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CHESS celebrates 75 years of synchrotron light

5/16/2022 by : Susan Newman , Cornell Chronicle

Sixty feet below the Cornell University campus, at the Cornell High Energy Synchrotron Source (CHESS), researchers utilize X-rays that are 100 million times more intense than Röntgen's first beams of light.

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NSF awards $1.3M to CCAT-prime telescope project

11/9/2021 by : Susan Newman , Cornell Chronicle

The award will help researchers develop instrumentation that will measure galactic dust polarization and the oldest light in the universe.

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Freeze! Researchers develop new protein crystallography tool

9/3/2021 by : Susan Newman , Cornell Chronicle

Combining state-of-the-art X-ray technology and cryogenics, Cornell physics researchers have developed a new method for analyzing proteins in action, a breakthrough that will enable the study of far more proteins than is possible with current methods.

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CHESS to restart in June for COVID-19 research

5/14/2020 by : Susan Newman , Cornell Chronicle

The Cornell High Energy Synchrotron Source (CHESS) will partially restart operations in June to conduct research related to treatment of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.