News and Announcements
Below, you will find a listing of the very latest news and announcements from across all three CARS sectors. This includes scientific achievements, staff announcements, user accomplishments, and much more! Be sure to check back often to see what is new!
You can find full listings of of news and announcements for each individual sector using the links on the right side of this page.
Sector Specific News and Announcements
GSECARS
BioCARS
NSF’s ChemMatCARS
SEES Exec. Comm Address SEES AGU2024 Town Hall
Members of the SEES Exec. Comm (K Armstrong (UC Santa Cruz), M Rivers & V Prakapenka (GSECARS) address attendees of the SEES AGU2024 Town Hall & Luncheon.
GSE staff investigate diopside using SEM
GSE staff Tony Lanzirotti & Qi Chen investigate diopside using the GSE SEM.
GSE welcomes Carolyn Zaino
GSE welcomes Carolyn as the new research technician for Sector 13.
GSECARS congratulates M. Darby Dyar on winning the MSA’s 2025 Roebling Medal
Photo, Molly McCanta GSECARS congratulates our long time user, collaborator and friend M. Darby Dyar on winning the Mineralogical Society of America’s 2025 Roebling Medal. The Roebling Medal is the highest award of the Mineralogical Society of America for scientific...
New NSF Grant Will Enhance User Access at NSF’s ChemMatCARS
A new round of $17.35 million funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF) will double the amount of NSF’s ChemMatCARS beam time available to researchers from around the globe. The grant was announced by the University of Chicago/Pritzker School on Engineering....
GSECARS Mourns Acclaimed Researcher Mikhail Eremets
GSECARS saddened by loss of Mikhail Eremets, a valued colleague and acclaimed high pressure researcher. Mikhail Eremets passed away on Nov 16, 2024. He was an acclaimed scientist in superconductivity, including the discovery of new phases and properties of elemental...
Stanford Researcher at 13 BMC
H Bartles (Stanford) studies magnetic halide perovskites at high pressures, 13 BMC.
Yonsei University Researchers at 13 BMC
H Sim, S Yun and B Go (Yonsei U), look at the stability of zeolite minerals under ‘water-rich’ cold subduction conditions, 13 BMC.
University of Alabama and Ames Lab Researchers at 13 BMC
J Petri, E Thompson (U AL) and S Hyuan (Ames) look at pressure-driven structural transitions in SrRu2P2 at 13 BMC.
CalTech at DAC, 13BMC
J Magyar, J Sturhahn, R Wipfler (CalTech) work on calibration of pressure sensors for in situ physiological study of microorganisms in the DAC, 13 BMC, Nov 2024.