Brookhaven National Laboratory conducts research in the physical, biomedical, and environmental sciences, as well as in energy technologies. Brookhaven also builds and operates major facilities available to university, industrial, and government scientists. http://www.bnl.gov en-us www@bnl.gov http://www.bnl.gov/world/images/BNLlogo_4web.gif http://www.bnl.gov http://www.bnl.gov/bnlweb/pubaf/pr/PR_display.asp?prID= Thu, 22 Oct 2009 09:30:00 EST A Band Called Sam, a band carrying on the legacy of the late Sam “Bluzman” Taylor, will perform at Brookhaven Lab on Saturday, November 14, at 8 p.m. in the Berkner auditorium. http://www.bnl.gov/bnlweb/pubaf/pr/PR_display.asp?prID=1022 Wed, 21 Oct 2009 16:00:00 EST An international team of researchers from the United States, Korea, and France has sequenced and analyzed the genomes of two important laboratory strains of E. coli bacteria, one used to study evolution and the other to produce proteins for basic research or practical applications. http://www.bnl.gov/bnlweb/pubaf/pr/PR_display.asp?prID=1019 Tue, 20 Oct 2009 15:00:00 EST BNL scientists have identified an enzyme that helps control water and nutrient transport in plants. Manipulating this enzyme could lead to easier agricultural production of biofuels. http://www.bnl.gov/bnlweb/pubaf/pr/PR_display.asp?prID=997 Mon, 19 Oct 2009 15:00:00 EST Gerald Stokes, former President and CEO of Battelle-Japan, has been named the Associate Laboratory Director for Global and Regional Solutions at Brookhaven Lab, effective October 1. http://www.bnl.gov/bnlweb/pubaf/pr/PR_display.asp?prID=1018 Mon, 12 Oct 2009 08:30:00 EST A team led by physicists at the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) and Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) have resolved a decade-long puzzle that is set to have huge implications for use of one of the most versatile classes of materials available to us for future technology applications: copper oxide ceramics. http://www.bnl.gov/bnlweb/pubaf/pr/PR_display.asp?prID=1017 Fri, 9 Oct 2009 09:00:00 EST Two of this year’s three recipients of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry conducted a substantial part of their award-winning research at the National Synchrotron Light Source (NSLS) at Brookhaven Lab. http://www.bnl.gov/bnlweb/pubaf/pr/PR_display.asp?prID=1016 Wed, 7 Oct 2009 16:00:00 EST This year's Nobel Prize in Chemistry awards Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, Thomas A. Steitz and Ada E. Yonath for having showed what the ribosome looks like and how it functions at the atomic level. http://www.bnl.gov/bnlweb/pubaf/pr/PR_display.asp?prID=1014 Wed, 7 Oct 2009 08:00:00 EST Grants totaling $25,000 to fund science, technology, engineering, and math programs for African American, Hispanic/Latino, and Native American youth in Suffolk County. http://www.bnl.gov/bnlweb/pubaf/pr/PR_display.asp?prID=1013 Fri, 2 Oct 2009 07:30:00 EST Catalyst Pharmaceutical Partners, Inc. (Nasdaq: CPRX) today announced that the Company will continue to develop CPP-109 (Catalyst’s version of vigabatrin) for the treatment of cocaine and methamphetamine addiction. http://www.bnl.gov/bnlweb/pubaf/pr/PR_display.asp?prID=1012 Wed, 30 Sep 2009 12:00:00 EST