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From the InSitμ school...
At the CHESS Users meeting in June, a two day introduction to FEpX (a crystal-based elastic plastic finite element code) was held at CHESS.
Hidden Picasso painting revealed with Cornell help
In October 2012, a famous painting paid a short, hushed visit to Wilson Synchrotron Laboratory, where Cornell scientists used an X-ray detector to scan for a suspected secret hidden underneath.
Images from almost no data at all
Can x-ray pictures that are almost empty be used to reconstruct physical models?
An eXploration of elastic potential energy for first graders
Imagine walking into a room full of young school children huddled around tables with an adult volunteer, Styrofoam balls being flung intentionally into the air, and students delightedly observing, measuring and recording their results.
CHESS user can tell a fish's life story from their ears
Yes, fish have ears — and they can tell a fish's life story, ESF prof finds.
Keeping the x-ray beam perfectly still
The X-ray beam position stability is one basic requirement to get high quality experimental results.
Real time loading of single crystals
A new load frame / diffractometer has been commissioned at CHESS for X-ray diffraction experiments on engineering materials during in-situ mechanical testing.
Global research team unveils new mechanism of controlled crystallization yielding high-performance organic transistors
Organic electronics is being extensively studied for its potential to create flexible displays [1] and sensors [2]. The current best performance materials involve soluble aromatic molecules with extended π-orbitals.