Diamond Annual Review 2025-26

Key facts & figures 2025-26 * assuming 8-hour shifts ** calendar year 2025 *** includes general public, school and university visitors Biology and biomaterials, 39% Materials, 35% Chemistry, 13% Physics, 4% Earth science, 3% Environment, 2% Technique development, 1% Other areas, 2% Medicine, 1% Subject areas of articles Our global user community USAGE 17,424 Shifts delivered 139,392 Hours of beamtime delivered* 1,306 Proposals awarded 4,837 Research users 1,185 85 10.4 PB 1,011 Journal articles published** PhD theses published** Data added to the archive** Structures deposited in the Protein Databank** OUTPUTS 2,985 755 2,830 6,820 School student and teacher visitors Stakeholder and VIP visitors Science and technical events attendees Significant interactions with the public*** ENGAGEMENT 5,217 94.4% Scheduled hours of user operation 6,106 Scheduled hours of machine operation Machine uptime 77.9h Mean time between failures MACHINE 7 8 Annual review 2025/26