Argonne National Laboratory and Oak Ridge National Laboratory are running the 21st National School on Neutron and X-ray Scattering June 16 – 29 2019. The main purpose of the National School on Neutron and X-ray Scattering is to educate graduate students on the utilization of major neutron and x-ray facilities.

From the Canadian Institute of Neutron Scattering (CINS): University of Saskatchewan scientists use neutron beams to observe plant roots in soil to aid breeding of drought-resistant crops. Dr. Emil Hallin, with the University of Saskatchewan’s Global Institute of Food Security (GIFS), and Dr. Paul Arnison, a biotechnology consultant, came to Canadian Nuclear Laboratories (CNL) with the goal