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 achievments, 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
The APS Upgrade Begins! Shutters disabled on April 17, 2023
402 Lower Gallery refreshments and celebration
Monday, April 17 is a major milestone in the history of the APS. After 28 years of collaboration with the global science community on groundbreaking and impactful research, we are closing our X-ray beamlines and bidding a temporary farewell to our external users. When...
GSECARS congratulates Professor Khalid Alshibli and Dr. Zaher Jarrar (UT Knoxville)
GSECARS congratulates Professor Khalid Alshibli and Dr. Zaher Jarrar (UT Knoxville) for receiving the prestigious ASTM award, the Hogentogler Award, for research which included work done at 13 BMD.
We Welcome Your Ideas about New Initiatives
New initiatives in biomembrane science and serial crystallography of small molecules, among others, will be developed at our new beamline. We are currently preparing a proposal to NSF for operations of these initiatives. We welcome brief descriptions of how these...
New insights into elastic waves at Earth’s core-mantle boundary
Engineered Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) – the Why? How? and When?
The US has recently made a substantial commitment to solving the climate crisis via the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act of 2021. A key component of that effort is carbon capture and storage (CCS), a scalable and technologically viable approach to...
GSECARS Selected by NASA
GSECARS was selected as one of only 9 facilities by NASA to receive Research Facilities for Planetary Science funding to support investigators conducting planetary science research.
Between a Rock and Water Interface
Studies at 13 IDC by U Delaware and ANL researchers show that there is a complex interplay between surface reactions, topography, and solute transport velocity at the mineral-fluid interface.
An “Artificial Photosynthesis” System that is 10 Times More Efficient than Existing Systems
A recent research in heavy element separation by our user, Ahmet Uysal, has been highlighted by ANL feature story. Media Links ANL Feature Story
Congratulations to ChemMatCARS user Xiuquan Zhou!
A recent research in heavy element separation by our user, Ahmet Uysal, has been highlighted by ANL feature story. Media Links ANL Feature Story