July 22, 2008
Brookhaven to open ion collider, nanomaterials center
The Brookhaven National Laboratory has resumed its Summer Sunday schedule, allowing the public to have a look behind the curtain, including an August 17 public tour of the relativistic heavy ion collider.
Normally closed to the public, Brookhaven is a U.S. Department of Energy site open to the public for five Sundays, with a different theme scheduled for each week. All events are free. No reservations are necessary, but you should arrive between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m.
The remaining dates for 2008:
July 27 - Science Learning Center
August 3 - National Weather Service
August 10 - Center for Functional Nanomaterials
August 17 - Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider
See the Brookhaven website for directions.
Brookhaven National Lab
William Floyd Parkway, County Road 46
Long Island
(631) 344-2651
Picture credit: In the tunnel with Brookhaven’s relativistic heavy ion collider. Amy Langfield/NewYorkology.
Earlier:
Brookhaven Lab opens again for Summer Sundays (more pix, 2007)
July 22, 2008 10:30 AM in Cheap Stuff, Kids, Out of Manhattan, Sightsology, Techology, Tours
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