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Summer down projects are in full swing here at Wilson Lab
A substantial number of summer down projects are in full swing here at Wilson lab.
Brian Crane named Howard Hughes professor
Brian Crane, professor of chemistry and chemical biology in the College of Arts and Sciences, has been named a Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) professor, one of 15 leading scientist-educators to receive the honor.
CHESS Users' Meeting 2014 recap
The 2014 CHESS Users' Meeting was held on campus at Cornell University on June 10-11.
"Some Early Synchrotron Radiation History"
Professor Emeritus Paul Hartman
CHESS Users Meeting
June 14, 1988
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.