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The Cornell Laboratory for Accelerator-based Sciences and Education (CLASSE) funds summer research opportunities in the areas of x-ray and accelerator sciences, materials science, chemistry, and mechanical engineering for pre-selected undergraduate students from primarily undergraduate institutions and minority serving institutions. This summer, fourteen REU (Research Experiences for Undergraduates) students are hosted by CLASSE. Twelve students from the CHESS summer programs -- SERCCS, PREM, and SUNRiSE -- are jumping into their rigorous summer undergraduate research experience.

This recent feature on the Functional Materials Beamline at CHESS was recently featured in Synchrotron Radiation News.

The HEXT workshop empowers students to become productive members of the CHESS user community by combining informative lectures, hands-on demonstrations, and instruction in proposal writing. With its focus on attracting diverse participants and providing practical training, the HEXT workshop sets the stage for a more inclusive and vibrant synchrotron research landscape.

Cornell students studying various fields of biological sciences came to CHESS to see this first-hand with their instructor, Kevin Siegenthaler, to learn more about the facility’s relevance to PyMOL. They went on an in depth tour led by Rick Ryan and David Schuller down into the underground storage ring, the sector 7 biological beamlines, and the Wilson Laboratory scientific offices.

A new method for analyzing protein crystals – developed by Cornell researchers and given a funky two-part name – could open up applications for new drug discovery and other areas of biotechnology and biochemistry.

New research demonstrates that individual grains within the microstructure of rapidly-strained steels have the potential to have larger magnitudes of residual stress.  This residual stress can impact the fatigue performance of structural alloys - in particular, a tensile residual stress can lead to shortened fatigue lives. 

CHESS staff restarted the Storage Ring last week in preparation for users returning for the spring run, which begins Wednesday, April 26th.  This milestone and other updates were discussed at the CHESS Town Hall on April 12th, an event to inform users of upcoming activities at the X-ray user facility.

CHESS recently welcomed a group of 20 students from the SUNY Delhi Society of Manufacturing Engineers club for a tour of Wilson Lab.