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From Tuesday 30th June to Thursday 2nd July, over 700 science writers and communicators will gather in London for the 2009 World Conference of Science Journalists (WCSJ).
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What are the basic physical principles behind the Diamond machine? How is the electron beam produced? How is it steered, focussed and “wiggled” to produce synchrotron light?
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At 5:30pm on Saturday 6th June, members of the local community took part in a special annual service commemorating the D-Day landings in Normandy on 6th June 1944.
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On Saturday 23rd May 2009, over 200 members of the public flocked to Diamond to take a closer look at the facility, meet its staff and view the works of art produced by its artists in residence.
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It was a novel event on Tuesday 12th May when two separate beamlines achieved first light on the same day. The screens in the control room lit up with fluorescent images as beamlines I07 (Surface and Interface diffraction) and I12 (JEEP) received synchrotron light for the first time.
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Harwell, UK – 16th April 2009: Today, His Royal Highness The Duke of York, Prince Andrew, met the winners of the National Science Competition, whose prize included a visit to Diamond Light Source, the UK’s national synchrotron science facility, which is based on the Harwell Science and Innovation Campus in South Oxfordshire.
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During a visit to Diamond Light Source earlier today (Wednesday 18th February), Tim Stevenson OBE, Lord Lieutenant of Oxfordshire, launched Diamond’s contribution to the Oxfordshire Science Festival by adding a stitch to the World’s largest diffraction pattern – an innovative textile project which brings science and art together to provide a platform for scientists to explain their research to the public in an engaging and imaginative way.
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Leading Oxford science team solve structure of biological protein – an important step in developing new therapies to treat viruses
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Extremely intense X-rays from Diamond - the UK’s national synchrotron - are helping to advance research into the understanding and treatment of eye diseases. Due to the detailed nature of the experiments, researchers from Cardiff University are making discoveries about the eye that should help to advance laser surgeries such as LASIK¹ and contribute to the eventual development of an artificial cornea.
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Congratulations to Diamond Fellow, and former Life Sciences Director, Prof. Dame Louise Johnson (pictured left) for receiving the prestigious Novartis Medal and Prize; awarded by the Biochemical Society in recognition of her outstanding contributions to the development of biochemistry.
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A team of scientists from the University of Reading became the first researchers to use the UK’s national synchrotron facility’s latest experimental station (B23).
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One serious consequence of today’s rising food prices is people reducing their consumption of more nutritious foods, such as fresh meat and vegetables, leading to an increase in micronutrient malnutrition.
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As part of this weekend's activities at the Grand Palais, Sir Peter Westmacott launched at the British Embassy a brand new science and art project, called the World's largest diffraction pattern, by contributing a silver stitch to what will become the world's largest diffraction pattern.
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Diamond Light Source will be joining several other European Light Sources at the Grand Palais as part of Paris European City of Science Festival from 13 - 16 November 2008.
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During a visit to Diamond Light Source on Friday 7th November, Lord Drayson, the new Science Minister, contributed the World’s largest diffraction pattern project by sewing the first silver stitch to what will become the world’s largest diffraction pattern.
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What are the origins of our planet, and the solar system that surrounds it? Without a direct geological record of the early history of the Earth, understanding how Earth and Moon were formed requires investigations in several distinct fields: Planetary dynamics, cosmo-chemistry and mass spectrometry, and material behaviour at the extreme conditions of planetary impacts and formation.
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On Thursday 18th September, scientists from the University of Bath's Department of Chemistry became the first group of researchers to use Diamond Light Source's new Small Molecule Single Crystal Diffraction beamline (I19). Led by Professor Paul Raithby, who is also the chair of the group who helped to design and create I19, the team used Diamond's latest beamline to study the structures of metal organic frameworks (MOFs).
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Diamond Light Source, the UK’s national synchrotron science facility, has appointed Professor Lord Broers as its new chairman. Lord Broers, who takes over from Sir David Cooksey, has had a distinguished career in electrical engineering, including almost 20 years in research with IBM, and is the immediate past President of the Royal Academy of Engineering.
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Earthworm populations are helping scientists to understand more about soil that is contaminated with metal, how metals can drive evolution and what effect they themselves have on potentially toxic elements in the earth
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A new picture of the composition of comets is emerging with the help of 21st century technology available at Diamond, the UK’s national synchrotron light source, in Oxfordshire.
