The Cornell Heroes is an annual campaign that showcases working groups or teams that have made exceptional contributions to the Cornell University community.

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.

Nigel Lockyer, an accomplished physicist and laboratory leader, has been selected as the new director at the Cornell Laboratory for Accelerator-based Sciences and Education (CLASSE).

Cornell scientists have created an evolutionary model that connects organisms living in today’s oxygen-rich atmosphere to a time, billions of years ago, when Earth’s atmosphere had little oxygen.

An interdisciplinary, interactive workshop on the challenges and opportunities in scientific computing, machine learning, and other aspects of data-intensive science at synchrotron facilities.

As many inhabitants of Wilson lab have heard, seen, smelled, and felt, the New Experimental Hall (NEH) civil construction project is full speed ahead. 

Jeney Wierman started as the new MacCHESS Director on July 1st, 2022.  Below is a welcome message to the whole CHESS Community. Jeney takes over the MacCHESS directorship from Marian Szebenyi, who will be retiring later this year after 30 years at MacCHESS.

CLASSE funds summer research opportunities in the areas of x-ray and accelerator sciences, materials science, chemistry, and mechanical engineering for pre-selected undergraduate students from primarily undergraduate institutions and minority serving institutions.

In the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), an underground 27-kilometer tube beneath the Swiss and French countryside, Cornell physicists smash matter into its component parts to learn about elementary particles and their interactions. A $3.8 million grant from the National Science Foundation will support the team for three more years of research.

The High Energy X-ray Techniques (HEXT) workshop took place in late May, giving students the knowledge and skills to plan, conduct, and interpret synchrotron experiments, answering questions specific to their research interests in material science.