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Week 9: The Final Stretch of CRYSTAL Dynamics
Author: Lincoln Katleski Wow, our final two weeks in Italy. I remember when I first stepped on the airplane thinking, “Am I really doing this?” I expected to be homesick, far away from family and friends. Here I am, wishing it wouldn’t end. Every part of this program has been absolutely surreal, the amount I’ve […]
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Week 8: Electron Diffraction, Bitte Schon!
Author: Will Stoll This past week, Will Archacki, Dr. Luca Catalano, and I traveled to Neu-Isenburg, Germany to visit the Rigaku corporate office. After a quick 20-hour flight from BLQ to FRA (due to some unforeseen weather delays), Will and I found ourselves in Germany for the first time ever. We enjoyed some bratwurst and […]
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Week 7: Why CRYSTAL Dynamics?
Author: William Archaki A quick trip on Emilia-Romagna’s public buses will whisk you away from the modern chemistry facilities at the University of Bologna’s Naville campus, past the airport, over the Reno river, and up to the steps of the CINECA datacenter. The datacenter is home to LEONARDO, a thousand-square-meter computing powerhouse dedicated to scientific […]