Meet Alex Jentsch, a staff scientist at Brookhaven Lab. He’s helping develop detectors for the #ElectronIonCollider. He runs simulations of the beamline and studies the performance impact of different technology choices. In his downtime, he plays guitar in an 80s band called VHS Cover Band. 🎸
Brookhaven National Laboratory
Research Services
Upton, NY 47,405 followers
Delivering discovery science and transformative technology to power and secure the nation’s future.
About us
Brookhaven National Laboratory delivers discovery science and transformative technology to power and secure the nation’s future. Primarily supported by the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Science, Brookhaven is a multidisciplinary laboratory with seven Nobel Prize-winning discoveries, 36 R&D 100 Awards, and more than 70 years of pioneering research. Our 2,500-plus staff members lead and support diverse research teams that address the DOE mission to ensure the nation's security and prosperity by addressing its energy, environmental, and nuclear challenges through transformative science and technology solutions. Brookhaven’s highest-level priorities are nuclear science, energy science, data science, particle physics, accelerator science & technology, quantitative plant science, and quantum information science.
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http://www.bnl.gov
External link for Brookhaven National Laboratory
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- Research Services
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- 1,001-5,000 employees
- Headquarters
- Upton, NY
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- Government Agency
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- 1947
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P.O. Box 5000
Upton, NY 11973, US
Employees at Brookhaven National Laboratory
Updates
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By studying the structure and function of a cyanobacterial protein, researchers have new insights into how these ocean photosynthesizers cycle carbon in changing conditions. #NSLSII Joint Genome Institute Computational Science Initiative
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Members of our leadership team joined The Long Island Association for an evening honoring Timothy Sams, president of the State University of New York at Old Westbury, with the "Key to Long Island" award. We're proud to partner with Old Westbury on multiple #STEM workforce development efforts, such as creating research opportunities for undergraduate students and fostering collaborations between Lab staff and Old Westbury faculty. #BrookhavenSciEd
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We're scaling up our unique approach to collecting urban climate data. After several successful deployments of our first mobile observatory, we've developed a second truck to further help underserved communities reach environmental justice. #Climate #Weather #EnvironmentalJustice #DOEClimateScience #SW_IFL ASU School of Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning
Empowering Urban Communities with Climate Data
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The latest installment of PubSci, our science café and conversation series, welcomed nearly 90 community members for a casual chat about #quantum research. ⚛️🍻
PubSci Enters the Quantum Realm
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A high-yielding version of this oilseed crop could help meet the increasing demand for #biofuels. #CFNatBrookhaven #CleanEnergy Center for Advanced Bioenergy and Bioproducts Innovation (CABBI)
Scientists Engineer Yellow-seeded Camelina with High Oil Output
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The next installment of our open house tour series is less than two weeks away! Join us on Sunday, July 21 to visit the National Synchrotron Light Source II (NSLS-II), a research facility that produces light 10 billion times brighter than the sun. 💡 🔬 #NSLSII https://lnkd.in/dtHXB9u
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The overall efficiency of these solar cells decreased by less than 3% over more than 1,000 hours of operation at 185 degrees Fahrenheit. #CFNatBrookhaven #NSLSII #SolarEnergy Rice University
Rice Lab Achieves Major Gains in Perovskite Solar Cell Stability
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This year’s meeting focused on fulfilling the recommendations laid out in the 2023 Long Range Plan for Nuclear Science, including completing #RHIC’s science mission and ensuring a swift transition to the #ElectronIonCollider.
Welcoming a New Era of Discovery at the 2024 RHIC & AGS Users' Meeting
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The #LSST Camera is the final major component of the Vera C. Rubin Observatory's Simonyi Survey Telescope to arrive at the summit of Cerro Pachón in Chile.
LSST Camera Arrives at Rubin Observatory in Chile
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