The Brightest, Sharpest, Fastest
X-Ray Holograms Yet

A coherent x-ray beam illuminates both the sample and a uniformly redundant array (URA) placed next to it. The CCD detector (whose center is shielded from the direct beam) collects diffracted x-rays from both sample and URA. Processing the resulting interference patterns subsequently yields a hologram. (Image courtesy of Lawrence Berkeley Lab.)

from the Lawrence Berkeley Lab News Center

The pinhole camera, a technique known since ancient times, has inspired a futuristic technology for lensless, three-dimensional imaging. Working at both the Advanced Light Source (ALS) at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, and at FLASH, the free-electron laser in Hamburg, Germany, an international group of scientists has produced two of the brightest, sharpest x-ray holograms of microscopic objects ever made, thousands of times more efficiently than previous x-ray-holographic methods.

The x-ray hologram made at ALS beamline 9.0.1 was of Leonardo da Vinci’s famous drawing, “Vitruvian Man,” a lithographic reproduction less than two micrometers (millionths of a meter, or microns) square, etched with an electron-beam nanowriter. The hologram required a five-second exposure and had a resolution of 50 nanometers (billionths of a meter).

Read the full press release on lbl.gov...

Malware Defense: Incomplete Without You

by Marilyn Cariola

(Image - SLAC Computer Security Logo)

So you received a notification that your anti-malware program found a security risk. The anti-malware program was able to quarantine or delete it—or maybe left it alone, said it was not accessible or didn’t know what to do ("undefined"). Next thing you know, your support person is interrupting your work to do a "full anti-malware scan" in something called "safe mode." This disruption can take anywhere from an hour to a few days, if security has to take your hard drive.

What’s going on?

Protecting SLAC information resources from malicious software (malware), including computer viruses, worms, Trojan horses, root kits, spyware, dishonest adware and more, is mission critical for the computer security group. Malware can be delivered to your computer during a variety of activities, such as opening email attachments and links, surfing the Web or installing unauthorized software.

SLAC provides anti-malware software—currently for Windows platforms only—that catches most attempts to infect your computer. When it encounters something, it displays a notification to you and sends an alert to Computer Security to trigger additional actions as necessary. Read more...

Mirror Finish

by Shawne Workman

Left to right: LSST President Sidney Wolff, LSST Board Chairman John Schaefer, and LSST Project Manager Don Sweeney (LLNL) stand above the newly-cast LSST mirror.
Click for larger image.

The Large Synoptic Survey Telescope team reports a big milestone: The primary and tertiary mirror casting, begun in March (see "LSST Gets Real"), has completed its critical cooling process and reached room temperature. The furnace lid was opened at 10 a.m. on July 23 and the mirror castings were inspected. They were perfect!

Congratulations to the whole LSST team.

SSI Begins!

by Calla Cofield

The SLAC Summer Institute is here! Today through Friday August 15, SLAC will host SSI attendees from around the world to explore this year's theme of Cosmic Accelerators.

Lectures, topical conferences and discussions will be held in Panofsky Auditorium between 9 a.m. and 6 p.m. Evening social events will be held in Panofsky Auditorium, the breezeway, and the cafeteria patio.

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The Brightest, Sharpest, Fastest X-Ray Holograms Yet A coherent x-ray beam illuminates both the sample and a uniformly redundant array (URA) placed next to it. The CCD detector (whose center is shielded from the direct beam) collects diffracted x-rays from both sample and URA. Processing the resulting interference patterns subsequently yields a hologram. (Image courtesy of Lawrence Berkeley Lab.) from the Lawrence Berkeley Lab News Center The pinhole camera, a technique known since ancient times, has inspired a futuristic technology for lensless, three-dimensional imaging. Working at both the Advanced Light Source (ALS) at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, and at FLASH, the free-electron laser in Hamburg, Germany, an international group of scientists has produced two of the brightest, sharpest x-ray holograms of microscopic objects ever made, thousands of times more efficiently than previous x-ray-holographic methods. The x-ray hologram made at ALS beamline 9.0.1 was of Leonardo da Vinci’s famous drawing, “Vitruvian Man,” a lithographic reproduction less than two micrometers (millionths of a meter, or microns) square, etched with an electron-beam nanowriter. The hologram required a five-second exposure and had a resolution of 50 nanometers (billionths of a meter). Read the full press release on lbl.gov...

Malware Defense: Incomplete Without You by Marilyn Cariola So you received a notification that your anti-malware program found a security risk. The anti-malware program was able to quarantine or delete it—or maybe left it alone, said it was not accessible or didn’t know what to do ("undefined"). Next thing you know, your support person is interrupting your work to do a "full anti-malware scan" in something called "safe mode." This disruption can take anywhere from an hour to a few days, if security has to take your hard drive. What’s going on? Protecting SLAC information resources from malicious software (malware), including computer viruses, worms, Trojan horses, root kits, spyware, dishonest adware and more, is mission critical for the computer security group. Malware can be delivered to your computer during a variety of activities, such as opening email attachments and links, surfing the Web or installing unauthorized software. SLAC provides anti-malware software—currently for Windows platforms only—that catches most attempts to infect your computer. When it encounters something, it displays a notification to you and sends an alert to Computer Security to trigger additional actions as necessary. Read more...	Mirror Finish by Shawne Workman Left to right: LSST President Sidney Wolff, LSST Board Chairman John Schaefer, and LSST Project Manager Don Sweeney (LLNL) stand above the newly-cast LSST mirror. Click for larger image. The Large Synoptic Survey Telescope team reports a big milestone: The primary and tertiary mirror casting, begun in March (see "LSST Gets Real"), has completed its critical cooling process and reached room temperature. The furnace lid was opened at 10 a.m. on July 23 and the mirror castings were inspected. They were perfect! Congratulations to the whole LSST team. SSI Begins! by Calla Cofield The SLAC Summer Institute is here! Today through Friday August 15, SLAC will host SSI attendees from around the world to explore this year's theme of Cosmic Accelerators. Lectures, topical conferences and discussions will be held in Panofsky Auditorium between 9 a.m. and 6 p.m. Evening social events will be held in Panofsky Auditorium, the breezeway, and the cafeteria patio.	Events (see all \| submit) Today (09:00 a.m.) XXXVI SLAC Summer Institute Aug 06 (13:30 p.m.) Advanced Instrumentation Seminars: Use of Dielectric Gratings as a Laser-Driven Streak Camera Aug 15 (08:00 a.m.) Kids Day @ SLAC Sep 08 (09:00 a.m.) 21st Annual DOE Golf Challenge Access (see all) Partial Closure of South Side of Loop Road from South Target Road to Bldg 033 Loop Road Traffic Restrictions/Closures: B040 Parking Lot Closure Pedestrian Stairs Near Loop/South Target Road Closed Alpine Gate and PEP Ring Road closed Gates 17 & 30 open 24-7 Research Yard Bisected Announcements (see all \| submit) Lab Announcements Hot Water Outage for SLAC Campus Community Bulletin Board Stanford Football Kids Day - Aug. 28 DOE Golf Challenge Registration Open News (submit) Nano Sculptures in Gold lightsources.org Tevatron Experiments Double-Team Higgs Boson interactions.org Light Goes Out on Pioneer Machine BBC News First Neutrons Created at the ISIS Second Target Station interactions.org
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