UPTON, New York, April 14 -- The U.S. Department of Energy Brookhaven National Laboratory issued the following news release on April 13, 2026: * * * Transformation of RHIC to EIC Begins Work starts to remove and repurpose accelerator and detector equipment from the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) to prepare for the Electron-Ion Collider (EIC) * Work begins today at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory to remove components from the Relativistic Heavy Io  more

NEWPORT NEWS, Virginia, April 14 -- The Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility Jefferson Lab issued the following news release on April 13, 2026: * * * Transformation of RHIC to EIC Begins The following news release was issued by DOE's Brookhaven National Laboratory. Brookhaven National Lab and DOE's Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (Jefferson Lab) are partners in building the Electron-Ion Collider (EIC). Work starts to remove and repurpose accelerator and detector equi  more