by carscat | Apr 27, 2021 | News and Announcements, Science Highlights
Unlocking the secrets of Earth’s early atmosphere By Liz Thompson April 27, 2021 Research partly conducted at the Advanced Photon Source helped scientists discover the composition of Earth’s first atmosphere. What they found raises questions about the origin of life...
by carscat | Apr 1, 2021 | News and Announcements
Dr. Mark Rivers Dr. Stephen Sutton The Arthur H. Compton award was established in 1995 by the APS Users Organization (APSUO) to recognize an important scientific or technical accomplishment at the Advanced Photon Source. The award consists of a plaque and $2500. And...
by carscat | Mar 31, 2021 | News and Announcements, Workshops and Outreach
On Wednsday, March 31st, GSECARS Beamline Scientists Peter Eng and Joanne Stubbs hosted a virtual tutorial on Crystal Truncation Rod Diffraction (CTR) for Atomic-Scale Surface Structure Measurement. The tutorial presented the CTR technique at an introductory level. ...
by carscat | Feb 24, 2021 | News and Announcements, Workshops and Outreach
GSE hosted faculty and high school students from Lockport Township High School involved with the ESRP Program at APS. Their experiment “Comparative Chemical Analysis of Soil Contamination Using Hyperaccumulators” was run at 13 IDE with GSE beamline...
by carscat | Jan 27, 2021 | News and Announcements, Workshops and Outreach
GeoSoilEnviroCARS, the University of Chicago, at the Advanced Photon Source invites you to attend a half-day online workshop entitled: Virtual Tutorial on Crystal Truncation Rod Diffraction for Atomic-Scale Surface Structure Measurement Metal oxide surfaces mediate...
by carscat | Jan 15, 2021 | News and Announcements, Workshops and Outreach
Solving crystal structures from complex multigrain, multi-phase samples at extreme conditions Presented by Dr. Stella Chariton of GSECARS, University of Chicago. ABSTRACT: Laser-heating of samples in the diamond anvil cell is often used to trigger re-crystallization...
