A reminder that some of the most beautiful images aren't taken with a camera, they're captured through a microscope. 

The Cornell Daily Sun recently published an article about the development of the EMPAD and the EMPAD 2 (Electron Microscopy Pixel Array Detector) which was created by Professor Sol Gruner and Professor David Muller. 

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).