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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 â with years of data analysis and discoveries ahead.
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An innovative technique at
#NSLSII
is transforming how pharmaceuticals are designed.
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Accelerating Drug Discovery with Fragment Screening
NSLS-II Scientists are piloting a new program that integrates a cutting-edge screening technique called Fragment-Based Drug Design.
https://www.bnl.gov/newsroom/news.php?a=222600
about 8 hours ago
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No horoscope required: The moonâs position and phase can disrupt precise experiments at
#NSLSII
. đ Thatâs 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.
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about 15 hours ago
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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 â the âOscars of Science.â đ
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Muon g-2 Experiment Pioneers Win Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics
Award honors experiments and scientific collaborations at three institutions that explored the subtle wobble of a subatomic particle
https://www.bnl.gov/newsroom/news.php?a=122877
1 day ago
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"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.
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Particles seen emerging from empty space for first time
By tracing the origins of an unusual, short-lived particle, researchers have gathered some of the strongest evidence yet that mass can emerge from fluctuations in the vacuum
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2522324-particles-seen-emerging-from-empty-space-for-first-time/
1 day ago
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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.
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NSFâDOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory Launches Real-Time Discovery Machine for Monitoring the Night Sky
The Rubin Observatory has issued its first scientific alerts, marking a historic milestone in astrophysics.
https://www.bnl.gov/newsroom/news.php?a=122864
2 days ago
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Researchers have created durable transistors by combining custom inks and a specialized printing process.
#NSLSII
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Printing Electronic Parts for Next-Generation Technologies
Researchers show how printed transistors can last thousands of cycles and operate at low voltage.
https://www.bnl.gov/newsroom/news.php?a=122857
2 days ago
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Accelerator physicist Aamna Khan is one of six Brookhaven Lab scientists to receive an Early Career Research Award. đ The award will support Khan's research to maximize the performance of
#NSLSII
and other powerful light sources.
https://bit.ly/4cc1cua
3 days ago
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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.
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Brookhaven Lab Builds Successful 'Cloud in a Box'
Researchers will use a new convection cloud chamber to tackle fundamental unknowns that remain about clouds.
https://www.bnl.gov/newsroom/news.php?a=222711
4 days ago
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Congratulations to the Muon g-2 Collaborations on receiving the Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics. đ The award recognizes hundreds of researchers and their multi-decade, groundbreaking contributions to measuring the muonâs anomalous magnetic moment â and igniting a new era in physics.
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Muon g-2 Experiment Pioneers Win Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics
Award honors experiments and scientific collaborations at three institutions that explored the subtle wobble of a subatomic particle
https://www.bnl.gov/newsroom/news.php?a=122877
4 days ago
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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.
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Turning Uncertainty into a Design Tool for AI-engineered Molecules
Researchers are harnessing uncertainty to help AI models design better, more useful molecules faster and without costly retraining.
https://www.bnl.gov/newsroom/news.php?a=222882
5 days ago
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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.
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MSU Awarded $850K From DARPA to Advance Global Ag Security, Early Threat Detection
The award funding will help establish a prototype interface that integrates key atmospheric, environmental, supply chain, biological and societal data to highlight early warnings of potential agricult...
https://www.bnl.gov/newsroom/news.php?a=122855
5 days ago
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Registration is open for our Summer Science Explorations! âïžđ 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
6 days ago
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Seth Nemesure manages the
#ElectronIonCollider
's controls software â the brain of this large accelerator facility.
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Seth Nemesure Builds the Brain that Runs the Electron-Ion Collider
Meet Seth Nemesure, the high-level applications manager and supervisor in the Controls Group for the Electron-Ion Collider (EIC) project at Brookhaven National Lab.
https://www.bnl.gov/newsroom/news.php?a=122876
6 days ago
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Accelerator physicist Kiel Hock is one of six Brookhaven Lab scientists to receive an Early Career Research Award. đ 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
7 days ago
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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."
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Global Physics Photowalk: 2025 winners revealed | Quanta Magazine
The winning entries in the 2025 Global Physics Photowalk contest showcase the beauty of toil and discovery.
https://www.quantamagazine.org/global-physics-photowalk-2025-winners-revealed-20260401/
7 days ago
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Among the first alerts from @vrubinobs.bsky.social are detections of supernovae, variable stars, active galactic nuclei, and asteroids.
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NSFâDOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory Launches Real-Time Discovery Machine for Monitoring the Night Sky
The Rubin Observatory has issued its first scientific alerts, marking a historic milestone in astrophysics.
https://www.bnl.gov/newsroom/news.php?a=122864
7 days ago
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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
8 days ago
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Computational condensed matter physicist Niraj Aryal is one of six Brookhaven Lab scientists to receive an Early Career Research Award. đ The award will support Aryal's work on supercomputers to discover new
#quantum
materials.
https://bit.ly/4cc1cua
8 days ago
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Did you know that Brookhaven researchers are đŹ studying specialized materials, đ» developing novel algorithms, đ pioneering the nation's most advanced quantum network, âïž and much more to unlock a new generation of powerful quantum technologies? Happy
#WorldQuantumDay
!
8 days ago
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TONIGHT: Meet our scientists at the pub for drinks and casual conversation about the
#ElectronIonCollider
. âïž
https://bit.ly/4uG13Yk
9 days ago
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This new, multi-layer machine learning approach screens catalysts step by step, mimicking how scientists evaluate performance in real experiments.
#Chemistry
#MachineLearning
âȘ@cp-chemcatalysis.bsky.social
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Machine Learning Speeds Up Search for Better Catalysts
A new framework approach offers reliable catalyst screening and sheds light on key chemical reaction steps.
https://www.bnl.gov/newsroom/news.php?a=122831
9 days ago
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In support of the
#GenesisMission
, we're using
#AI
to accelerate power flow calculations by a factor of 100.
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The Genesis Mission: How AI Supercomputing Is About to Reshape American Science and Energy
DOE's Dr. Dario Gil explains how the Genesis Mission will use AI supercomputing to transform U.S. science, energy, and engineering.
https://www.powermag.com/the-genesis-mission-how-ai-supercomputing-is-about-to-reshape-american-science-and-energy/
10 days ago
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From launching weather balloons to analyzing cloud data, students mentored by Brookhaven Labâs Mike Jensen gain real-world research experience â and confidence to pursue
#STEM
careers.
#BrookhavenSciEd
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Mike Jensen Receives DOE Distinguished Mentor Award for Workforce Development
Mike Jensen, a meteorologist and interim chair of the Environmental Science and Technologies Department at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory, is a recipient of the inaugural DOE Distinguished Mentor Award for Workforce...
https://www.bnl.gov/newsroom/news.php?a=122850
10 days ago
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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.
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From First Light to First Experiments
The Coherent Diffractive Imaging (CDI) beamline at NSLS-II will offer users new tools to to explore materials at the micron scale with nanometer resolution.
https://www.bnl.gov/newsroom/news.php?a=222771
11 days ago
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Experimental particle physicist Syed Haider Abidi is one of six Brookhaven Lab scientists to receive an Early Career Research Award. đ 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
12 days ago
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Researchers from
@ucsantabarbara.bsky.social
have identified a robust new qubit in silicon, the material behind todayâs computer chips.
#C2QA
#Quantum
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A Robust New Telecom Qubit in Silicon
Researchers from the Co-design Center for Quantum Advantage (C2QA) identified a robust new qubit in silicon, called the CN center.
https://www.bnl.gov/newsroom/news.php?a=122841
13 days ago
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This inkjet-like printer for microelectronics sprays a mist of nanoparticles onto a surface, building up layers to form electronic parts.
#NSLSII
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Printing Electronic Parts for Next-Generation Technologies
Researchers show how printed transistors can last thousands of cycles and operate at low voltage.
https://www.bnl.gov/newsroom/news.php?a=122857
13 days ago
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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
13 days ago
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Our Discovery Technologies Directorate is collaborating with the @yale.edu Wright Lab to develop instrumentation for fundamental physics experiments.
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BNL-Yale Collaboration in Instrumentation Development for the Physical Sciences
A group from Brookhaven National Laboratory's Discovery Technologies Directorate visited Yale Wright Laboratory to discuss ongoing scientific collaborations.
https://www.bnl.gov/newsroom/news.php?a=222859
14 days ago
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Next week, weâre bringing science to the pub again! đ» Join us on April 14 for PubSci, our science cafĂ© and conversation series. Our scientists will be discussing America's next particle collider: the
#ElectronIonCollider
. âïž Learn more and RSVP:
https://bit.ly/4uG13Yk
14 days ago
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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
14 days ago
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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.
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Six Brookhaven Lab Scientists Receive Early Career Research Awards
Six scientists at Brookhaven Lab will receive significant funding through DOE's Early Career Research Program.
https://www.bnl.gov/newsroom/news.php?a=122851
15 days ago
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"A window into how visible matter emerges from the 'nothing' of vacuum has been opened by physicists" at
#RHIC
.
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Physicists get a peek at how matter is born from "nothing"
Spin correlations in the heart of a particle collider may help crack one of the biggest mysteries known, said physicist Zhoudunming Tu.
https://www.newsweek.com/physicists-get-peek-how-matter-born-from-nothing-11464591
15 days ago
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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
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15 days ago
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"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
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Brookhaven National Laboratory's collider goes out with a bang
The Brookhaven National Laboratory's (BNL) Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider completed its last run last Friday after a quarter-century of data collection.
https://www.wshu.org/long-island-news/2026-02-10/brookhaven-national-laboratorys-collider-goes-out-with-a-bang
16 days ago
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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
âȘ@cp-chemcatalysis.bsky.social
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Machine Learning Speeds Up Search for Better Catalysts
A new framework approach offers reliable catalyst screening and sheds light on key chemical reaction steps.
https://www.bnl.gov/newsroom/news.php?a=122831
19 days ago
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"Don't worry, it's all good."
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America's Largest Particle Collider Just Shut Down. Here's What Happens Next
Don't worry, it's all good.
https://gizmodo.com/americas-largest-particle-collider-just-shut-down-heres-what-happens-next-2000720696
20 days ago
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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." đ§
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Brookhaven's vision for Project Genesis: Interim Director John Hill on the future of Science
In this episode of Micro Journeys, Daniel Marrujo sits down with John Hill to explore a career shaped by curiosity, large-scale science, and the pursuit of understanding matter at its most fundamental level. From Hill's early fascination with space and ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FnyEKZINiRM
20 days ago
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How will the
#ElectronIonCollider
benefit society? Grab a drink with our scientists and find out at our next PubSci. âïž đ»
https://bit.ly/4uG13Yk
20 days ago
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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.
21 days ago
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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
21 days ago
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Researchers used
#quantum
chemistry to uncover design principles for generating sustainable alternatives to chlorine.
#CFNatBrookhaven
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Breakthrough catalyst insight may unlock new possibilities for safer water disinfection
Researchers used quantum chemistry to uncover design principles for generating sustainable alternatives to chlorine.
https://www.bnl.gov/newsroom/news.php?a=222744
21 days ago
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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.
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NSFâDOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory Launches Real-Time Discovery Machine for Monitoring the Night Sky
The Rubin Observatory has issued its first scientific alerts, marking a historic milestone in astrophysics.
https://www.bnl.gov/newsroom/news.php?a=122864
22 days ago
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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
22 days ago
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The sounds of science đ¶
#CFNatBrookhaven
's Kevin Yager uses sonic representations of his data to detect misalignment errors.
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Don't talk science, play science: translate your data into music to improve its reach
Data sonification helps researchers to build connections and communicate their science to a broader audience.
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00316-2
22 days ago
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Science is more exciting when you understand it. These researchers agree.
#NationalLabSLAM
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13 Scientists Compete in Research SLAM at Brookhaven Lab
Thirteen researchers. Three minutes each. The goal: Share the importance -- and excitement -- of cutting-edge science.
https://www.bnl.gov/newsroom/news.php?a=222790
23 days ago
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Watch a cloud form in our new convection cloud chamber. âïž Learn more about this "cloud in a box" and the exciting research it will enable:
https://bit.ly/4kLLUjY
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23 days ago
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The Coherent Diffractive Imaging (CDI) beamline at
#NSLSII
will enable researchers to explore complex materials at the micron scale with nanometer resolution.
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From First Light to First Experiments
The Coherent Diffractive Imaging (CDI) beamline at NSLS-II will offer users new tools to to explore materials at the micron scale with nanometer resolution.
https://www.bnl.gov/newsroom/news.php?a=222771
24 days ago
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New catalyst research marks a major step toward making hydrogen fuel-cell technology viable for commercial fleets.
#NSLSII
#CFNatBrookhaven
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Scientists Develop Fuel-Cell Catalyst for Heavy-Duty Vehicles
New recipe for catalysts could dramatically improve performance and durability of fuel cells for powering trucks
https://www.bnl.gov/newsroom/news.php?a=122607
24 days ago
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