News and Announcements

APS First Light
Wednesday, June 19, 2024, APS delivered X-ray beams to the first of its scientific beamlines, signaling a new era of groundbreaking research. Ultimately, the upgraded APS will generate X-ray beams that are up to 500 times brighter than those of the original machine and will offer a new generation of beamlines with unprecedented capabilities

Matt Whitaker Chairs the NSLS-II Users’ Meeting
Matt Whitaker chairs the NSLS-II Users’ Annual Meeting at Brookhaven National Lab.

New Opportunities and Developments in Synchrotron Earth & Environmental Science
SEES Director Andy Campbell will present a FORCE seminar, New Opportunities and Developments in Synchrotron Earth & Environmental Science, April 26th at 1pm (CST).

SCSW 2024
GSE welcomes high school women at SCSW 2024.

Computed Microtomography in a Triaxial Cell
GSE staff Y. Wang, M. Yakovlev, M. Rivers, T. Officer, Wenlu Zhu U MD using the HEX beamline at NSLS II working on Computed Microtomography in a Triaxial Cell.

Matt Whitaker Presents a Science Short for NSLS-II
Matt Whitaker presents his talk titled “Metals Under Pressure” at NSLS-II, Brookhaven National Lab.

High Pressure Synthesis Using the PE Cell at GSECARS 13IDC
GSE scientist Tony Yu hosted students from Hanyang University and Pusan National University researching “High Pressure Synthesis Using the PE Cell”.

From Structure to Dynamics: High P Crystallographic Research at GSECARS 13 BMC
GSE scientist Dongzhou Zhang gave an invited talk to the Chemistry Dept at Michigan State, “From Structure to Dynamics: High P Crystallographic Research at GSECARS 13 BMC”.

Data Formats for XAS Data: progress toward better, larger, XAS Database
Matthew Newville gave a keynote talk at the ESRF User Meeting, Grenoble, France, Feb 8, 2024 and also gave a hybrid presentation at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology for the DAPHNE4NDFI Project, Karlsruhe, Germany Feb 14, 2024

Using Synchrotron X-rays for Geology and More
Matthew Newville gave a talk at Lawrence University Physics seminar, Appleton, WI Feb 1, 2024