Contents Magnetic vortex core reversal by low-field excitations Optical upgrades increase performance of Sector 5 beamlines Users benefit from restructuring of ALS Beamline Coordination Group Safety First: Be aware of construction site boundaries In Memoriam: The ALS remembers Al Baez and Jim Patel American Physical Society awards go to Franz Himpsel and Sam Bader 9/11Read More Read more »

Contents Office of Science funding ensured Beyond the lone-pair model for structurally distorted metal oxides Breakthrough research on platinum-nickel alloys Looking inside the plant cell for biofuel answers Demolition of Building 10 set to begin ALS floor operators ensure safety Call for abstracts: Coherence 2007 News Links Continuing Resolution signed: Ensures funding City planners toRead More Read more »

In This Issue Director’s Update: FY08 Budget UEC Corner: Looking Forward to the BES Review and Beyond Topo II: An Enzyme Target For Antibacterial and Cancer Drugs The H2 Double-Slit Experiment: Where Quantum and Classical Physics Meet Register Now for the 2008 Beam Instrumentation Workshop Operations News Links Possible Breakthrough for Sufferers of Huntington’s BreakingRead More Read more »

Contents Continuing Resolution update The initiation of bacterial DNA replication Top-off upgrade and operation status SAC reviews the year and looks ahead UEC Corner: Notes from the Users’ Executive Committee Safety First: ALS Radiological Work Authorization approved Coherence 2007 Workshop to take place in June Julie McCullough joins the ALS editorial team Please report ALSRead More Read more »