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href="https://brookhavenlab.sharepoint.com/sites/NSLS2Internal">Intranet<span style="color:orange;" class="fa fa-lock fa-lg"></span></a> </ul> </div> </div><img id="heroGraphic" src="images/heroes/nsls2-hero-4.jpg" alt="photo of NSLS-II"> <div class="container_24" style="margin-top:-10px;"> <div class="grid_24"> <p class="what"><i class="fa fa-lg fa-question-circle"></i><a id="openDoor" href="javascript:void(0);">What is the National Synchrotron Light Source II</a></p> </div> </div>  <div class="midRibbon" id="aboutN2"> <div class="container_24"> <div class="grid_21"><h4>About the National Synchrotron Light Source II</h4></div> <div class="grid_3"> <a class="closeGD2" href="javascript:void(0);"><i class="fa fa-lg fa-times-rectangle-o"></i>Close</a> </div> <div class="grid_12"> <p>From batteries and microelectronics to drug design and cultural heritage, scientists advance our understanding of many materials every day to solve the world鈥檚 greatest challenges. However, today's problems are so complex that they require scientists to study materials with highly specialized tools and expertise that are not readily available at most institutions. </p><p> That鈥檚 where the National Synchrotron Light Source II (NSLS-II) comes in. As one of the newest, most advanced synchrotron facilities in the world, NSLS-II enables its growing research community to study materials with nanoscale resolution and exquisite sensitivity by providing cutting-edge capabilities. </p>  </div> <div class="grid_11"> <p>The facility鈥檚 state-of-the-art, medium-energy electron storage ring (3 billion electron-volts) generates ultrabright, highly stable beams of light, ranging from infrared to hard x-rays, to run 29 experimental stations, or beamlines. Each of our beamlines offers unique research tools to reveal the electronic, chemical, and atomic structure of materials. </p><p>Together with visiting researchers (users) and partners from all around the world, interdisciplinary teams at NSLS-II explore materials, focus on the most important challenges in science and technology. <a href="about-nsls-ii.php">Learn more</a> about this U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science User Facility. </p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="buttonRow"> <div class="container_24"> <div class="grid_20 prefix_2 suffix_2"> <div class="grid_8 alpha"> <a class="extralarge button blue reversed fwd fwm" href="userguide/">User Guide<span>User Access, Proposal, Training & Shipping</span></a> </div> <div class="grid_8"> <a id="machine-status-link" class="extralarge button blue reversed fwd fwm" href="operating-status.php">Operating Status<span>Beam current, operating mode, systems, etc.</span></a> </div> <div class="grid_8 omega"> <a class="extralarge button blue reversed fwd fwm" href="/nsls2/schedule/">Accelerator Schedule<span>Operations, studies, shutdowns</span></a> </div> </div> <div class="grid_24"> <p class="center deadline">Next deadline for proposals and beam time requests: <strong>May 31, 2025</strong> at 11:59 p.m. (<a target="_blank" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Time_Zone">ET</a>).  <span style="color:#cc9">|</span>  <a href="userguide/">Submission Details</a></p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="midRibbon sisters"> <div class="container_24"> <div class="grid_15 suffix_1">  <a href="/usersmeeting/"><img style="border:1px solid #ccc;margin-bottom:2em;" alt="NSLS-II & CFN Joint Users' Meeting banner" src="images/2025-users-meeting.jpg" /></a>  <div class="grid_12 alpha"> <a class="button extrasmall seeAllButton" href="news/archive/">See All</a> <h3 class="thin baseColor">NSLS-II News</h3> <ul class='articleSummaries'> <li class=''><a target='_top' href='https://www.bnl.gov/newsroom/news.php?a=222328'><div 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