News and Announcements
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Intern Jeremy Zhao
Intern Jeremy Zhao worked on Transformational Faulting for Deep-focus Earthquakes with GSE staff Yanbin Wang and Tim Officer. Jeremy will attend U Chicago this fall.
GSECARS welcomes summer student
GSECARS summer student Brian Nicolellis, an upcoming senior at IL State majoring in computer science, will be working with the CARS IT Group under Charlie Smith and Chris Skordas.
Accurate Measurements at Five Million Atmospheres Using Raman Spectroscopy
Work at GSECARS demonstrates the capability of Raman edge spectroscopy to accurately measure extremely high-pressure DAC environments.
The APS Upgrade Begins! Shutters disabled on April 17, 2023
402 Lower Gallery refreshments and celebration
Monday, April 17 is a major milestone in the history of the APS. After 28 years of collaboration with the global science community on groundbreaking and impactful research, we are closing our X-ray beamlines and bidding a temporary farewell to our external users. When we welcome those scientific colleagues back in 2024, it will be to a brand-new APS, with new capabilities to explore.
Science Careers in Search of Women Program
GSECARS was pleased to host the young women who participated in the Science Careers in Search of Women Program.
GSECARS congratulates Professor Khalid Alshibli and Dr. Zaher Jarrar (UT Knoxville)
GSECARS congratulates Professor Khalid Alshibli and Dr. Zaher Jarrar (UT Knoxville) for receiving the prestigious ASTM award, the Hogentogler Award, for research which included work done at 13 BMD.
New insights into elastic waves at Earth’s core-mantle boundary
GSECARS and In-Situ Studies of Rock Deformation (U MD)
GSECARS and In-Situ Studies of Rock Deformation (U MD) welcome participants to the AE Hands-On Workshop
2023 APS SMS/CONUSS workshop
The Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory, is organizing a three-day in-person workshop on SMS and CONUSS software. The workshop will introduce the SMS techniques and related beamline capabilities to participants. Extensive hands-on training on spectra interpretation using the software CONUSS will be conducted by its author, Dr. Wolfgang Sturhahn. The workshop is a great opportunity for students and early career scientists to become familiar with CONUSS and discuss specific aspects of SMS data interpretation.
APS Highlights:
New mineralogy of the deep Earth discovered
Published in Nature, researchers from ASU conducted a HP experiment at 13 IDD revealing a new mineral in the lower mantel.
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-022-05237-4
Solid-State Pathway Control via Reaction-Directing Heteroatoms: Ordered Pyridazine Nanothreads through Selective Cycloaddition
Samuel G. Dunning, Li Zhu, Bo Chen, Stella Chariton, Vitali B. Prakapenka, Maddury Somayazulu, Timothy A. Strobel, “Solid-State Pathway Control via Reaction-Directing Heteroatoms: Ordered Pyridazine Nanothreads through Selective Cycloaddition,” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 144 (5), 2073-2078 (2022). DOI: 10.1021/jacs.1c12143
GSECARS Virtual Tour
GSE beamline scientist Tony Lanzirotti gave a virtual tour to Prof. Zach Dowdy and his science journalism class from Stony Brook University showing the students how synchrotron radiation is used in earth and planetary science research.
ESRP at 13 IDE, Mundelein HS
Students from Mundelein High School participated in the ANL Exemplary Student Research Program conducting an experiment at 13 IDE, “Using X-Ray Fluorescence and Absorption Spectroscopy to Analyze The Relationship Between Particulate Matter And The Environment Through Factors Of Metal Type And Particle Size”.
ESRP at 13 IDE, UofC Lab School
Students from The University of Chicago Lab HS participated in the ANL Exemplary Student Research Program conducting an experiment at 13 IDE, “Using particulates on honeybees and in their byproducts as a measure of local pollution”.