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Press Releases
STAR Data Reveal 'Splash' of the Quark-Gluon Plasma
Wednesday, June 11, 2025
Reconstruction of jets produced in particle smashups reveals how ‘lost’ energy is dispersed sideways
Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) Enters 25th and Final Run
Monday, March 24, 2025
Run 25 will complete RHIC science program and provide crucial insights for the future Electron-Ion Collider (EIC)
Fresh, Direct Evidence for Tiny Drops of Quark-Gluon Plasma
Wednesday, January 15, 2025
Particles of light provide direct evidence that energetic jets get ‘stuck’ in tiny drops of quark-gluon plasma.
Brookhaven's Top 10 Discoveries of 2024
Thursday, December 19, 2024
Brookhaven Lab celebrates a year of scientific successes, from creating the biggest bits of antimatter to improving qubits, catalysts, batteries, and more!
Feature Stories
25 Years Since First Collisions at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider
Thursday, June 12, 2025
RHIC physicists reflect on the collider’s origins, initial discoveries, and lasting impact
Accelerator Experiments at RHIC Inform EIC Design
Friday, December 6, 2024
Physicists used the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider to test key accelerator strategies for the Electron-Ion Collider.
Welcoming a New Era of Discovery at the 2024 RHIC & AGS Users' Meeting
Tuesday, July 2, 2024
Annual meeting recaps science highlights and lays out plans for the future.
ORNL, BNL Host International Particle Accelerator Conference in Nashville
Thursday, June 20, 2024
DOE's Oak Ridge and Brookhaven national laboratories co-hosted the 15th annual International Particle Accelerator Conference, or IPAC, at the Music City Center in Nashville, Tennessee