Biosciences Department
Bioscience research is focused on synthetic biology,
radiobiology, computational biology and structural biology and the
characterization of biological systems. The department is home to
Radiotracer Chemistry, Instrumentation and Biological Imaging (RCIBI),
a suite of tools available for researching plant metabolism, drug
development and neuroimaging. Together with the Collider-Accelerator
Department, Biosciences operates the NASA Space Radiation Laboratory
(NSRL), used by radiobiologists and physicists to study space
radiation effects. See the
historic achievements
of this department.
Center for Functional Nanomaterials
The Brookhaven National Laboratory Center for Functional
Nanomaterials will provide researchers with state-of-the-art
capabilities to fabricate and study nanoscale materials.
Functional materials are those which exhibit a predetermined
chemical or physical response to external stimuli. The
Center's focus is to achieve a basic understanding of how
these materials respond when in nanoscale form.
Nanomaterials--typically on the scale of billionths of a
meter--offer different chemical and physical properties than
bulk materials, and have the potential to form the basis of
new technologies.
Chemistry Department
The Chemistry Department focuses on PET studies of the human
brain, heterogeneous and homogeneous catalysis, studies of gas phase
dynamics of reactive species, solar photoconversion and other
chemistries.
Collider-Accelerator
Department
The Collider-Accelerator Department includes the staff who work to
improve the Relativistic Heavy Ion
Collider, the Alternating Gradient
Synchrotron, and the Tandem Van
de Graaff accelerators, and the physicists who use these tools
in their research. See the
historic achievements of this department.
Condensed Matter Physics & Materials
Science Department
Major efforts of this department include the investigation of
properties of superconducting oxides; methods of superconductor
characterization and fabrication; the properties of advanced
permanent-magnet materials; the synthesis of materials for advanced battery
and fuel-cell applications; the investigation of mechanisms of metal
passivation and localized corrosion; development and investigation of the
properties of cementitious and glassy materials; and advanced methods of
electron microscopy to characterize the nanoscale structure of advanced
materials.
Energy Sciences & Technology Department
The Energy Sciences & Technology Department conducts basic and
applied science, research and development, and technology
implementation and deployment to support the DOE objectives of
assuring adequate supplies of clean/affordable energy, reducing U.S.
vulnerability to supply disruptions, advancing alternative and
renewable energy technologies, and increasing energy choices,
maintaining U.S. leadership in energy supply and use; and educating
new generations of scientists.
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Nonproliferation & National Security
The mission of The Nonproliferation and National Security Department
is to carry out research and development, provide technical support, and
build prototype systems in order to further U.S. Government initiatives
and policies in Nuclear materials safeguards and security, Arms
control treaty verification, Nonproliferation of weapons of mass
destruction, Material Protection Control and Accountability initiatives
for nuclear materials in Russia and the NIS, and related national
security areas.
Physics Department
BNL physicists pursue experimental and theoretical discoveries
in high-energy, nuclear and solid-state physics, and help design
and build many of the world's foremost physics facilities, both at Brookhaven
and around the globe.
Instrumentation
Division
The Division develops state-of-the-art instrumentation required
for experimental research programs at BNL and maintains the
expertise and facilities in specialized high technology areas
essential for this work. Major areas of effort include
semiconductor, gas, and cryogenic detectors, microelectronics, data
acquisition hardware, micro and nano-fabrication, optical metrology,
and laser and electro-optics. The Division also engages in
collaborative research and technology transfer with selected
industrial partners.
Superconducting
Magnet Division
The BNL Superconducting Magnet Division
constructs magnets for use in particle accelerators such
as the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider. Superconducting magnets which must
be cooled to temperatures near absolute zero produce stronger magnetic fields
and consume less energy than conventional copper wire electromagnets. Building
on the magnet designs and construction methods developed for RHIC, this Division
is building magnets for use in Europe's Large Hadron Collider.
Environmental Sciences Department
Explores our natural environment, and
turns scientific ideas into practical applications. The image
shown is of the Free
Air CO2 Enrichment ecology research center in North Carolina,
one of many built around the world by Brookhaven scientists to
study the effect of excess atmospheric carbon dioxide on different
ecosystems.
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