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U.S. energy department eyes Brookhaven Lab for AI data center in new national infrastructure push

by Apr 8, 2025
Brookhaven National Laboratory in Upton is one of 16 federal research sites eyed by the U.S. Department of Energy as a potential location for future artificial intelligence data centers and supporting energy infrastructure, including new power generation capacity.

Aquebogue Elementary science fair winners named

by May 5, 2019
Students at Aquebogue Elementary School participated in the annual science fair April 16.

Riverhead computing students visit Brookhaven National Lab

by Apr 21, 2019
Riverhead middle school, high school and Pulaski Street Elementary School students in the Scientific Computing Program visited Brookhaven National Lab March 27 to see how computing skills can be applied in the world.

Brookhaven National Lab lays off dozens of employees as part of ‘restructuring’

by Nov 30, 2017
Today's layoffs are the second phase of a “larger workforce restructuring plan,” the lab said in a statement. Sixty-three staffers were recently approved for buyouts.

For the first time, a Riley Avenue student takes home the gold in county-wide science fair at Brookhaven National Lab

by May 7, 2015
Mark Burns is a tiny, soft-spoken second-grader at Riley Avenue. He is a little shy, with eyeglasses that seem too large for his round face, but when asked about his science fair project, he lights up with visible enthusiasm.