<p>EMSL recently collaborated with PepsiCo on improving the sustainability of chip bags using some of its more advanced analytical capabilities. As a result, PepsiCo honored the collaboration with one of its most prestigious R&D awards.</p>

<p>EMSL user Markus Raschke, University of Colorado at Boulder, partnered with EMSL staff to develop the infrared scattering type scanning near-field microscope, or IR s-SNOM, that delivers imaging capabilities with near single-molecule sensitivity.</p>

<p>A research team used EMSL's new high-resolution sum frequency generation spectrometer to study alpha-pinene, an organic compound emitted by trees. The team wanted to understand more about compound and its impact on air quality and climate to improve global climate models.</p>

<p>EMSL resources helped scientists study how adding amino acid molecules to a nickel-based catalyst improves its efficiency and could potentially result in catalysts made from abundant, rather than scarce elements.</p>

<p>EMSL's 2013 call for proposals is open until March 1 for high-impact user research proposals. New EMSL capabilities offer prospective users the possibility of innovative and unique experiments.</p>

<p>EMSL has appointed Julia Laskin a 2013 Wiley Research Fellow for her significant contributions to the user facility and collaborative research.</p>

<p>Don Baer, EMSL, and Eric Stach, Brookhaven National Laboratory, co-organize a symposium on the direct imaging of atomic structures for the AAAS 2013 Annual Meeting Feb. 15 in Boston.</p>

<p>EMSL and the DOE Joint Genome Institute launch a call for pilot projects to address biofuels production and carbon cycling.</p>