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Developing new high-energy x-ray capabilities at the A1 station
The user communities for high energy x-ray capabilities at the A2 and F2 stations have grown considerably in the past few years, easily saturating the beamtime available for powder diffraction, high-dynamic range and high resolution studies at A2 and multiple load-frame structural materials experiments at F2.
Xraise STEPS up their STEM internships
STEP, which stands for Science & Technology Entry Program, was first launched by the New York State Department of Education in 1986.
BioSAXS Essentials 6 workshop bigger, better than ever
The Macromolecular Diffraction Facility at the Cornell High Energy Synchrotron Source (MacCHESS) held its sixth highly successfully BioSAXS Essentials workshop from May 13th to 16th, 2016.
Grape bud imaging
Al Kovaleski, PhD student in the Graduate Field of Horticulture, School of Integrative Plant Science, used X-ray phase contrast imaging to create this video of a grapevine bud.
Vanadium Kβ X-ray emission spectroscopy detects changes in valence electronic structure and bonding
Mechanistic studies of homo- and heterogeneous, as well as biological catalysis, often seek to understand changes in chemical speciation during turnover.
XRF mapping webinar empowers CHESS users
On Friday May 6, 2016, nine researchers from eight institutions in the USA and Canada attended a one-day webinar on x-ray fluorescence (XRF) mapping led by CHESS senior scientist Arthur Woll and postdoctoral researcher Louisa Smieska.
CHESS workshops in June to include annual users meeting
The Cornell High Energy Synchrotron Source (CHESS) is holding its CHESS-U Workshops 2016 throughout June. All events will take place in the Physical Sciences Building on East Avenue.
Dark-of-winter upgrade makes G-line shine
As the last run of 2015 wound down last December 7th, CHESS engineers Alan Pauling and Tom Krawczyk prepared to complete the assembly of two brand-new UHV chambers, along with their valuable cargo: newly-coated, internal-cooled synthetic multilayer monochromators for G-line.