New Instrument: We now have a new Keyence profilometer that is replacing both the AlphaStep stylus profilometer and the older Keyence system. The new instrument can be found in Clark Hall, room D15. Alicia Tripp (amt342@cornell.edu) is the primary contact and Steve Kriske (kriske@cornell.edu) is the secondary contact. 

New Instrument Alert: Xeus is up and running!The Tescan Amber X Plasma FIB (PFIB) is in Physical Sciences Building (PSB), room B95. The main contact for this instrument is Phil Carubia (pmc228@cornell.edu), and the secondary contact is Malcolm (Mick) Thomas (mt57@cornell.edu). 

The winners of the Cornell Imaging Contest 2026 have been announced!

Cornell researchers have developed a new way to create moiré patterns – atomic-scale structures that can give materials unusual quantum behaviors – without relying on the difficult-to-control twisting and stacking methods traditionally used.