October 04, 2012
In a study conducted in part at NSLS, a research group has gained valuable information about a material being investigated for use in an emerging technology for renewable energy production: using sunlight-absorbing semiconductors to split water molecules and yield hydrogen gas, which can be fed into a fuel cell to generate electricity or used as fuel itself.
October 01, 2012
The electrons that will generate intense, focused beams of x-rays at NSLS-II are accelerated to their target energy before they enter the large main ring.
August 08, 2012
New technology at the National Synchrotron Light Source will allow biologists to study proteins from a different perspective.
July 31, 2012
Engineered enzyme alters cell wall composition in ways that could make it easier to convert plant biomass into biofuels.
June 08, 2012
New insights into the unique structure of the fist-like club of mantis shrimp could advance materials used for military body armor and vehicle and aircraft frames.
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Frank Lincoln explains how the first magnet girder is installed in the storage ring of Brookhaven National Laboratory's National Synchrotron Light Source II (NSLS-II).
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