This year’s ALS User Meeting, which celebrates 25 years of light at the ALS, will feature special keynotes focused on the ALS’s past, present, and future. UEC members Jennifer Ciezak-Jenkins, Alex Frañó, and Michael Jacobs are also revamping the format to include a new “tutorial day” featuring introductory and advanced sessions. Stay tuned for more details! Read more »
ALS in the News (January 2018)
- Diabetes makes bones less bendable, more prone to fracture
- X-ray experiments suggest high tunability of 2-D material
- It all starts with a ‘spark’: Berkeley Lab delivers injector that will drive x-ray laser upgrade
- Scientists discover material ideal for smart photovoltaic windows
- Let the good tubes roll
- Doudna honored by National Academy of Sciences
- Coupling experiments to theory to build a better battery
- X-rays reveal ‘handedness’ in swirling electric vortices
- Ingredients for life revealed in meteorites that fell to earth
- Something in the air: Synchrotron study reveals oxygen’s influence on the chemistry that surrounds us
X-Rays Reveal ‘Handedness’ in Swirling Electric Vortices
Scientists used spiraling x-rays at the ALS to observe, for the first time, a property that gives handedness to swirling electric patterns—dubbed polar vortices—in a synthetically layered material. Read more »
Ingredients for Life Revealed in Meteorites That Fell to Earth
Two wayward space rocks, which separately crashed to Earth in 1998 after circulating in our solar system’s asteroid belt for billions of years, share something else in common: the ingredients for life. They are the first meteorites found to contain both liquid water and a mix of complex organic compounds such as hydrocarbons and amino acids. Read more »
User Forum Series on the ALS Upgrade
On December 6, the second in a series of online ALS user forums was held on the Advanced Light Source Upgrade (ALS-U) project. Presentations included an overview of the project and its current status, progress on designs for concept beamlines and optics, and ideas for the future of earth and environmental sciences research at the ALS. The next forum will be held Monday, January 22 at 10 a.m. PT. Read more »
Former ALS Operations Deputy “Banda” Receives Berkeley Lab Citation
Banda, ALS senior advisor and former ALS operations deputy, was presented the Berkeley Lab Citation at the 2017 Director’s Awards for Exceptional Achievement ceremony. The Citation recognizes extraordinary achievements in broad categories of science and operations, with special focus on service to the Lab and/or the DOE national lab complex. Read more »
Notification of General User Proposal Results
The Proposal Study Panel (PSP) met on October 20 to oversee and finalize the scoring of General User Proposals for the 2018-1 January–July operating cycle and to make recommendations to the ALS Scientific Advisory Committee (SAC) on Approved Program applications. Beam time allocations for General User Proposals are completed, and users have been notified to view the results by logging in to ALSHub. Approved Program results will be announced shortly. Read more »
New Users’ Executive Committee Members Elected
Three newly elected members will join the Users’ Executive Committee (UEC) in January: Alex Frañó (UC San Diego), Ashley Head (Berkeley Lab, soon to be Brookhaven National Lab), and Jay Nix (Berkeley Lab). To view the latest UEC updates and current membership, visit the UEC website. Read more »
ALS Director Roger Falcone Says Farewell
When I joined the Advanced Light Source 11 years ago, I came with limited understanding of ALS, but with great respect and admiration for both the facility and its staff from my time as a user. I wanted to learn and see how I could help, and it has been a wonderful experience. Read more »
ALS in the News (December 2017)
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