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

"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.

NSF–DOE 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.

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.

Printing Electronic Parts for Next-Generation Technologies Researchers show how printed transistors can last thousands of cycles and operate at low voltage.

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

Brookhaven Lab Builds Successful 'Cloud in a Box' Researchers will use a new convection cloud chamber to tackle fundamental unknowns that remain about clouds.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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...

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 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.

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

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.

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."

NSF–DOE 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.

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

Machine Learning Speeds Up Search for Better Catalysts A new framework approach offers reliable catalyst screening and sheds light on key chemical reaction steps.

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

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.

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

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...

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

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.

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

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.

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

Printing Electronic Parts for Next-Generation Technologies Researchers show how printed transistors can last thousands of cycles and operate at low voltage.

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

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.

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 Brookhaven Lab Scientists Receive Early Career Research Awards Six scientists at Brookhaven Lab will receive significant funding through DOE's Early Career Research Program.

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.

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.

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