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Nailed it: Physics Demo Contest at the 2016 AAPT spring conference
Even the cold Ithaca spring weather wasn’t enough to damp the excitement of the almost 50 physics teachers that attended the 2016 American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT) spring conference, co-hosted by XraiseCornell, on Saturday April 2nd.
X-Ray Raman spectroscopy at CHESS
X-ray Raman spectroscopy (XRS) is an inelastic scattering method that allows detection of low energy (<3keV) spectroscopic signatures using high-energy x-rays, typically by exciting core electrons of low-Z elements such as carbon and oxygen.
Matthias Liepe to head up the SRF group
Dr. Matthias Liepe, Associate Professor of Physics, has accepted leadership of the Superconducting Radio Frequency (SRF) group. This change was made effective on March 29th, 2016.
Nanocrystal self-assembly sheds its secrets
A new approach gives a real-time look at how the complex structures form.
Engineering in Elementary
The Next Generation Science Standards have raised the level of interest in and importance of integrating engineering into elementary science curriculum, making engineering-based learning activities more commonplace than ever before in the primary grades.
Surprising mechanism of an enzyme in a membrane
Many cellular processes, particularly intercellular signaling, require enzyme-catalyzed reactions to occur inside a cell membrane.
Princeton graduate student wins first-ever award for first publication
CHESS congratulates user and Princeton graduate student Geoffrey Purdum on the occasion of winning an award for the best first publication from a PhD student by the SABIC Corporation.
X-ray Pixel-Array-Detectors promise new capabilities when transferred into electron microscope
Congratulations go out to the Gruner and Muller groups for their research being highlighted on the cover of the recent edition of Microscopy and Microanalysis.