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CHESS to restart in June for COVID-19 research
After almost two months, the Cornell High Energy Synchrotron Source will partially restart operations in June to conduct research related to treatment of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.
Back in the Lab - John Conrad
Each Wednesday, a member of the CHESS technical staff visits the lab to do critical maintenance and inspections on the research equipment. Last week, John Conrad took some video of his excursion. Take a look behind the scenes during the stay-at-home order!
Preparation and Characterization of Mesoscale Single Crystals
"It is expected that such bulk single crystals will enable fundamental understanding and control of emergent mesostructure-based properties in block-copolymer-directed metal, semiconductor, and superconductor materials."
Fabricating, Characterizing and Understanding Nanocrystal Superstructures
"Nanocrystals are perfect periodic arrangements of atoms that only extend a few tens of nanometers in any direction and exhibit unique electronic, optic and/or magnetic characteristics "
Activities during the COVID- shutdown
CHESS suspended user operation Monday, March 16th, 2020 at noon. Beamtime allocations for the May/June 2020 cycle have not been made yet and will be delayed until the resumption of user operations has been clarified.
3D Printing Face Shields at CHESS - Remotely
As the need for masks continues to grow, people at CHESS and CLASSE have been sewing and making masks, while a few people with access to 3D printers have also started to fill the void.
Increasing the Storage Ring Current at CHESS
CHESS hits major milestone on its quest towards 200mA.
First publications supported by the NSF-CHEXS at CHESS
The first publications supported by the NSF Center for High Energy X-ray Sciences (CHEXS) at CHESS are starting to circulate.