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2019

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    Uranium Chemistry & Geological Disposal of Radioactive Waste

    Uranium Chemistry & Geological Disposal of Radioactive Waste Dec 16, 2019

    A new paper provides a significant new insight into our understanding of uranium biogeochemistry and could help with the UK’s nuclear legacy, ...

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    Improved X-ray based technique developed for understanding joint behaviour in world’s most common musculoskeletal condition

    Improved X-ray based technique developed for understanding joint behaviour in world’s most common musculoskeletal condition Dec 2, 2019

    A new technique that can determine joint behaviour with more accuracy than ever before has been created by researchers using I13-2.

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    New strategic bio-imaging collaboration announced between The Pirbright Institute and Diamond Light Source

    New strategic bio-imaging collaboration announced between The Pirbright Institute and Diamond Light Source Nov 21, 2019

    A new collaboration agreement with The Pirbright Institute will aims to enable scientists to study viral diseases in greater detail.

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    Diamond’s Citizen Science Project returns on World Science Day

    Diamond’s Citizen Science Project returns on World Science Day Nov 10, 2019

    Diamond’s Citizen Science Project returns: Spare 10 minutes to better understand Huntington’s disease

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    First structure of a DNA crosslink repair ligase determined

    First structure of a DNA crosslink repair ligase determined Nov 4, 2019

    eBIC was used to determine the first structure of a DNA crosslink repair E3 ligase

  • news
    Celebrating Earth Science Week

    Celebrating Earth Science Week Oct 14, 2019

    Facilities like Diamond Light Source help to address and promote cutting-edge earth science research, helping to act as an agent of change for ...

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    2,000-year-old Herculaneum Scrolls from Institut de France being studied using UK’s Synchrotron, Diamond Light Source

    2,000-year-old Herculaneum Scrolls from Institut de France being studied using UK’s Synchrotron, Diamond Light Source Oct 3, 2019

    Using I12 to virtually unwrap 2,000 year old scrolls in the hope they will provide new insights into the ancient world.

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    Worldwide scientific collaboration develops catalysis breakthrough

    Worldwide scientific collaboration develops catalysis breakthrough Sep 30, 2019

    Worldwide scientific collaboration creates simple ways to get metal nanoparticles under control and substantially reduce the cost of making ...

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    New 6M€ European grant awarded to ExPaNDS to drive open access data

    New 6M€ European grant awarded to ExPaNDS to drive open access data Sep 17, 2019

    A new 6M€ grant is being launched for the Photon and Neutron Data Services (ExPaNDS) to come together and work under the European Open Science ...

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    Diamond Light Source becomes newest member of The Franklin

    Diamond Light Source becomes newest member of The Franklin Sep 11, 2019

    Diamond Light Source has been welcomed as the twelfth member of The Rosalind Franklin Institute (The Franklin), close neighbours on Harwell Campus.

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    Pirbright Institute grants a new licence for FMDV vaccine <br/> development

    Pirbright Institute grants a new licence for FMDV vaccine
    development Sep 2, 2019

    Pirbright has granted an exclusive commercial licence for a vaccine to protect livestock against foot-and-mouth-disease-virus (FMDV)

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    UK & US Scientific collaboration awarded prestigious Charles Hatchett Award for their work into increasing the capacity and reducing the charging time of Li-ion Batteries

    UK & US Scientific collaboration awarded prestigious Charles Hatchett Award for their work into increasing the capacity and reducing the charging time of Li-ion Batteries Aug 6, 2019

    An international research team from the University of Cambridge, Diamond Light Source and the Advanced Photon Source have been awarded the 2019 ...

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    Diamond shines its light on Moon Rocks from Apollo Missions, Martian meteorites & Vesta

    Diamond shines its light on Moon Rocks from Apollo Missions, Martian meteorites & Vesta Jul 17, 2019

    50 years after our first steps on the Moon, samples from the Apollo missions, Mars and Vesta still have a lot to tell us about the formation of ...

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    Engaging young minds in science: the Big Science Event competition

    Engaging young minds in science: the Big Science Event competition Jul 9, 2019

    Diamond Light Source helped to judge annual competition engaging primary school students.

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    Diamond's 8000th publication: The future of solar cells

    Diamond's 8000th publication: The future of solar cells Jun 25, 2019

    The 8000th publication from Diamond on the future of solar cells; non-traditional materials in solar cells lead to higher efficiencies.

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    Summer ‘Inside Diamond’ open days celebrate a love for world-changing science

    Summer ‘Inside Diamond’ open days celebrate a love for world-changing science Jun 21, 2019

    This June, we hosted 'Inside Diamond' open days, celebrating world-changing science.

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    Diamond awarded £3.7M grant to fund research crucial to Africa: Energy and healthcare

    Diamond awarded £3.7M grant to fund research crucial to Africa: Energy and healthcare Mar 27, 2019

    Today is the official launch of START grant awarded to researchers led by Diamond and STFC to work with African scientists on energy, healthcare.

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    Diamond Light Source unveils first ever images of fuel debris fallout particles from Fukushima

    Diamond Light Source unveils first ever images of fuel debris fallout particles from Fukushima Mar 7, 2019

    Unique synchrotron visualisation techniques offer new forensic insights into the provenance of radioactive material from the Fukushima nuclear ...

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    2019 News

    2019 News Feb 15, 2019

    Today sees the launch of an innovative Citizen Science Project by Diamond Light Source, which uses a crowdsourcing model to call on people of all ...

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    Diamond honours Margaret Hamilton in the naming of their new scientific data processing cluster

    Diamond honours Margaret Hamilton in the naming of their new scientific data processing cluster Feb 11, 2019

    February 11th marks the UN's International Day of Women and Girls in Science. Diamond will name their newest scientific computer after one such ...

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