In This Issue Safety First: New Personal Protective Equipment Policies Bilayer Graphene Gets a BandgapHybrid Rotaxanes: Interlocked Structures for Quantum Computing? UEC Corner: Users’ Meeting, Poster Deadline, Awards, and ElectionsGuest House to Begin Taking Reservations September 1 Energy Research Science Cafe on Thursday, August 27 ALS Mutimedia Stars Help Educate the Public Operations News LinksRead More Read more »

In This Issue Towards Heavy Fermions in Europium Intermetallic Compounds Stochastic Domain-Wall Depinning in Magnetic Nanowires ALS Gets 11.3 M in Stimulus Funds for Facility Improvements Contact: Steve Rossi The ALS is receiving 5.8 million to increase brightness by replacing existing corrector magnets with hybrid multifunction sextupole magnets. This lattice upgrade would increase brightness byRead More Read more »

In This Issue Protein Structure Suggests Role as Molecular Adapter Another Landmark Development in Biological Microscopy at the ALS Call for General User Proposals: Upcoming DeadlinesUEC Corner: ALS Users’ Meeting Important DatesUpdate on the Guest House at Berkeley Lab Job Opportunity: ALS Writer-Editor Operations News Links Bilayer graphene gets a bandgap Graphene opens door toRead More Read more »

In This Issue Observation of a Macroscopically Quantum-Entangled Insulator P-Glycoprotein Structure and Chemotherapy Resistance Molecular-Frame Angular Distributions of Resonant Auger Electrons ALS to Participate in Energy Frontier Research Centers UEC Corner: Mark Your Calendars for the 2009 Users’ MeetingReminder: ALS Fellowship Programs Available BESAC Photon Workshop Report Now Posted Online Operations News Links Researchers ShowRead More Read more »

In This Issue Preservation of Fe(II) by Carbon-Rich Matrices in Hydrothermal Plumes How Dynein Binds to Microtubules Top-Off Mode Now at Full Current; Congratulations Team! Meet Our New Deputy Director For Science: Bob Schoenlein Funding and User Support Building Updates Guest House Takes Shape on Hillside Operations News Links Scripps Research Scientists Model 3-D StructuresRead More Read more »

In This Issue Experimental Test of Self-Shielding in VUV Photodissociation of COSelf-Assembly of Polymer Nano-Elements on Sapphire New Responsibilities for Falcone, Schoenlein, Oddone Positive Report from DOE Health, Safety, and Security Audit UEC Corner: Save the Dates for 2009 ALS Users’ Meeting Operations News Links Berkeley Lab to Receive $115.8 Million in American Recovery andRead More Read more »

In This Issue Top-Off Upgrade Completed Successfully Probing Core-Hole Localization in Molecular Nitrogen Enzyme Structure Provides Insights into Cancer and Aging Guest House Survey: Room Layouts and Furnishings Two Important Strategic Documents Now Available Online Wanted: Energy-Related Highlights Operations News Links Next–Generation Lithography: EUVL readiness for pilot line insertion Iron on its Route to theRead More Read more »

In This Issue Director’s Update: A New Year and a New Era Reaction-Driven Restructuring of Bimetallic Nanoparticle Catalysts Nanoscale Chemical Imaging of a Working Catalyst Reminder: Experimental Safety Sheet Procedure UEC Corner: Introducing the 2009 Committee Honors and Awards: Eli Rotenberg and Richard Saykally A Successful SES IV in San Francisco Operations News Links InterviewRead More Read more »

In This Issue The ALS Prepares for DOE Office of Health, Safety, and Security Audit Structure of the Ebola Virus Glycoprotein Bound to an Antibody from a Human Survivor UEC Corner: The Election Results Are In! Call for General User Proposals: Due January 15, 2009 Operations Bulletin Board ALS Holiday Schedule News Links New InsightRead More Read more »

In This Issue The 2008 ALS Users’ Meeting: A 15th Anniversary Celebration Dirac Charge Dynamics in Graphene by Infrared Spectroscopy Facility Feature: Watching Electrons Do Chemistry in Liquids UEC Corner: Thank You for a Wonderful Users’ Meeting; Vote Now Deborah Smith Moves Over to the User Services Office CXRO Scientists Star at Nanochip Symposium Cross-CuttingRead More Read more »