Radiochemistry Annex now open

Released: April 24, 2013

EMSL’s new Radiochemistry Annex will allow scientists to study the chemistry of radionuclides in environmental samples, such as soils and sediments or their encapsulation in potential waste forms. The annex is now fully open to the local and global user community.

Varga: Contributing to the research picture

Supporting users, testing capabilities and finding new materials are the best part of the job

Released: April 24, 2013

EMSL Scientist Tamas Varga provides user support in X-ray diffraction and tomography. He demonstrated X-ray computed tomography could scan a live plant and generate 3-D images showing detailed root structure distinct from the soil. His personal research interest is multiferroics, compounds that exhibit properties such as ferromagnetism and ferroelectricity simultaneously.

Two named 2013 Wiley postdocs

EMSL selects Fu and Pomraning as distinguished postdoctoral fellows

Released: April 11, 2013

Li Fu and Kyle Pomraning are recipients of 2013 William R. Wiley Distinguished Postdoctoral Fellowships. This is the first time two fellows have been named in the same year to receive this honor.

Advancements are in the bag

PepsiCo partners with EMSL to achieve major R&D advancement

Released: February 27, 2013

EMSL recently collaborated with PepsiCo on improving the sustainability of chip bags using some of its more advanced analytical capabilities. As a result, PepsiCo honored the collaboration with one of its most prestigious R&D awards.

See the light

Ultrafast chemical imaging lights the way to monolayer and nanometer spatial resolution

Released: February 26, 2013

EMSL user Markus Raschke, University of Colorado at Boulder, partnered with EMSL staff to develop the infrared scattering type scanning near-field microscope, or IR s-SNOM, that delivers imaging capabilities with near single-molecule sensitivity.

It still smells a lot like – Christmas?

New EMSL instrument provides unprecedented insights to aerosol particles

Released: February 26, 2013

A research team used EMSL's new high-resolution sum frequency generation spectrometer to study alpha-pinene, an organic compound emitted by trees. The team wanted to understand more about compound and its impact on air quality and climate to improve global climate models.

Laser technique expands capabilities

A new system will advance carbon cycling and alternative energy research

Released: December 18, 2012

A research team at EMSL is developing a unique laser ablation and absorption-based system capable of analyzing minute quantities of biological samples for advanced microbial studies.

Fluorescence SIM available at EMSL

A powerful instrument to study molecular cell biology, including synthetic biology

Released: December 18, 2012

Users can utilize EMSL’s new super resolution fluorescence structured illumination system, or fluorescence SIM, to enhance their study of molecular cell biology, including microbiology and synthetic biology.