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    Diamond helps in search for new breast cancer treatment

    Diamond helps in search for new breast cancer treatment Nov 16, 2020

    An international study led by scientists at the University of Sussex has provided strong evidence for an effective new target for breast cancer treatment.

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    Diamond-II conversations in full swing!

    Diamond-II conversations in full swing! Nov 13, 2020

    We are striving to further improve the world-changing science that Diamond enables through Diamond-II.

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    From nought to sixty in six months… the unmasking of the virus behind COVID-19

    From nought to sixty in six months… the unmasking of the virus behind COVID-19 Nov 10, 2020

    In just over six months scientists all over the globe in collaboration with Diamond have made huge progress in understanding how COVID-19 operates and as a result, they have opened the doors to the very real possibilities of solutions and therapies.

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    New Ptychography Branchline J08 at Diamond celebrates key milestone with First Users

    New Ptychography Branchline J08 at Diamond celebrates key milestone with First Users Nov 10, 2020

    A key milestone has recently been achieved at the soft X-ray spectro- and tomo-ptychography branchline (J08) at Diamond.

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    Hybrid photoactive perovskites imaged with atomic resolution for the first-time

    Hybrid photoactive perovskites imaged with atomic resolution for the first-time Oct 30, 2020

    A huge step towards better performing solar cells - a collaboration identified information previously invisible using Diamond's ePSIC facility and microscopes of Oxford University's Departments of Materials and Physics.

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    New Diamond technology development – HeXi to play major role in drug discovery

    New Diamond technology development – HeXi to play major role in drug discovery Oct 28, 2020

    Diamond Light Source is to build a dedicated electron diffraction instrument for drug discovery research, as part of a larger collaboration grant from Wellcome that has been awarded to The Rosalind Franklin Institute, with partners MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology (MRC LMB) and Diamond.

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    Science in Parliament: How Diamond has been helping shed light on COVID-19

    Science in Parliament: How Diamond has been helping shed light on COVID-19 Oct 26, 2020

    Diamond has featured in the Autumn 2020 edition of Science in Parliament, the official journal of the Parliamentary & Scientific Committee.

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    Diamond hits 10,000 structures in the Protein Data Bank

    Diamond hits 10,000 structures in the Protein Data Bank Oct 22, 2020

    This week's PDB release takes Diamond beyond 10,000 structures deposited.

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    Diamond helps uncover how an untreatable cancer-causing virus affects immune cells

    Diamond helps uncover how an untreatable cancer-causing virus affects immune cells Oct 15, 2020

    Scientists have found that human T-cell lymphotropic virus, type 1 (HTLV-1) hijacks cellular machinery to establish an infection.

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    An OBE for Prof Andrew Harrison

    An OBE for Prof Andrew Harrison Oct 12, 2020

    Prof Andrew Harrison will receive an OBE for services to science especially during COVID lockdown.

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    Structural Biology identifies new information to accelerate structure-based drug design against Covid-19

    Structural Biology identifies new information to accelerate structure-based drug design against Covid-19 Oct 7, 2020

    A new research has identified potential ways forward to rapidly design improved and more potent compounds in the fight against COVID-19. 

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    A new enzyme cocktail can digest plastic waste six times faster

    A new enzyme cocktail can digest plastic waste six times faster Sep 29, 2020

    Research undertaken at Diamond has allowed scientists to create a super-enzyme that degrades plastic bottles six times faster than before.

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    New discovery will have huge impact on the development of future battery cathodes

    New discovery will have huge impact on the development of future battery cathodes Sep 21, 2020

    A new paper reveals how a collaborative team of researchers have been able to fully identify the nature of oxidised oxygen in the important battery material.

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    Ocean acidification risks deep-sea coral reef collapse

    Ocean acidification risks deep-sea coral reef collapse Sep 18, 2020

    Diamond X-rays were used in a recent study that suggests climate change is triggering changes to the chemistry of deep-sea coral reefs which may cause their foundations to become brittle.

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    Researchers glimpse how virus particles assemble inside the cell - Giving us clues as to how to prevent the spread of viral infections

    Researchers glimpse how virus particles assemble inside the cell - Giving us clues as to how to prevent the spread of viral infections Sep 11, 2020

    An international team of researchers were able visualise how orthoreovirus assembles inside infected cells.

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    Research reveals newly discovered sources for rare earth metals vital in modern technologies

    Research reveals newly discovered sources for rare earth metals vital in modern technologies Sep 2, 2020

    Samples from Madagascar and China were analysed at Diamond.

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    Structural Biology reveals new target to neutralise COVID-19

    Structural Biology reveals new target to neutralise COVID-19 Aug 27, 2020

    An international team of researchers have discovered a new and highly conserved site on the SARS-CoV-2 virus that can be neutralised by a specific antibody.

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    Bone breakages and hip fracture risk is linked to nanoscale bone inflexibility

    Bone breakages and hip fracture risk is linked to nanoscale bone inflexibility Aug 26, 2020

    Experiments carried out at Diamond using high energy intense beams of X-rays examined bone flexibility at the nanoscale.

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    RIXS experiments at Diamond have led to the discovery of an exciton in a quantum entangled state

    RIXS experiments at Diamond have led to the discovery of an exciton in a quantum entangled state Aug 18, 2020

    RIXS experiments at Diamond have led to the discovery of an exciton in a quantum entangled state

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    OCTOPUS (Optimised Components, Test and simulatiOn, toolkits for Powertrains which integrate Ultra high-speed motor Solutions

    OCTOPUS (Optimised Components, Test and simulatiOn, toolkits for Powertrains which integrate Ultra high-speed motor Solutions Aug 7, 2020

    Diamond are set to help develop the first fully electric Bentley and contribute to sustainable luxury mobility.

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