During #RHIC's latest STAR collaboration meeting, members gathered by the STAR detector one final time before it is disassembled and the collider is transformed into the #ElectronIonCollider. RHIC's operations have ended, but its science lives on — with years of data analysis and discoveries ahead.

An innovative technique at #NSLSII is transforming how pharmaceuticals are designed.

No horoscope required: The moon’s position and phase can disrupt precise experiments at #NSLSII. 🌙 That’s why the facility was designed with an intricate feedback system to monitor and correct the position of the electron beam that ensures reliable delivery of ultrabright X-rays.

Over more than 60 years, experiments at @CERN, @Fermilab, and Brookhaven Lab attempted to measure the muon's "wobble" and search for "new physics." Now, this effort is being recognized with the 2026 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics — the “Oscars of Science.” 👏

"A pair of rare particles produced in high-energy proton collisions may be the clearest evidence yet that mass can emerge from empty space," @newscientist.com reports on #RHIC research.

Alerts @vrubinobs.bsky.social will enable scientists to catch supernovae in their earliest moments, discover and track asteroids to assess potential threats to Earth, and spot rare interstellar objects.

Researchers have created durable transistors by combining custom inks and a specialized printing process. #NSLSII

Accelerator physicist Aamna Khan is one of six Brookhaven Lab scientists to receive an Early Career Research Award. 👏 The award will support Khan's research to maximize the performance of #NSLSII and other powerful light sources. https://bit.ly/4cc1cua

Compared to a regular cloud chamber, our convection cloud chamber can maintain a turbulent cloud for hours. Its unique design also enables researchers to control and measure a variety of atmospheric conditions for creating and studying complex clouds.

Congratulations to the Muon g-2 Collaborations on receiving the Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics. 👏 The award recognizes hundreds of researchers and their multi-decade, groundbreaking contributions to measuring the muon’s anomalous magnetic moment — and igniting a new era in physics.

Researchers are using "uncertainty" to fine-tune generative #AI models. These models can generate molecules with better predicted properties, advancing drug design and advanced materials.

Researchers in our Environmental Science and Technologies Department will contribute high-resolution simulations to this project, helping to understand how airborne plant pathogens travel and where they may concentrate.

Registration is open for our Summer Science Explorations! ☀️🚀 https://t.co/2zo5hgf75O These weeklong workshop are available to students entering grades 7-12. From biotechnology to quantum physics, they engage students in real-life research. #BrookhavenSciEd

Seth Nemesure manages the #ElectronIonCollider's controls software — the brain of this large accelerator facility.

Accelerator physicist Kiel Hock is one of six Brookhaven Lab scientists to receive an Early Career Research Award. 👏 The award will support Hock's research for the #ElectronIonCollider. He's exploring strategies to maintain the polarization of helium-3 nuclei. https://bit.ly/4cc1cua

In the Global Physics Photowalk, "dozens of amateur and professional photographers were invited to find beauty in the invisible world of force fields and subatomic particles."

Among the first alerts from @vrubinobs.bsky.social are detections of supernovae, variable stars, active galactic nuclei, and asteroids.

Join us in cheering on Brookhaven's Preetha Sarkar in the #NationalLabSLAM today! Sarkar studies qubit materials for future #quantum computers. She'll discuss her cutting-edge research in three minutes or less, competing against other national lab scientists to give the best talk. #NLSLAM26

Computational condensed matter physicist Niraj Aryal is one of six Brookhaven Lab scientists to receive an Early Career Research Award. 👏 The award will support Aryal's work on supercomputers to discover new #quantum materials. https://bit.ly/4cc1cua

Did you know that Brookhaven researchers are 🔬 studying specialized materials, 💻 developing novel algorithms, 🌐 pioneering the nation's most advanced quantum network, ⚛️ and much more to unlock a new generation of powerful quantum technologies? Happy #WorldQuantumDay!

TONIGHT: Meet our scientists at the pub for drinks and casual conversation about the #ElectronIonCollider. ⚛️ https://bit.ly/4uG13Yk

This new, multi-layer machine learning approach screens catalysts step by step, mimicking how scientists evaluate performance in real experiments. #Chemistry #MachineLearning ‪@cp-chemcatalysis.bsky.social

In support of the #GenesisMission, we're using #AI to accelerate power flow calculations by a factor of 100.

From launching weather balloons to analyzing cloud data, students mentored by Brookhaven Lab’s Mike Jensen gain real-world research experience — and confidence to pursue #STEM careers. #BrookhavenSciEd

The Coherent Diffractive Imaging (CDI) beamline at #NSLSII is preparing to host its first guest researchers. This experimental station will enable powerful new X-ray imaging and scattering techniques.

Experimental particle physicist Syed Haider Abidi is one of six Brookhaven Lab scientists to receive an Early Career Research Award. 👏 The award will support Abidi's research on #AI to improve studies at @atlasexperiment.bsky.social and better understand the Higgs boson. https://bit.ly/4cc1cua

Researchers from @ucsantabarbara.bsky.social have identified a robust new qubit in silicon, the material behind today’s computer chips. #C2QA #Quantum

This inkjet-like printer for microelectronics sprays a mist of nanoparticles onto a surface, building up layers to form electronic parts. #NSLSII

Join us in cheering on Brookhaven's Preetha Sarkar in the #NationalLabSLAM next week! Sarkar studies qubit materials for future #quantum computers. She'll discuss her cutting-edge research in three minutes or less, competing against other scientists to give the best talk. #NLSLAM26

Our Discovery Technologies Directorate is collaborating with the @yale.edu Wright Lab to develop instrumentation for fundamental physics experiments.

Next week, we’re bringing science to the pub again! 🍻 Join us on April 14 for PubSci, our science café and conversation series. Our scientists will be discussing America's next particle collider: the #ElectronIonCollider. ⚛️ Learn more and RSVP: https://bit.ly/4uG13Yk

We invite current and future users to attend the NSLS-II & CFN Users' Meeting. The meeting offers researchers, engineers, and students from across the STEM community an opportunity to share their work and insights. Learn more and register by April 10: https://bit.ly/3kYPUTw

Six of our scientists are being awarded significant funding by the U.S. Department of Energy to research particle accelerators and detectors, artificial intelligence, and quantum materials.

"A window into how visible matter emerges from the 'nothing' of vacuum has been opened by physicists" at #RHIC.

Watch as our scientists, engineers, and technicians work together to assemble the nation's second convection cloud chamber. Researchers will use this programmable atmosphere to create and study clouds in a controlled environment. https://bit.ly/4kLLUjY

"The final run of RHIC was less of a memorial and more of a celebration of a new beginning. RHIC will be revamped to turn into an electron-ion collider," @wshu.org reports. #RHIC #ElectronIonCollider

We've developed a new machine learning framework that can accelerate the search for better catalysts. The method outperforms conventional models, which struggle to find rare, high-performing catalysts. #Chemistry #MachineLearning ‪@cp-chemcatalysis.bsky.social

"Don't worry, it's all good."

Dive into Brookhaven's #AI capabilities, our role in the #GenesisMission, and more of our scientific initiatives with Interim Director John Hill on this episode of "Micro Journeys." 🎧

How will the #ElectronIonCollider benefit society? Grab a drink with our scientists and find out at our next PubSci. ⚛️ 🍻 https://bit.ly/4uG13Yk

The Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider began smashing atoms in 2000, but its story started much earlier. Proposals solidified in the early 1980s, and construction officially began in 1991. This photo offers a glimpse into #RHIC's underground tunnels during construction that year.

We asked people involved in research at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider to reflect on the end of #RHIC's operations. Read their personal accounts: https://bit.ly/4rTUWNT

Researchers used #quantum chemistry to uncover design principles for generating sustainable alternatives to chlorine. #CFNatBrookhaven

Alerts @vrubinobs.bsky.social will enable scientists to catch supernovae in their earliest moments, discover and track asteroids to assess potential threats to Earth, and spot rare interstellar objects.

Over 25 years, the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider generated roughly 300 trillion particle collisions, collected about 450 petabytes of data, involved more than 3,500 scientists, and so much more. #RHIC

The sounds of science 🎶 #CFNatBrookhaven's Kevin Yager uses sonic representations of his data to detect misalignment errors.

Science is more exciting when you understand it. These researchers agree. #NationalLabSLAM

Watch a cloud form in our new convection cloud chamber. ☁️ Learn more about this "cloud in a box" and the exciting research it will enable: https://bit.ly/4kLLUjY

The Coherent Diffractive Imaging (CDI) beamline at #NSLSII will enable researchers to explore complex materials at the micron scale with nanometer resolution.

New catalyst research marks a major step toward making hydrogen fuel-cell technology viable for commercial fleets. #NSLSII #CFNatBrookhaven