STAR Detector (IMAGE) DOE/Brookhaven National Laboratory Caption Lijuan Ruan, physicist and co-spokesperson for the STAR experiment collaboration at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC), joined Secretary Granholm at the STAR detector, which tracks thousands of particles streaming out of collisions at RHIC. (Kevin Coughlin/Brookhaven National Laboratory) Credit Kevin Coughlin/Brookhaven National Laboratory Usage Restrictions OK to use with coverage of U.S. Secretary of Energy's visit to Brookhaven National Laboratory. License Original content Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of any information through the EurekAlert system.