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Lt. Gov. Hochul announces $15M from state for CHESS upgrade
Hailing the retention and creation of 250 jobs as one of its most important benefits, Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul formally announced Nov. 15 that the Cornell High Energy Synchrotron Source (CHESS), a National Science Foundation-supported facility, is the recipient of a $15 million grant from the New York State Upstate Revitalization Initiative.
A gem of an activity
The girl scouts, who were working on earning their Radio and Wireless Technology patches, spent their Saturday at Wilson Lab building their radios under the guidance and tutelage of the Cornell students.
Associate Director Matthew Miller promoted to ASME Fellow
CHESS congratulates Professor Matthew Miller, the associate director of CHESS and the director of InSitµ@CHESS, for a recent promotion to the rank of fellow in the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME).
Where did those electrons go? Decades-old mystery solved
The concept of “valence” – the ability of a particular atom to combine with other atoms by exchanging electrons – is one of the cornerstones of modern chemistry and solid-state physics.
2D organic-inorganic perovskites pave the way to novel low-cost solar cells
Organic-inorganic lead iodide perovskites are a much studied materials class that have reached solar cell efficiencies above 22% – on par with amorphous silicon – in only a few years after discovery.
RF transmitters move, make room for CBETA, CHESS-U
The RF transmitters, which power the superconducting cavities of CESR, are in the daunting process of relocating in order to accommodate the realization of CBETA and CHESS-U.
A photographic feast of physics
They say a picture is worth a thousand words, so a hundred pictures must be worth some hundred-thousand words.
DNA to RNA - more ways than one
Information encoded in our genes controls how we live and grow. As part of this complex process, DNA is transcribed to RNA, one "letter" (nucleotide) at a time, by an enzyme called RNA polymerase (RNAP).