM program

DOE/Brookhaven National Laboratory

The DIY STEM program aims to make connections between scientific principles and real-world application. The Native Adaptation also features history, achievements, and current news related to STEM applications in Native culture to increase youth interest in activities and future career aspirations.

Brookhaven HSRP and Spark Program alumni selected in 2023 Regeneron Science Talent Search

DOE/Brookhaven National Laboratory

Jack Shultz and Marc Nichitiu, two of this year’s Regeneron Science Talent Search scholars, were able to gain valuable research experience in two of the intensive educational programs offered at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory.

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