Skip to main content

ALS

Home / News

All News & Updates

Superconductor Exhibits “Glassy” Electronic Phase

Researchers discovered that electrons in a high-temperature superconductor can exhibit a new type of collective behavior that is more “glassy” (disordered) than expected. The study provides valuable insight into the nature of collective electron behaviors and how they relate to high-temperature superconductivity. Read more »PPT-icon-35 PDF-icon-35

ALS Doctoral Fellowship Applications Open June 1

ALS Doctoral Fellowships in Residence allow early-career researchers to spend a year at the ALS working at the frontier of synchrotron radiation research and helping advance state-of-the-art techniques. Applications will be accepted from June 1–June 30. Read more »

Infrared Light Reveals Microstripes at Insulator-Metal Transition

In this study of a current-driven insulator-to-metal transition, a distinctive stripe pattern develops between the insulating and metallic phases. The work reveals remarkable new features of electrically induced insulator-to-metal transitions in materials with potential applications in energy-efficient memory and transistor devices. Read more »PPT-icon-35

Structural Characterization of a Synthetic Tandem-Domain Bacterial Microcompartment Shell Protein Capable of Forming Icosahedral Shell Assemblies

Bacterial microcompartments (BMCs) are subcellular compartments found in many prokaryotes, and they are of considerable interest for biotechnological applications. The BMC-H2 shell system constitutes a relatively simple generic building block that could be used to construct designed shells with a relatively highly tunable pore. Read more »

Electric Skyrmions Charge Ahead for Next-Generation Data Storage

Researchers have observed chirality for the first time in polar skyrmions in a material with reversible electrical properties. The combination of polar skyrmions and these electrical properties could one day lead to applications such as more powerful data storage devices that hold information even after a device has been powered off. Read more »

Antibody Uses Mimicry to Block SARS Coronavirus

Protein structures not only revealed how SARS and MERS antibodies inhibit the viruses from attaching to host cells, they also revealed an unprecedented example of receptor mimicry that triggers the cell-invasion machinery of the SARS virus. The results inform efforts to prevent and treat these serious, often deadly, respiratory diseases. Read more »PPT-icon-35 PDF-icon-35

Jonathan Denlinger, ARPES Staff Scientist

Jonathan Denlinger has amassed significant expertise in x-ray spectroscopy, having been at the ALS since 1993. His experience benefits the many users at the MERLIN beamline and the greater scientific community—he was named an American Physical Society Outstanding Referee for his work reviewing articles. Read more »

March 2019 Message from the UEC

Fanny Rodolakis, the chair of the Users’ Executive Committee (UEC) for 2019, reports on the most recent UEC meeting and calls for workshop and tutorial suggestions for this year’s User Meeting. Read more »

A New Twist in Soft X-Ray Beams

Visible-light beams with orbital angular momentum (OAM) have been used in applications ranging from communications and imaging to particle manipulation. Now, researchers have generated high-quality OAM beams in the soft x-ray regime, with intriguing possibilities for future use at high-coherence, diffraction-limited light sources. Read more »