Welcome to Diamond - the UK's national synchrotron
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Diamond Light Source is the UK’s national synchrotron science facility, located at the Harwell Science and Innovation Campus in Oxfordshire. By accelerating electrons to near light-speed, Diamond generates brilliant beams of light from infra-red to X-rays which are used for academic and industry research and development across a range of scientific disciplines including structural biology, physics, chemistry, materials science, engineering, earth and environmental sciences. 
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Latest News 300,000 times the strength of the earth’s magnetic field: BLADE’s new 14 Tesla magnet pulls together an expert team for first experiments 16 May 2012 The first researchers to use the new Oxford Instruments high-field superconducting magnet at Diamond Light Source, the UK’s national synchrotron More...  Diamond celebrates 10 years of creativity in science story telling14 May 2012 Stitching, sculpture and slug-like aliens all formed part of a special 10th Anniversary event that was on Friday 11th May at Diamond Light Source, the More...  Ten years of Diamond27 Mar 2012 Diamond, the UK’s national synchrotron science facility and one of Oxfordshire’s flagship science institutes, was formed a decade ago, on the More...  Comet Wild2: First Evidence of Space Weathering27 Mar 2012 The traditional picture of comets as cold, icy, unchanging bodies throughout their history is being reappraised in the light of analyses of dust grains More...  Diamond Podcast - Episode 18: 10 years of Diamond26 Mar 2012 Listen to the latest news from Diamond Light Source online, including news, interviews with scientists and insights into what is happening at the UK national More... 
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Using DiamondDiamond is free at the point of access for researchers, provided the results are in the public domain. Diamond also welcomes industrial researchers through a range of access modes including proprietary research. Current Call Status: The Call for AP13 will be announced in August with a deadline of 1 October 2012. Latest Science HighlightsWater, essential to life… or is it? 13 Apr 2012 Proteins are large biological molecules that are synonymous with living things. They allow us to convert food into energy, supply oxygen to our blood and More... Investigating toxic sludge 20 Mar 2012 In October 2010, a dam failure at an aluminium producing plant in western Hungary released around one million cubic metres of toxic red sludge into nearby More... Taking control of our vital signal transmitters
30 Jan 2012 G-protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) are the single most important drug target in the body because they are central to so many biological processes. Gaining More... |
