August 26, 2009

Researchers have demonstrated a reliable path for sculpting an intricate x-ray focusing lens out of diamond, a valuable development for future light sources.

August 24, 2009

Workers at the NSLS-II ring building construction site recently completed the first complicated concrete pour for the approximately 19-ft.-tall walls of the Utility Tunnel.

August 12, 2009

NSLS-II construction is the lead story in the inaugural issue of the American Recovery & Reinvestment Act Newsletter, published by the DOE Office of Science.

August 04, 2009

After recent road testing, NSLS- II magnets hold high-precision alignment, marking first major R&D achievement for BNL’s newest accelerator.

July 21, 2009

The first bits of the National Synchrotron Light Source II (NSLS-II) ring building are now taking shape after the concrete-pouring process for the new, world-class facility began on Monday, July 20. Once complete, the 400,000 square-foot building will house the accelerator ring, the largest component of the machine.

June 25, 2009

Before the official speeches began at the National Synchrotron Light Source II Start-of-Construction Celebration on June 15, employees, users and guests of Brookhaven National Laboratory were reminded of the more poetic side of science by a distinctly non-verbal type of communication.

June 17, 2009

Hundreds gathered at Brookhaven Lab on June 15 to celebrate the start of construction of the Lab’s newest facility, the National Synchrotron Light Source II, which will create 1,000 new jobs on Long Island.

June 15, 2009

Brookhaven National Laboratory announced that it is beginning construction of the conventional facilities at the National Synchrotron Light Source II, a project that will advance energy research for the nation and create hundreds of jobs for Long Island over the next several years.

June 15, 2009

U.S. Senators Charles Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand and U.S. Congressman Tim Bishop were among hundreds who celebrated the initiation of the NSLS-II project, which will bring direct economic benefits to Long Island and New York State.

June 08, 2009

On June 15, a celebration marking the contruction start of the National Synchrotron Light Source II, a $912-million facility that will provide extremely bright beams of x-ray, ultraviolet, and infrared light, will be held at Brookhaven National Laboratory.

June 02, 2009

Scientists will describe current findings with applications in nanoscience, biomedicine, and energy from National Synchrotron Light Source (NSLS), and how their research will be advanced at NSLS-II, just starting construction at Brookhaven National Laboratory.

May 11, 2009

There's not much to see yet, but employees and others interested in the tracking the progress of construction at the National Synchrotron Light Source II (NSLS-II) can now do so on their computers.

April 30, 2009

Wayne A. Hendrickson, a longtime NSLS structural biology user, University Professor at Columbia University, and Investigator with the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, has been appointed Associate Project Director for Life Sciences at NSLS-II.

March 23, 2009

Brookhaven Lab will receive $184.3 million in new science funding from President Obama’s American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, principally to accelerate construction of the National Synchrotron Light Source II, a new $912 million project approved to start construction earlier this year by the Department of Energy.

February 27, 2009

Governor David A. Paterson announced an agreement to allocate low-cost electricity for Brookhaven National Laboratory that will support the construction of a high-intensity light beam project known as the National Synchrotron Light Source II (NSLS-II).

February 10, 2009

Brookhaven National Laboratory has announced the selection of the general contractor for construction of the conventional facilities at the National Synchrotron Light Source II, which will create as many as 1,000 jobs over the next several years. Torcon, Inc., a New Jersey firm with many projects in New York State, has been chosen to construct the building that will house the accelerator ring, the largest component of the machine.

January 12, 2009

To advance its science mission that focuses on critical national challenges, the U.S. Department of Energy has approved the construction start of the state-of-the-art National Synchrotron Light Source II at Brookhaven National Laboratory.

December 09, 2008

Chi-Chang Kao, a physicist and leader in synchrotron light research, has been named founding Director of the Joint Photon Sciences Institute at Brookhaven National Laboratory, effective immediately.

November 07, 2008

Site preparation work for construction of BNL's newest research facility, the National Synchrotron Light Source II (NSLS-II), is set to begin next week, subject to approval of the contractor safety plan.

September 17, 2008

Samuel Krinsky, a physicist at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Brookhaven National Laboratory, has won thee 2008 Free Electron Laser (FEL) Prize. Sponsored by the FEL Conference, which was held this year in Gyeungju, Korea, the prize consists of an award citation, a plaque, and approximately $3,000.

April 25, 2008

A At 10 a.m. on March 29, months of preparation by BNL staff came to life as the Berkner Hall doors opened and a stream of potential employees poured into a Career Open House to learn about opportunities for work at the Lab.

February 20, 2008

Brookhaven Lab will hold a Career Open House on Saturday, March 29, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Laboratory's Berkner Hall. Human resources representatives and hiring managers will conduct preliminary interviews for specific positions at the Laboratory. Prospective candidates should bring a copy of their resumé.

December 20, 2007

The U.S. Department of Energy has approved a $912-million price tag and an eight-year construction schedule for the new National Synchrotron Light Source II research installation at Brookhaven National Laboratory.

December 17, 2007

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has granted "Critical Decision 2" (CD-2) status to the National Synchrotron Light Source II (NSLS-II). This decision approves the facility's performance baseline based on preliminary design, signifying a major step forward in the process to make this state-of-the-art research complex a reality.

October 17, 2007

NSLS-II has been bumped up from a "far-term" to "near-term" priority in the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science's revision of its 2003 publication, "Facilities for the Future of Science: A Twenty-Year Outlook."

September 28, 2007

A team of researchers at Brookhaven National Laboratory have overcome a major obstacle for using refractive lenses to focus x-rays. This method will allow the efficient focusing of x-rays down to extremely small spots and is an important breakthrough in the development of a new, world-leading light source facility that promises advances in nanoscience, energy, biology, and materials research.

July 31, 2007

More than 450 participants in a major users workshop for the National Synchrotron Light Source II (NSLS-II) were among the first to hear the news that the planned successor to Brookhaven's existing Light Source will be located here.

July 18, 2007

In some future history of America's struggle to find new forms of energy, yesterday will stand out in red letters. It was the day the Department of Energy announced that a new light source, capable of illuminating objects as small as a billionth of a meter, will be built right here on Long Island, at Brookhaven National Laboratory. This is huge.

July 17, 2007

The Department of Energy (DOE) has granted "Critical Decision 1" (CD-1) status to the National Synchrotron Light Source-II (NSLS-II). This decision, which assures the facility's location at DOE's Brookhaven National Laboratory, is a major step forward in the long process to make this state-of-the-art research complex a reality. The world leading capabilities of NSLS-II will enable exploration of the scientific challenges faced in developing new materials with advanced properties.

June 08, 2007

As BNL aligns key scientific facilities and tools meant to make it a leader in U.S. energy research, government and Lab officials say the time has come to fight for and secure the last piece of the puzzle - the National Synchrotron Light Source II.

May 14, 2007

Construction has begun on a new building that will provide additional space for staff working on the National Synchrotron Light Source II (NSLS-II) project. The 8,000-square-foot prefab modular unit going up alongside the project's existing quarters in Bldg. 817 will add 30 offices and 11 cubicles to the available space. NSLS-II project staff also occupy Bldg. 830M, across the street from 817, and both buildings are filled to capacity.

May 09, 2007

This summer, the staff at the National Synchrotron Light Source II will include Ferdinand Willeke, who has accepted the position of Associate Director for Accelerator Systems for the project. Together with Steve Dierker, Associate Lab Director for Light Sources, Willeke will oversee the design, construction, and commissioning of accelerator systems for the new facility.

November 30, 2006

In the interests of worker safety and public health, the Project Director for the National Synchrotron Light Source II has issued an Environmental, Safety and Health (ES&H) policy for the construction and operation of the facility.

October 18, 2006

Pushed back a week because of rain, the 2006 NSLS Directorate Picnic took place on September 21 without a cloud in the sky. For the first time, the annual end-of-year celebration was held for both NSLS and NSLS-II employees, hosted by NSLS Chair Chi-Chang Kao and Steve Dierker, Associate Laboratory Director for Light Sources.

October 13, 2006

In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act, the Department of Energy has prepared an Environmental Assessment of the proposed National Synchrotron Light Source II. This evaluation of the construction and operation of the proposed facility found that there would be no significant impact.

October 04, 2006

Associate Laboratory Director for Light Sources Steve Dierker has announced the formation of four committees to oversee various facets of the design, construction and operation of National Synchrotron Light Source II.

August 17, 2006

The NSLS-II project office recently hosted an acquisition strategy workshop to learn from the experience of other Labs in building large, technical science projects.

February 07, 2006

A new initiative in photon sciences will capitalize on the unique capabilities of NSLS-II -- which recently won Approval of Mission Need (Critical Decision-0) from the U.S Department of Energy (DOE) -- and also strengthen the Laboratory's case to have NSLS-II sited at Brookhaven.

December 11, 2005

The stunning complexity of the Big Machines at Brookhaven National Laboratory is simplicity itself, compared to the tangle of politics and budgets that could grind it all to a halt. Newsday editorial, Dec. 11, 2005.

December 09, 2005

Steve Dierker, Associate Laboratory Director (ALD) for Light Sources, has been named as Project Director of the newly established National Synchrotron Light Source II (NSLS-II) Project. The move was triggered by the Lab's recent success in getting DOE approval for "Critical Decision Zero" (CD-0, Approval of Mission Need) for NSLS-II.

September 14, 2005

The Laboratory received fantastic news last week: The Department of Energy granted "Critical Decision Zero" (CD-0) status to National Synchrotron Light Source-II, the planned world-leading NSLS successor. This is the key first step in the long process to make NSLS-II a reality at Brookhaven.

March 19, 2004

Brookhaven National Laboratory recently organized a workshop for the next light source facility at Brookhaven, NSLS-II. Although the current NSLS has been continually updated since its commissioning in 1982, today the practical limits of machine performance have been reached. In order for the productivity of its user community to continue, and in order to tackle the 'grand challenge' scientific problems of tomorrow, plans to upgrade the NSLS are under way.