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 "imaging by smashing" technique at #RHIC's STAR experiment reveals uranium-238 may be shaped like a pear.
The quantum vacuum — once thought of as empty space — provides important ingredients to transform virtual “nothingness” into the matter that makes up our world. #RHIC @nature.com
#RHIC made surprising discoveries about the plasma that filled the early universe, "from which the particles that make up stars, galaxies, planets — and, eventually, us — descended."
Take a look at some of the final collisions captured by the sPHENIX and STAR detectors at #RHIC.
These images show the result of two beams of oxygen nuclei smashing into one another at nearly the speed of light.
Attending #APSSummit26? Check out featured talks on the legacy of #RHIC and the future of nuclear physics at the #ElectronIonCollider ⬇️
Scientists get a glimpse of how matter emerges from the virtual “nothingness" of the quantum vacuum. #RHIC @nature.com
Brookhaven physicist Gene Van Buren joins @scifri.bsky.social to discuss the end of #RHIC operations, what we've learned from the collider, and what the future holds. 🎧
"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
#RHIC operations have come to an end, and #ElectronIonCollider preparations are ramping up.
The U.S. Department of Energy approved Critical Decision 3B for the EIC, authorizing the second phase of long-lead procurements.
This decision enables us to prepare for the construction phase.
"A window into how visible matter emerges from the 'nothing' of vacuum has been opened by physicists" at #RHIC.
AgriPass has secured $7.5 million in seed #funding to accelerate the commercial deployment of its robotic weed control platform, #RHIC (Robot of Human Inspired Cultivation).
The round was led by Harbor Ventures Consulting with participation from E44 Climate Ventures.
AgriPass Secures $7.5 Million Seed Round to Advance AI Weed Control Tech in U.S. and Europe #None #AI_Technology #AgriPass #RHIC
An "imaging by smashing" technique at #RHIC's STAR experiment reveals uranium-238 may be shaped like a pear.
Our scientists have developed a custom #AI algorithm to streamline massive datasets from particle detectors.
The algorithm uses a neural network to compress "sparse” data, so detectors can record more collisions. #RHIC #ElectronIonCollider
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
#RHIC made surprising discoveries about the plasma that filled the early universe, "from which the particles that make up stars, galaxies, planets — and, eventually, us — descended."
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
“Flow” helped physicists discover the quark-gluon plasma (QGP) at #RHIC.
Now, a different type of flow seen in data from @atlasexperiment.bsky.social provides fresh insight into another aspect of the QGP’s viscosity.
The quantum vacuum — once thought of as empty space — provides important ingredients to transform virtual “nothingness” into the matter that makes up our world. #RHIC @nature.com
Just after 9 a.m. on Feb 6, the last particle beams circulated through the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider and crashed together at nearly the speed of light. #RHIC
The final collisions cap a quarter century of experiments that produced groundbreaking discoveries about the building blocks of matter.
Take a look at some of the final collisions captured by the sPHENIX and STAR detectors at #RHIC.
These images show the result of two beams of oxygen nuclei smashing into one another at nearly the speed of light.
Particles pushed outward from heavy-ion collisions offer new insight into the fluid nature and viscosity of a unique state of matter called the quark-gluon plasma. #RHIC @atlasexperiment.bsky.social
Scientists get a glimpse of how matter emerges from the virtual “nothingness" of the quantum vacuum. #RHIC @nature.com
Brookhaven physicist Gene Van Buren joins @scifri.bsky.social to discuss the end of #RHIC operations, what we've learned from the collider, and what the future holds. 🎧
Take a look at particle tracks inside the sPHENIX detector at #RHIC.
While particle collisions produce a deluge of data, most of the volume of this house-sized detector is empty.
Our scientists just developed an #AI algorithm to compress this "sparse" data so detectors can record many more events.
RHIC's 25-year run ends with oxygen-ion collisions, yielding insights into quark–gluon plasma and proton spin. Data continues; the Electron-Ion Collider path begins. Source: phys.org/news/2026-02-success-rel... #Physics #RHIC #Science
#RHIC operations have come to an end, and #ElectronIonCollider preparations are ramping up.
The U.S. Department of Energy approved Critical Decision 3B for the EIC, authorizing the second phase of long-lead procurements.
This decision enables us to prepare for the construction phase.
Brookhaven Lab Shuts Down Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) #Technology #Other #BrookhavenLab #RHIC #ParticlePhysics
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