Scientists at Brookhaven Lab, in collaboration with colleagues at Cornell University, Tokyo University, the University of California, Berkeley, and the University of Colorado, have uncovered the first experimental evidence for why the transition temperature of high-temperature superconductors — the temperature at which these materials carry electrical current with no resistance — cannot simply be elevated by increasing the electrons’ binding energy.

Jill Cooley, Director of the Division of Concepts and Planning in the International Atomic Energy Agency’s (IAEA) Department of Safeguards, will give a BSA Distinguished Lecture titled “Nonproliferation, Disarmament and the IAEA in Tomorrow’s World,” at Brookhaven National Laboratory on Tuesday, September 9, at 4 p.m. in Berkner Hall. BSA

Vigabatrin, a medication proposed as a potential treatment for drug addiction by scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Brookhaven National Laboratory, also leads to rapid weight loss and reduced food intake according to a new animal study from the same research group.

Melissa Patterson, a W. Burghardt Turner Fellow at Stony Brook University, will give a talk at the American Chemical Society’s national meeting in Philadelphia on controlling the size of nanoclusters, research she performed using a new instrument at Brookhaven Lab.

In the quest to better understand one of nature’s most “ghostly” elementary particles — the neutrino — scientists at Brookhaven Lab are spreading their expertise from the mines of Canada to the mountains of China. Richard L. Hahn, a senior chemist at Brookhaven Lab, will discuss some of the neutrino's mysterious properties and two new neutrino research projects at the 236th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society.

Michael Creutz, a physicist at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Brookhaven National Laboratory, has been chosen by the World Federation of Scientists (WFS) as the recipient of the 2008 Gian Carlo Wick Gold Medal Award, which is given annually to a theoretical physicist for outstanding contributions to particle physics.

Edward Reinfurt, executive director of the New York State Foundation for Science, Technology and Innovation (NYSTAR), will deliver the keynote address for the fifth annual Fellows and Mentors Meeting of the Central New York-Puerto Rico Alliance for Graduate Education and the Professoriate.

On September 10, scientists at the Large Hadron Collider will attempt for the first time to send a proton beam zooming around the 27-kilometer-long accelerator. The LHC, the world’s most powerful particle accelerator, is located at CERN in Geneva, Switzerland. Journalists are invited to attend LHC first beam events at CERN and several locations within the United States.

Kasey Jacobs, a graduate of Long Island University, Southampton College, has won the 2008 Renate W. Chasman Scholarship for Women. Brookhaven Women in Science, a not-for-profit organization at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Brookhaven National Laboratory, offers the scholarship to qualified candidates annually to encourage women to pursue careers in science, engineering or mathematics.

The International Safeguards Project Office (ISPO) at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Brookhaven National Laboratory received a Special Service Award from the Institute of Nuclear Materials Management (INMM), which cited the 10-member group for “its contributions to international safeguards, especially the technical oversight of the U.S. Support Program to IAEA Safeguards.”

Radoslav Adzic, a senior chemist at Brookhaven Lab, has received a 2008 DOE Hydrogen Program R&D Award, which recognizes him for his “outstanding contributions in electrocatalysis for fuel cells.” Adzic was honored in June with a plaque at a DOE ceremony held in Washington, D.C.

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.