June 30, 2009

Kristine Ferrone, former Collider-Accelerator Department employee at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider and NASA Space Radiation Lab, heads to the Arctic Circle this week for “FMARS 2009,” a simulated Mars mission.

June 01, 2009

Students and scientists from laboratories and universities throughout the world have travelled to New York to participate in the sixth annual NASA Space Radiation Summer School at Brookhaven National Lab. The group will study the risks astronauts may face during future long-term space flights.

May 23, 2008

Childhood dreams and mentor encouragement, paired with scientific expertise in areas ranging from biology to physics, have united an elite group of students and scientists from around the world who will participate in the fifth annual NASA Space Radiation Summer School at Brookhaven Lab.

December 12, 2007

Stony Brook University Medical Center researcher Kanokporn Rithidech has received a $1.4 million grant from NASA to conduct research designed to gain a better understanding about the possible cancer risks encountered by astronauts when they are exposed to space radiation. Research will use BNL's NASA Space Radiation Laboratory.

June 14, 2007

Students and scientists from around the globe and from throughout the U.S. have come to New York to participate in the fourth annual NASA Space Radiation Summer School at Brookhaven National Laboratory. The group will work in Brookhaven Lab's Medical Department and NASA Space Radiation Laboratory (NSRL) - a unique facility that simulates the harsh radiation environment of outer space

August 24, 2006

It doesn't just matter how much radiation an astronaut is exposed to, time and the order in which charged particles strike human cells are important factors as well. That's the main finding of a study simulating radiation exposure conducted at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory and published in the September 2006 edition of Radiation Research.