News and Announcements
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Esen Ercan Alp led a research team at APS that included Barbara Lavina (UofC / ANL) which used Mössbauer spectroscopy at 3 IDB to determine the chemical composition of asteroid 162173 Ryugu, particle by particle.
CARS is proud to announce Dr. Peter Eng has been appointed the new CARS Executive Director, effective September 1, 2022. Our sincere thanks goes to Dr. Mark Rivers for his nine years of service and leadership to CARS.
Steven Pickens, W. Nuhsbaum, demonstrates the Zeiss V20 Stereo Microscope in the GSE DAC lab.
Water-Induced Diamond Formation at Earth’s Core-Mantle Boundary
Work done at 13 IDD by researchers from ASU show that water reacts with iron-carbon alloy to form diamond at the P–T conditions expected for Earth’s core-mantle boundary.
APS Highlight:
https://aps.anl.gov/APS-Science-Highlight/2022-09-06/diamonds-and-rust-at-the-earths-core-mantle-boundary
CARS welcomes Eric Zoellner to BioCARS
Eric will be the Beamline Mechanical Technician for Sector 14.
Using Pressure to Unlock Quantum Phenomena
Fe-Fes Phase Equilibria and Eutectic Melting Relations in Planetary Cores
Edward Stern Award for Outstanding Achievement
Kiyotaka Asakura, current Chair of the International X-ray Absorption Society, presents the Edward Stern Award for Outstanding Achievement award to GSE beamline scientist Matt Newville. Award was shared with Bruce Ravel (not pictured).
National School on Neutron and X-ray Scattering
GSE beamline scientists Matt Newville and Tony Lanzirotti host the National School on Neutron and X-ray Scattering at 13 IDE, July 26th.
LARCH Workshop, XAFS2022
GSE beamline scientist Matt Newville presented a session at the LARCH Workshop, XAFS2022, ” The XAS Viewer application and Larch for X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy”.
APS Highlights:
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”.
Monitoring dust from legacy mine tailings to keep communities safe
Alex Bailey, Queen’s University, at 13 IDE collected uXRD and uXRF data from sieved mine tailings dust samples looking for hazardous minerals and investigating the implications for human health.