Round Robin: an initial look at the results
The second Round Robin experiment is coming along very well (and almost completed). So far, about fifteen labs have returned data, to a total of […]
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Scattering from arbitrary objects, part 1: proof of concept
“How would [X] scatter” is a question asked by many, and already answered by a few. To calculate the scattering of arbitrary objects, there are […]
Running late…
Dear Readers, The post for Tuesday the 12th will arrive a little late (hopefully Tuesday night, but probably Wednesday). This is because the German “Strahlenschutzkursus” […]
Coming up in the next months…
We are already 25% through 2016, a realization which is guaranteed to increase stress levels in many of us. To my own feeling, I haven’t […]
2 items: A missed correction? and Bug in SAXSQuant
Two tiny things this week. Firstly, the round-robin results are trickling in, and when reviewing Steven Weigand’s data, I noticed a correction I have not […]
Bonse Hart v3: progress report.
As noted at the end of last year, interested parties at ESRF and Diamond agreed to fund the next iteration of the Bonse Hart-style USAXS […]
A fix for your “SAXSess” instrument. Part 1: the Mechanics.
Together with Dr. Petzold from the HZB, we have devised a solution for measuring the transmission factor in the Anton Paar SAXSess system (the problem […]
A few tips for scientific writing
Many of us also have not been able to enjoy a course on academic writing, yet are being asked in our line of work to […]
Step-by-step: measuring liquids in absolute units
[apologies for my absence last week: I was felled by work and illness. The following is based on a request from a reader:] Providing measurements […]
Video: The components of a slit-collimated SAXS instrument
The (probably) last instrument type in the series is the slit-collimated system (in the past, I did one on a SAXS system, and the homebuilt […]