Welcome to Diamond - the UK's national synchrotron

aerial view of DiamondDiamond Light Source is the UK’s national synchrotron science facility, located at the Harwell Science and Innovation Campus in Oxfordshire. By accelerating electrons to near light-speed, Diamond generates brilliant beams of light from infra-red to X-rays which are used for academic and industry research and development across a range of scientific disciplines including structural biology, physics, chemistry, materials science, engineering, earth and environmental sciences. arrow iconRead more...

Latest News

Diamond podcast logoDiamond Podcast - Episode 17: Careers
23 Jan 2012
Listen to the latest news from Diamond Light Source online, including news, interviews with scientists and insights into what is happening at the UK national More...
Scientists shed new light on link between ‘killer cells’ and diabetes
18 Jan 2012
Killer T-cells in the human body which help protect us from disease can inadvertently destroy cells that produce insulin, new research has uncovered.   More...
Diamond supports Oxford's World Book Capital bid
19 Dec 2011
Diamond Light Source is inviting the public to vote for their favourite Flash Fiction short story, as part of its Light Reading story writing competition. More...
First users on I13: Pushing the boundaries and extending the synchrotron’s reach
22 Nov 2011
Diamond’s X-ray Imaging and Coherence beamline has welcomed its first users. Researchers from the Universities of Manchester and Sheffield worked More...
Oxfordshire science facilities lead the way in training the UK’s engineers of tomorrow
18 Nov 2011
Diamond Light Source and the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) are arming the engineers of tomorrow with the vital skills and experience More...

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Using Diamond

Diamond is free at the point of access for researchers, provided the results are in the public domain. Diamond also welcomes industrial researchers through a range of access modes including proprietary research.

Current Call Status: CLOSED except for rapid access.

Latest Science Highlights

Taking control of our vital signal transmitters
30 Jan 2012
G-protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) are the single most important drug target in the body because they are central to so many biological processes. Gaining More...
A molecular star is born
21 Dec 2011
Diamond Light Source has recently played a key role in helping to reveal the exact structure of the most complex non-DNA molecular knot prepared to More...
Studying dust frozen in time
08 Dec 2011
Ice cores drilled from the frozen Antarctic landscape are made up of layer upon layer of frozen snow, dating back hundreds of thousands of years. Trapped More...

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