RNA's magic begins with base-specific ion interactions
These results fundamentally explain structural and functional differences between DNA and RNA that support their divergent biological roles.
Crystallization-Driven Self-Assembly of Coil−Comb-Shaped Polypeptoid Block Copolymers
Polymers that can self-assembly into a variety of nanostructures in solution are useful in many biomedical applications such as drug delivery.
Life at Home - Louise Debefve
During normal operations, why would people normally call you over the beam-phone?
Life at Home - Aimee Kellicutt
What is the biggest distraction you have at home, and how do you deal?
I’ve been struggling with not being as mobile as I am used to. To help me cope, I’ve found that changing up the location of my designated workstation has helped me stay more focused. For the past few days, I’ve moved my desk out to my three-season porch. The fresh air and sunshine has helped a lot!
Fabricating, Characterizing and Understanding Nanocrystal Superstructures
Nanocrystals are perfect periodic arrangements of atoms that only extend a few tens of nanometers in any direction and exhibit unique electronic, optic and/or magnetic characteristics
Preparation and Characterization of Mesoscale Single Crystals
It is expected that such bulk single crystals will enable fundamental understanding and control of emergent mesostructure-based properties in block-copolymer-directed metal, semiconductor, and superconductor materials.
Activities during the COVID- shutdown
To implement Cornell policy regarding “COVID-19 Update: Conduct of Research”, CHESS suspended user operation Monday, March 16th, 2020 at noon. User experiments scheduled for March 2020 will not take place. Beamtime allocations for the May/June 2020 cycle have not been made yet and will be delayed until the resumption of user operations has been clarified.
3D Printing Face Shields at CHESS - Remotely
As the need for masks continues to grow, people at CLASSE have been sewing and making masks, while a few people with access to 3D printers have also started to fill the void.
Karl Smolenski, Georg Hoffstaetter, and others, have been printing the headbands needed for face shields. The components are made by using a material called PLA, a common printing medium.
Unfortunately, it takes a long time to print each piece, “I can make 3-4 a day and have been running them all weekend. It takes about 3 hours for each one,” says Karl Smolenski.
First publications supported by the NSF-CHEXS at CHESS
Since September 2019, the National Science Foundation (NSF) supports the operation of the Center for High Energy X-ray Sciences (CHEXS) at the Cornell High Energy Synchrotron Source (CHESS) as a national user facility. CHEXS consists of a suite of high-energy X-ray beamlines that serve the national user community in specifically targeted research areas in materials research, biology and engineering.