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@NSF Mid-Range Infrastructure Project (#1935956) Funded @UDelaware to build a World Class Neutron Spin Echo at @NIST #NCNR. PI: Prof. Wagner @WagnerLab_UDel

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Last day to register for the 2024 American Conference on Neutron Scattering. Learn more about the unique capabilities of backscattering and neutron spin-echo spectroscopy to probe the soft matter dynamics at nanoscale at our Neutron Spectroscopy Tutorial https://t.co/rBXzjuoT7Q

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We are excited to announce that we will host "High-Resolution Methods for Soft Matter Dynamic Investigation" tutorial at the upcoming American Conference on Neutron Scattering in Knoxville, TN, on June 23. Please help spread the word. Visit website for more details.

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Did you know that our NSE workshop offers to cover travel and local expenses for the participants from US institutions once accepted? We currently limit it to 20 participants, so let's register quickly! Looking forward to welcoming you at @NIST!
https://t.co/QgodR9Y1aL

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🔔 Workshop Alert! Register by June 15 for @NIST's Neutron Spin Echo workshop Sept. 19-21 if you are a grad, postdoc, or early career with little or no experience with NSE spectroscopy. @ORNL's Laura Stingaciu will teach techniques and discuss NSE at SNS. https://t.co/YWV8EG1xUz

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The registration is open NOW!
Please help us spread the word among your group members, collaborators and interested scientists. The attendance is currently limited to 20 people, and travel funds will be covered for US institution participants.
See you at NIST this Sep!

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Save the date!!
We are excited to announce the 2023 NSE Educational Workshop on September 19-21. The schedule and registration will be updated soon. Stay tuned! And please spread the word.

For more details, visit https://t.co/V1DxWR5e1n

2021 NSE Workshop https://t.co/d4zEo2Zl84

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Save the date!!
We are excited to announce the 2023 NSE Educational Workshop on September 19-21. The schedule and registration will be updated soon. Stay tuned! And please spread the word.

For more details, visit https://t.co/V1DxWR5e1n

2021 NSE Workshop https://t.co/d4zEo2Zl84

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Great news for our @NSE_Upgrade project, as we will have neutrons for the "hot" commissioning of the instrument after installation

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NIST will begin a careful process to test and restart our research reactor, following @‌nrcgov authorization issued today. Learn more: https://t.co/fgXJzqncv5

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Another captivating talk about @NSE_Upgrade given by our own Dr. Norm Wagner, at the Center for High Resolution Neutron Scattering (CHRNS) last week!

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We have a poster at #bps23 today (2/17) informing the progress of our NSE Upgrade and how it helps probe the collective motions of membranes and dynamics of proteins in specific manners within sub-ns to 300ns timescale and sub-nm to tens of nm length scale windows. Check it out!

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The main coils of the old NSE spectrometer are ready to be removed after more than 20 productive years of operation and close to 150 publications. The upgrade results from the increasing need of the user community to access much longer dynamic timescales than currently available.

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Another major instrument update is an additional neutron velocity selector (NVS) designed to pick up long wavelength neutrons, which are expected to gain x2 flux from the upcoming new cold source #NCNR. This update enables larger structures and longer relaxing time to be probed.

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@lilopozzo I know, right? So exciting!

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The twin precession coils have been vacuumed and are under a cooling process to the cryogenic temperature of ~4K (below the Tc of 9.7K for NbTi) to theoretically zeros the electrical resistance of the superconductor, which will be confirmed as our site acceptance test.

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@MarkBlenner I think the mid-scale research infrastructure was just the name that NSF listed as one of their 10 Big Ideas (https://t.co/Oc0613arbQ). But yeah, I wonder if the large-scale investments would have to be like building a supercomputer for example ($600M for Frontier at ORNL).

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What an exciting day at @NSE_Upgrade! The OSCPCs and four Helium compressors have been delivered onsite. We opened the package and briefly checked the shipment with the data logger. The more in-depth inspection and performance tests of precession coils will be followed up next.

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Check out the new superconducting precession coil! Each comes with two large cryostats (wrapped parts on top) that enable superconducting wires (NbTi) to create an intense magnetic field. This upgrade will extend the dynamic range of NSE measurements with a higher resolution.

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This has been a busy week at NG-A @NIST #NCNR, and our camera has been able to capture of few of the activities. Everybody is doing their part and making the best preparation for the arriving OSCPCs and the following site acceptance tests. Great teamwork! (Captions for details)

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[@NSE_Upgrade News] The ship carrying the Optimized Superconducting Precession Coils, the instrument's most expensive and sophisticated components, has arrived at Dundalk terminal, Baltimore, MD. They will be unloaded and delivered to @NIST #NCNR soon. How exciting!

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OSCPCs = Optimized SuperConducting Precession Coils

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Our mechanical engineers have re-designed the carriage systems to accommodate the new and larger OSCPCs arriving soon. The frontend carriage from sketch to finish is shown on the left pics, while our talented technicians, Dave Grabowski and Ken Brown, are completing the backend.