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The Rosalind Franklin Institute, working alongside Diamond Light Source and the Mary Lyon Centre, has awarded funding to four new collaborative projects through a pump prime initiative.
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Researchers at Diamond have developed a laser Speckle-based Curvature Optical Metrology (SCOM) instrument that directly measures two-dimensional surface curvature.
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The Diamond-II upgrade has reached another significant milestone with the successful assembly of the first three pre-series vacuum strings.
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The Vesuvius Challenge has achieved a historic discovery in the Herculaneum scrolls, revealing new texts, titles and authors unknown to history and ushering in a new era for the study of the ancient world.
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Researchers have developed a powerful new X-ray technique that captures magnetic motion in unprecedented detail.
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Diamond is pleased to announce the appointment of Professor Michael Fitzpatrick, FREng FLSW CEng CSci FIMMM, to the role of interim Chair of the Board.
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Scientists have shed light on a thermal process in magma that may help explain why similar volcanic systems can produce very different eruptive behaviours.
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A research team from the University of Reading, the University of East London, the University of Chicago and Diamond Light Source have used zinc-specific advanced X-ray spectroscopy available at the I20-Scanning beamline to investigate what factors impact reactivity ‘at’ zinc.
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A new partnership will unite expertise, infrastructure and data across borders to accelerate diagnosis, treatment and ultimately prevention of major diseases
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Francesca Gliubich, the new Director of Operation, has joined Diamond Light Source
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The UK led OpenBind initiative has reached a major milestone with the announcement of the release of its first publicly available dataset and predictive AI model, a groundbreaking step toward accelerating the discovery of new medicines using artificial intelligence.
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As the world marks Earth Day, we highlight research enabled by Diamond Light Source that showcases how synchrotron science is driving a more renewable, sustainable future.
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David Aragao, Senior Beamline Scientist at I04, has been awarded the prestigious Royal Society of Biology Fellowship in recognition of his distinctive contribution to the biological sciences.
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Researchers from Umeå University and Lund University, working with large scale facilities including the ISIS Neutron and Muon Source, the Institut Laue-Langevin, the European Spallation Source and Diamond Light Source, used an integrated combination of techniques to investigate how the Bax and Bcl-2 proteins involved in regulating programmed cell death, or apoptosis, interact at the surface of the mitochondrial outer membrane.
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Marking B18’s 1,000th publication in Diamond’s database, this study showcases the significant impact the beamline continues to have on cutting-edge research.
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A technology that began as a simple, open-source acoustic levitator at Diamond Light Source will be used in a SpaceX experiment. The advanced system, known as SuperLev, has been selected for a programme of microgravity experiments that will see it tested in parabolic zero-gravity flights before progressing to longer-duration missions in space.
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A major new facility has opened at Diamond, marking a significant step forward in the delivery of Diamond-II project, the transformative upgrade that will reshape the future of UK synchrotron science.
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Researchers have unveiled a new digital reconstruction of the face of Little Foot, the 3.67-million-year-old Australopithecus fossil, offering fresh insight into the evolution and diversity of early human ancestors across Africa.
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The detector has been installed at beamline I24 and the first ‘real-world’ data has been collected.
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New kick-and-cancel injection system for Diamond-II