Welcome to the MAUS
After 2 years of cajoling, we now have my dream instrument: the “Multi-scale Analyser for Ultrafine Structures”, or MAUS for short. Let me introduce this […]
It is the year that will be (2018 edition)
Welcome to 2018, my dear readers! Following the tradition set in the previous years, and besides my resolutions, here is a small overview of what […]
It was the year that was (2017 edition)
This year flew by at ludicrous speed, in particular the second half. In trying to chase the preset goals, and deviating from them more often […]
Putting everything in order
If you are unsure of what goes where when it comes to data corrections, we’ve compiled a handy sequence for you (available OA here). This […]
Job opening: Instrument scientist for advancing ultimate (GI- US/S/W)AXS methods
As those of you on Twitter will know by now, we’re having our dream machine installed these weeks (which hopefully also compensates for my recent […]
Bad SAXS under the microscope: TBT method further discredited
It has been a while since I last vented about the continued use of the so-called “Tangent-by-tangent” (TBT) method. This method ostensibly is able to […]
Preparing for the new instrument and more…
A brief post, just to let you know we’re still alive over here. Stress levels are at a maximum right now, with about a dozen […]
After the logbook comes the conversion
After you’ve taken the pains to fill in a decent logbook (see last post), you can use it to give your raw scattering data much […]
Managing data: the logbook
We’re experimenting with new ways of managing our datafiles, and frankly, the old, ubiquitous paper logbooks are just not cutting it for that. Previously, we’ve […]
Holiday’s over, now read up!
Some of you would have had a holiday by now, and so would enter the workplace with a certain sensation of being lost in this […]