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New Detector System Enhances Energy Dispersive Diffraction at CHESS

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Summer Research Students Explore Cutting-Edge Science

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High School Student Uses FAST Data to Program Diffraction Spot Characterization

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Empowering Researchers with Essential Skills - Successful Debut for X-CITE Workshop at CHESS

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Unlocking the Mysteries of Life Under Pressure

Members of the project team that gathered at Astera Institute on June 24, 2025. Nozomi Ando is front row, second from the right; Stephen Meisburger is back row, third from the left.
Philanthropic support accelerates infrastructure for the future of structural biology
A new $5 million initiative, funded by the Astera Institute, aims to make diffuse scattering – a signal in X-ray crystallography that reveals protein dynamics – accessible to the public and the broader scientific community. 
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CHESS receives $20M from NSF for new X-ray beamline
The U.S. National Science Foundation has awarded the Cornell High Energy Synchrotron Source (CHESS) nearly $20 million to build a new precision X-ray beamline for research on biological and environmental systems.
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Wild blue wonder: X-ray beam explores food color protein
A natural food colorant called phycocyanin provides a fun, vivid blue in soft drinks, but it is unstable on grocery shelves. Cornell’s synchrotron is helping to steady it.
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Summer Students: Live and In-Person
CHESS Summer students came together last month for their first - and only - in-person meeting of the summer.  The group of students have been working remotely with their mentors since the start of the program on June 6th due to Covid-safety precautions.
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