Our Mission
The Center for Advanced Radiation Sources is a department-level center of the University of Chicago. CARS operates sectors 13, 14 and 15 of the Advanced Photon Source (APS), a high-brilliance synchrotron X-ray source at Argonne National Laboratory. Our cutting-edge facilities are available to users worldwide.
GeoSoilEnviroCARS
Dedicated to state-of-the-art research on earth materials.
An upgrade to dual undulators is underway to improve capabilities and beamtime.
BioCARS
Dedicated to synchrotron-based macromolecular crystallography.
ChemMatCARS
Dedicated to static and dynamic condensed matter chemistry and materials science.
A new monochromator and optics have improved energy range and resolution.