Researchers from Brookhaven National Laboratory and Stony Brook University have developed a new instrument that allows them to control the size of nanoclusters — groups of 10 to 100 atoms — with atomic precision. They created a model nanocatalyst of molybdenum sulfide, the first step in developing the next generation of materials to be used in hydrodesulfurization, a process that removes sulfur from natural gas and petroleum products to reduce pollution.

Argent Fantasy, a Long Island-based rock band, will perform in concert at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Brookhaven National Laboratory on Friday, August 1, at 7 p.m. in the Brookhaven Center. Sponsored by the BNL Music Club, the concert is open to the public. All visitors to the Laboratory age 16 and over must bring a photo I.D.

Brookhaven scientists have devised a simple method for adding a radioactive “tag” to formaldehyde, a common organic chemical. Scientists can now synthesize a whole new class of radiotracers, compounds that can be tracked by positron emission tomography scanners to monitor the movement and interactions of a wide range of chemicals in the human body.

Brookhaven Lab will host a public forum for homeowners on how to reduce energy usage in the home. Featured speakers include representatives from Long Island Power Authority, Renewable Energy Long Island, and Brookhaven Lab.

Brookhaven Lab will host a public forum for homeowners on how to reduce energy usage in the home. Featured speakers include representatives from Long Island Power Authority, Renewable Energy Long Island, and Brookhaven Lab.

Peter Johnson has been named Chair of the Condensed Matter Physics & Materials Science Department at Brookhaven National Laboratory, effective June 1. Researchers in the department study basic, theoretical and applied aspects of materials; their uses; and their electronic, physical, mechanical and chemical properties in relation to their structure.

Christine Nattrass, a graduate student at Yale University who expects to graduate with a Ph.D. in physics in May 2009, has been awarded the 2008 Gertrude Scharff-Goldhaber Prize, consisting of a framed certificate and $1,000.

Research performed at Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility has found that protons are about 20 times more likely to pair up with neutrons than with other protons in the nucleus. The work builds on earlier research performed at Brookhaven Lab's Alternating Gradient Synchrotron.

Ilan Ben-Zvi, a physicist at Brookhaven Lab, has won the 2008 IEEE Nuclear & Plasma Sciences Society (NPSS) Merit Award. IEEE originally represented electrical and electronics engineers, but it has expanded its scope and today is the world's leading professional association for the advancement of technology.

Ilan Ben-Zvi, a physicist at Brookhaven Lab, has won the 2008 IEEE Nuclear & Plasma Sciences Society (NPSS) Merit Award. IEEE originally represented electrical and electronics engineers, but it has expanded its scope and today is the world's leading professional association for the advancement of technology.

Participants in Pianofest, a summer workshop held in the Hamptons, will showcase two recitals at Brookhaven Lab on Wednesday, June 25, and Wednesday, July 23, at noon in Berkner Hall.

Childhood dreams and mentor encouragement, paired with scientific expertise in areas ranging from biology to physics, have united an elite group of students and scientists from around the world who will participate in the fifth annual NASA Space Radiation Summer School at Brookhaven Lab.

Brookhaven scientists have identified enzymes important in the modification of isoflavonoids, natural plant products that help plants resist fungal infections, and may have beneficial health effects for humans as well. This research may pave the way for feedstock disease resistance and yeild loss.

Brookhaven National Laboratory has announced a new grant program to increase interests and strengthen skills in science, technology, engineering, and math among 10- to 15-year-old females, African Americans, Hispanics/Latinos(as), and/or Native Americans. Known as BreakThru Mini-Grants, these one-time grants of up to $5,000 will be competitively awarded to local nonprofit community organizations in Suffolk County.

Five local high school students who show a strong interest and aptitude in science were awarded $1,000 each in a ceremony at Brookhaven Lab on May 13. Battelle and Brookhaven Women in Science (BWIS) established the annual award in 1999.

Brookhaven Lab will again open its doors to the public this summer, every Sunday from July 20 through August 17. The Laboratory will feature a different tour on each of five Sundays. Both adults and children can enjoy a variety of entertaining activities, including the Whiz Bang Science Show and the Brain Teasers exhibit each week.

Using two sophisticated imaging techniques, scientists at Brookhaven Lab and collaborators have captured molecular-level "snapshots" of the cellular machinery that assembles hairlike projections on certain bacterial cells.

Professor Ki-Su Lee, President of Korea University, visited Brookhaven on May 13. Professor Lee came to Brookhaven Lab, a premier science research center, to get a first-hand look at PHENIX, a massive detector used for physics experiments on the early universe.

Albert-László Barabási, Distinguished Professor at Northeastern University and Director of the University's Center for Network Science, will give a BSA Lecture titled, "Network Science: From the Web to Human Diseases," at Brookhaven Lab on Monday, June 9, at 4 p.m. in Berkner Hall.

Scientists at Brookhaven and collaborators at Stony Brook University, Johns Hopkins University, and the National Institute of Standards and Technology have discovered that nanosized regions with local polarizations, or "electric dipoles," in a special class of otherwise disordered materials may underlie these materials' extreme electromechanical response to an external electric field or physical deformation.