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HERACLES beamline to accelerate cathode research

5/24/2023 by : Rick Ryan , Cornell Chronicle

Cornell is breaking new ground in electron beam research with the HERACLES beamline, a state-of-the-art electron gun that mimics the harsh environments of the world’s largest particle colliders.

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Picking up good vibrations – of proteins – at CHESS

5/15/2023 by : Rick Ryan , Cornell Chronicle

A new method for analyzing protein crystals – developed by Cornell researchers and given a funky two-part name – could open up applications for new drug discovery and other areas of biotechnology and biochemistry.

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Cornell team develops more efficient photocathode

3/31/2022 by : Rick Ryan , Cornell Chronicle

Researchers at Cornell’s Center for Bright Beams, have developed a technique to create a photocathode – a material vital to the performance of some of the world’s most powerful particle accelerators – from a single-crystal alkali antimonides.

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Center for Bright Beams awarded $22M in grant renewal

9/20/2021 by : Rick Ryan , Cornell Chronicle

A collaboration of researchers led by Cornell has been awarded $22.5 million from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to continue gaining the fundamental understanding needed to transform the brightness of electron beams available to science, medicine and industry.

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Cheaper, greener particle accelerators will speed innovation

3/15/2021 by : Rick Ryan , Cornell Chronicle

A team of scientists at the Center for Bright Beams – a National Science Foundation Science and Technology Center led by Cornell – are working on the next generation of superconducting materials that will greatly reduce the costs associated with operating large particle accelerators and lessen their environmental impact. The research could also make it easier for smaller institutions and industry to use these critical tools.

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NIH awards $17.4 million to Cornell for CHESS subfacility

8/15/2019 by : Rick Ryan , Cornell Chronicle

A single human cell contains thousands of proteins that perform a vast array of functions, from fighting off viruses to transcribing DNA. By understanding the structure of these proteins, researchers can interpret their functions and develop methods for turning them on and off.

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Cornell announces $54M from NSF for new CHESS subfacility

7/22/2019 by : Rick Ryan , Cornell Chronicle

The Cornell High Energy Synchrotron Source, more commonly known as CHESS, entered a new era April 1.

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New accelerator sails through key test – recovering energy

7/17/2019 by : Rick Ryan , Cornell Chronicle

A half-century after the idea of energy-recovering accelerators was proposed at Cornell, the university is showing that high-energy physics can also be renewable-energy physics.

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Lecturer to examine the point of basic research

4/18/2019 by : Rick Ryan , Cornell Chronicle

Why should resources – financial or intellectual – be dedicated to the pursuit of theoretical knowledge when the world has so many pressing problems? On April 24 particle physicist Nima Arkani-Hamed will examine the significance of performing basic research in his latest public talk as an A.D. White Professor-at-Large. The talk will be held at 7:30 p.m. in Rockefeller Hall’s Schwartz Auditorium and is free and open to the public. A reception will follow at 9 p.m. at the West Pavilion of Clark Hall.

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Next-gen particle accelerator is aim of Bright Beams work

1/10/2019 by : Rick Ryan , Cornell Chronicle

New research at Cornell is helping address current challenges and develop more efficient accelerators.

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Cornell researchers build telescopes to measure universe’s earliest light

3/28/2018 by : Rick Ryan , Cornell Chronicle

Teams of scientists, including researchers from the Cornell physics and astronomy departments, are collaborating on two of the largest telescopes ever built to take readings on the universe’s oldest light measurable, known as the Cosmic Microwave Background, or CMB.

These telescopes will be placed in the Atacama Desert of Northern Chile and will give scientists new tools to record the earliest signals from the universe.