Its the size of five football pitches and generates light 10 billion times brighter than the sun. As the Diamond Light Source celebrates its tenth anniversary this year, Penny Bailey visits one of the UKs biggest scientific investments to see how it works.
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Impressive results from experiments at Diamond Light Source on magnetic lensless imaging by Fourier transform holography using extended references have been published today in Optics Express, the journal of the Optical Society of America.
Read More »New scientific research reveals diamonds aren’t forever
(PhysOrg.com) -- In a paper published in the US journal Optical Materials Express this week, Macquarie University researchers show that even the earth's hardest naturally occurring material, the diamond, is not forever.
Read More »Mindy Kim shoots 64 to take LPGA lead
Mindy Kim shot a career-low 64 to take a two-stroke lead after the first round lead of the LPGA State Farm Classic on Thursday.
Read More »British and Canadian synchrotrons sign agreement
Making the power of synchrotron light available to more businesses, building new experimental equipment and developing new capabilities are three of the areas of collaboration in a trans-Atlantic memorandum of understanding (MOU) signed between Diamond Light Source Ltd.
Read More »SuperB scientists test new ideas at Diamond
Accelerator physicists working on the recently funded SuperB accelerator in Italy have been collaborating with Diamonds accelerator physicists to test new techniques for low emittance tuning, which can potentially benefit both Diamond and the SuperB.
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