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The U.S. Navy is seeking to establish digital twin prototypes across the Fleet. A digital twin is a virtual model of a process, product, or service which seeks to pair the virtual and physical world to enable data analysis and system monitoring. A key driver of this digital effort for the materials community is to integrate materials and manufacturing process information with component-level performance and lifecycle analysis. This effort requires accurate material property inputs for simulations, which must be obtained from real materials. 

The authors present an updated “small-polaron hopping model” to include contributions of decoupled pathways for the flow of electrons in spinel oxides. Their work provides a route for custom-tailoring the properties of oxides used in technologies such as fuel cells, batteries, and solar cells.

The National Science Foundation has awarded the Cornell High Energy Synchrotron Source (CHESS) $32.6 million to build a High Magnetic Field (HMF) beamline, which will allow researchers to conduct precision X-ray studies of materials in persistent magnetic fields that exceed those available at any other synchrotron.

Quantum materials research involves manipulating and measuring the collective quantum states of electrons in materials. The NSF-funded user facilities at CHESS and the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory (aka the MagLab) have long been important resources in this pursuit.

The Cornell High Energy Synchrotron Source, CHESS, has reopened for researchers after a long shutdown due to CoVID-19. Users who typically travel from all over the world to perform research at CHESS are now able to study their samples by logging in remotely from their home institutions.

Metallurgical and Materials Transactions is one of the main international journals in the field of structural materials. The journal invited a set of papers for their 50th anniversary edition, including one from Matthew Miller's group.

Dear Colleagues, At Cornell, the fall semester began on September 2nd with a hybrid approach to teaching (in-person and online), robust virus testing, and modifications to the academic calendar allowing students to return home for Thanksgiving and then finish the semester on-line. Cornell provides information on its web site related to COVID-19 and the status Cornell Ithaca campus. 

Particle storage rings are highly complex scientific instruments and minute changes in temperature, position or current through one of its many magnets can have a large impact on the position of the particle beam. At CHESS, the accelerator group works tirelessly to even further improve the beam position stability and with that to enhance experimental capabilities at the beamlines.