Should we even be subtracting interacting solvents? Part 1: the considerations
[A note because I cannot stand being imprecise in terminology: what is commonly called “Solvent” in scattering, is better expressed as: the dispersant medium, i.e. […]
SAS2024 in Taiwan – final deadline approaching
If you have a chance to travel to Taiwan this autumn, you’ll be able to enjoy the SAS2024 conference! It has been two years since […]
Turn your measurement files into NeXus (or NeXish) with this somewhat universal translator…
One persistent problem in the X-ray scattering community is the lack of data interoperability. This is exactly what kicked off the CanSAS collaboration 40 years […]
A month of MOUSE with Moeez
During the last four weeks, we’ve had a guest visiting the lab from the University of Washington. Abdul Moeez, a Ph.D. student in Prof. Lilo […]
Work in Progress: the structure of squid “bones”
Besides the ongoing instrument migration efforts, we are also continuing work on “real” science. One of these involves the backbone of squid (called a squid […]
Steps for “liberating” the MOUSE from its original control system.
Regular readers will know we are in the process of migrating away from the last vestiges of the original SPEC-based control system on our (already […]
A Winter School, Italian style…
Two weeks ago, I was at a winter school on “Metrology and Nanomaterials for Clean Energy”, to present on the 1200 traceable MOF syntheses as […]
Designing and building a pluripotent temperature (PID) controller
When it became time to build a new temperature controller, I wanted to build an ultimate design that could be used for (almost) everything. This […]
MOUSE operational statistics 2018 – 2023
Are you curious how much you can gain by automating of your methods and instrumentation? The operational stats for the MOUSE including 2023 are now […]
Happy new year! And plans for 2024..
We’re already 2% into 2024, but there might still be time to wish you a happy new year, and hint towards the plan for 2024. […]