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 […]
Farewell to my partner in crime: Dr. Glen Smales.
My colleague and scientist extraordinaire, Dr. Glen Smales, has been key to the successful operation of the MOUSE lab for the last five years. During […]
Data Analysis Round Robin available on the ArXiv
While we wait for the referee reports to come in on the Data Analysis Round Robin paper submitted in January, I’ve put the preprint manuscript […]
three-year post-doc position available on (GI-)XS
Hey all, I’ve a three year post-doc position for grazing incidence X-ray scattering now open for applications! It’s for a H2020 project on developing antimicrobial […]
Removing tedium in data processing using Rundeck
By now, we have developed a quite extensive data processing pipeline whilst maintaining a high rate of samples on the MOUSE instrument. To stave off […]
Data Analysis Round Robin: Presentation video online, and paper submitted
How much does the researcher affect the analysis of small-angle scattering data? To find out, we sent four corrected, ready-for-analysis datasets to participants, and investigated […]
Same instrument, double the efficiency. Here’s how.
It’s been almost five full years since we started keeping detailed operational statistics on our X-ray scattering machine. It’s also been a little more than […]