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Low energy X-rays now available at C-line
CHESS C1 station has been modified to improve beam delivery for low energy x-ray experiments.
Congressman Dan Maffei visits CHESS
On Tuesday, April 1st, Congressman Dan Maffei (24th Congressional District of New York state – region near Syracuse, NY) toured CHESS and visited with CHESS users, graduate students, and post-docs.
Extraordinary Maia detector rocks x-ray imaging at CHESS
Over the course of two weeks this past March, scientists from three laboratories commissioned CHESS's most recent purchase, a 384-sensor, energy-dispersive detector known as "Maia".
Improved metrology for better capillary optics
CHESS has a unique drawing tower facility to fabricate glass capillaries that can be used in a variety of settings to focus or prefocus x-ray beams down to micron-level sizes.
High-pressure cryocooler is local company's new product
A technology developed by Cornell scientists that prepares proteins for X-ray crystallography has made its way into the world marketplace:
The CHESS Sample Environment Lab
In order to further the development of Real-Time In-situ Multiprobe (RIM) experiments for the Designer Solids and Organic Electronics Program at CHESS D1 station and others, the CHESS Sample Environment Lab has been established in room 171, the former User Computer Room.
Science Cabaret: Big Science, Small Problems!
Join us to learn about how Dr. Matthew Ward from the Cornell High Energy Synchrotron Source (CHESS) is using this large Cornell facility to study tiny nano-sized materials.