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Kathy Hocul Lt Governor NYS

Crews Finish $15M in Upgrades at Scientific-Research Facility, CHESS

January 18, 2019
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Defense spending bill extends Air Force research partnership with CHESS

October 19, 2018
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July 26, 2018
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Cassava High in Iron and Zinc Could Improve Diets and Health in West Africa

January 30, 2019
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Biofortification of field-grown cassava by engineering expression of an iron transporter and ferritin

January 29, 2019
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Cassava High in Iron and Zinc Could Improve Diets and Health in West Africa

In Nigeria, 75 percent of preschool children and 67 percent of pregnant women are anemic, and 20 percent of children below five years suffer from zinc deficiency. Iron deficiency anemia affects the immune system, stunts growth and impairs cognitive development in children, while deficiency in zinc causes increased risk of death from diarrhea, stunting and reduced cognitive development. Developing new varieties of a staple food crop with elevated levels of these two minerals could significantly improve diets and health.

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January 30, 2019
Casava Articles
Biofortification of field-grown cassava by engineering expression of an iron transporter and ferritin

Micronutrient deficiency, sometimes called the “hidden hunger,” causes severe health problems in hundreds of millions of people worldwide, and is particularly damaging to children, in whom it can impair both physical and cognitive development.  Biofortification is one of the most promising tools available for alleviating this problem, but is a multifaceted challenge involving not only creating nutrient-rich crop varieties, but also ensuring bioavailability of these nutrients, protecting against increased uptake of toxins such as cadmium, and adoption by affected populations.

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January 29, 2019
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Lt. Governor Returns to Proclaim CHESS Upgrade Complete

Fourteen months ago, Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul came to the Cornell High Energy Synchrotron Source (CHESS) to announce a $15 million grant from the New York State Upstate Revitalization Initiative.

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January 22, 2019
R‐state and T‐state conformational states
Predicting X-ray solution scattering from flexible macromolecules

Proteins are molecular machines that participate in the vast majority of activities that occur in any living system.  To carry out their functions, they undergo dynamic changes in structure and shape and interact with other molecular systems.  Characterizing these intramolecular motions provides insight into the molecular basis of protein function and, in turn, can result in a deeper understanding of a vast range of physiological functions.

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January 18, 2019
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Now Accepting Applications for SERCCS Program

Application deadline for Summer 2019 is February 15, 2019.

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January 18, 2019
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Crews Finish $15M in Upgrades at Scientific-Research Facility, CHESS

ITHACA, N.Y. — Construction crews have completed “significant upgrades” totaling $15 million at the Cornell High Energy Synchrotron Source, or CHESS, a scientific-research facility in Ithaca

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January 18, 2019
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Intermittent plasticity in individual grains: A study using high energy x-ray diffraction

Understanding the behavior of metals undergoing deformation is critical to design for fuel efficiency, performance and safety/crashworthiness. Traditional engineering analysis treats metal deformation as a smooth motion, like a fluid, when in reality the flow is intermittent at finer length scales.  Use of a new detector enabled the study of these intermittent bursts of deformation at the scale of individual crystals in a loaded test sample.

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January 18, 2019
Cornell graduate student Robin Bjorkquist works with Lymari Fuentes-Claudio  on the Foutan Boards electric circuit investigation during the October 13 workshop.
Workshop on electric circuits spreads a current of enthusiasm from NYS to Puerto Rico

On a cold Saturday morning on October 13, things were heating up in the 7thfloor of Clark Hall. A small group of teachers from all over New York State along with a representative from Puerto Rico, gathered in the Bethe auditorium to learn how to teach electric circuits following the New York State Science Learning Standards. And had a great time while at it!

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December 17, 2018

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