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At CHESS, the X-ray position monitoring and position stabilization feedback by CESR is fully realized using CHESS’ video beam position monitors (VBPMs).

Macromolecules typically produce only small crystals; to observe diffraction from them (and determine the molecular structure) we need the intense, highly collimated beam from a synchrotron source.

CLASSE has been interested in having the ability to see what is happening in the CESR tunnel during the x-ray running periods when the tunnel is off limits to personnel.

Just as the single-crystal silicon wafer forever changed the nature of electronics 60 years ago, a group of Cornell researchers is hoping its work with quantum dot solids – crystals made out of crystals – can help usher in a new era in electronics.

On January 22, fifteen regional participants from diverse fields – chemists, art historians, curators, art conservators, and conservation scientists – gathered at CHESS to discuss applications of x-ray fluorescence imaging in the cultural heritage world.

If a synchrotron can make subatomic particles sail around a circular accelerator at nearly the speed of light, then a synchrotron outreach program can make educational equipment spin around the eXploration station at nearly the speed of light! Right?

Continuing on with upgrades to the safety controls for CHESS beamlines, the new A1 Station controls are ready for the first run of 2016.

Kyle Lancaster’s (Cornell C&CB) group has published a study on the contested electronic structure of [Cu(CF3)4]– investigated using UV/visible/near IR spectroscopy, Cu K-edge X-ray absorption spectroscopy, and 1s2p resonant inelastic X-ray scattering.