How to structure synthesis metadata intelligibly? An example from 1200 syntheses on RoWaN.
Those of you who have been around this blog a while, know that we have also been dabbling in laboratory automation (see, for example, this […]
Why most machine UIs are terrible for science and business, and one easy step to fix it! (it’s not what you think!)
My sincerest apologies to you for the most clickbait title ever. It had to be done because it integrates in a larger system of SEO […]
The Superb Swiss Scattering Scene
For the second half of last week, I found myself in Zurich, having been graciously invited to events organised by the Swiss Society for Crystallography […]
Unnecessary Grazing Incidence Traditions? (Not) putting the surface at the center of rotation
I don’t have a whole lot of experience with Grazing Incidence (GI) geometry, indeed, I don’t have much at all. Now that we’re starting to […]
SAXS on a boat?
It has been a dream of mine to somehow combine my work with the ocean. While private plans are slowly taking shape to get a […]
Paul Ewald’s treatise on Fourier Transforms for crystallography and more
I recently stumbled across this great article by Paul Ewald on using and understanding the Fourier transform (FT) for crystallography. It’s not been downloaded all […]
Traceable, trustworthy science: tackling metadata holistically
Time to thoroughly tackle a tough topic: trust and traceability in science. I’m sure we won’t tackle it for science in general, but at least […]
The impossibility of improving diffraction data: a tale of a field stuck in a chicken-and-egg problem
[based on a true story] I am reminded of the time I barged in at a powder diffraction beamline, full of hopes and dreams. This […]
Introducing Ultima Ratio: a high-res, multiscale 3D-FFT approach for simulating scattering, diffraction and PDF
The FFT is a powerful approach to simulate scattering patterns: feed it a realistic electron density map, and you get an accurate scattering pattern out […]
An “open-source” safety interlock
Recently, we’ve had to tighten up safety on the MOUSE, in particular for connecting high-power 230V electrically heated stages inside the sample chamber. Since radiation […]