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Issue No. 27
2016.02.15
From the Associate Director

Though deep into winter, this newsletter is loaded with forward looking plans. We're really excited about the upcoming BioSAXS workshop, User's Meeting and summer science workshops - check the list below for deadlines to nominate User's Executive Committee members and graduate students for our annual paper prize. This edition also announces a number of "firsts" published by CHESS users including resonant inelastic scattering, developing rechargeable lithium metal batteries, and realizing the first self-assembled superconducting material. And to dazzle the eyes, check out the announcement of a striking new website for our outreach and education team - Xraise. Finally, I'd like to invite all of our users to let us know about publications, advances, and even human interests stories about you and your research; we enjoy sharing stories that keep CHESS relevant to your research and make us all feel like parts of a larger community.

-Ernest Fontes
Save the date

2016 X-RAY RUNS: February 17 - April 5  &  May 11 - July 1

$1,000 STUDENT RESEARCH PAPER PRIZE NOMINATIONS DUE: March 4

CHESS UEC NOMINATIONS DUE: May 9

BIOSAXS ESSENTIALS WORKSHOP: May 13 - 15

2016 CHESS USERS' MEETING: June 7 - 8

SUMMER SCIENCE WORKSHOPS: June 2016


Kyle Lancaster's (Cornell C&CB) group has published a study on the contested electronic structure of [Cu-(CF3)4]- investigated using UV/visible/near IR spectroscopy, Cu K-edge X-ray absorption spectroscopy... more »

Rechargeable lithium metal batteries have been known for four decades to offer energy storage capabilities far superior to today's workhorse lithium-ion technology that powers our smartphones... more »

Challenges in aerospace engineering, such as the design of rocket nozzles and atmospheric re-entry vehicles, require lightweight materials which demonstrate high strength at extreme temperatures... more »

Building on nearly two decades' worth of research, a multidisciplinary team at Cornell has blazed a new trail by creating a self-assembled, three-dimensional gyroidal superconductor... more »

On January 22, fifteen regional participants from diverse fields gathered at CHESS to discuss applications of x-ray fluorescence imaging in the cultural heritage world... more »

Continuing on with upgrades to the safety controls for CHESS beamlines, the new A1 Station controls are ready for the first run of 2016... more »

If a synchrotron can make subatomic particles sail around a circular accelerator at nearly the speed of light, then a synchrotron outreach program can make educational equipment spin around the eXploration station at nearly the speed of light... more »
               
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