The Great Smoky Mountains provide a stunning backdrop for the 2008 annual meeting of the American Crystallographic Association, scheduled for 31 May through 5 June. This year the event takes place at the spacious Knoxville Convention Center in Knoxville, Tennessee.
According to cochair Dean Myles of Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), this year’s meeting coincides with the launch of the neutron-scattering research programs at the upgraded High Flux Isotope Reactor and at the Spallation Neutron Source, the most powerful accelerator-based neutron source in the world. The SNS facility, built at a cost of $1.4 billion, will have 24 instruments. Meeting attendees will be able to tour the SNS on Sunday, 1 June.
To kick off the week, four daylong workshops are planned for Saturday, 31 May. Also on Saturday, the annual exhibit opens at 7:30pm in conjunction with the opening reception in the convention center, and it continues daily through...
