A new, high precision pedestal for the 250-ton hydraulic press has been installed at SEES Beamline 6BM at the Advanced Photon Source. The press is equipped with a D-DIA module and a rotational Drickamer apparatus which covers a pressure range from the crust to the...

A Reminder to All Interested SEES Users that the Deadline for new APS Proposals and Experiment Time Requests for the 2026-2 Run Cycle is March 4, 2026 at 2:00 PM (Chicago time). All SEES beamlines at the APS (Sector 13, 3-ID, 6-BM-B) will be accepting general user...

NSF SEES is pleased to offer a limited number of travel awards to Coherence 2026.   https://conferences.union.wisc.edu/coherence/ Abstract Submission and Registration for Coherence 2026 are now open!  Coherence 2026 will be held June 21-25, 2026 on the beautiful...

ISRD-RCN and SEES will host a hands-on workshop to introduce synchrotron techniques to the rock deformation community on March 2–4, 2026, at the Advanced Photon Source in Lemont, Illinois. The workshop will focus on synchrotron-based high-pressure, high-temperature...

The SEES team had a great time talking to geoscientists at the Geological Society of America meeting in San Antonio, Texas. Program PI Andrew Campbell and Associate Director Emily Padston met with attendees from across the geoscience community, introducing the SEES...

Photo provided by Stony Brook University   SEES staff and executive committee members were delighted to take part in the 2025 Synchrotron Environmental Science (SES) Symposium at Stony Brook University, which brought together the synchrotron and environmental...

SEES joined the largest-ever South Side Science Festival on October 4, welcoming over 4,300 visitors to the University of Chicago campus for a day of hands-on science. Free and open to the public, the festival featured more than 100 interactive exhibits designed for...

Happy National Postdoc Appreciation Week! We’re proud to highlight our postdocs and share a glimpse of the people behind the research. Dr. Qi Chen Affiliation: Advanced Photon Source – Argonne National Laboratory Mentor: Dr. Yanbin Wang (GSECARS) Research Focus: I...

We were thrilled to see so many of you at the 2025 SEES-ISRD meeting! Inspiring talks, a lively poster session, collaborative working groups, and a behind-the-scenes tour of the SEES-funded facilities at APS made for a truly memorable few days. Thank you for joining...

As part of the American Crystallographic Association 2025 Conference, beamline staff led tours highlighting SEES facilities and science at the Advanced Photon Source at Argonne National Laboratory. Visiting groups were organized by scientific focus, including Chemical...