Diamond - Illuminating Science

Diamond Light Source is a particle accelerator called a synchrotron, which uses electrons to produce very intense beams of light. The light, ranging from infrared through ultraviolet to X-rays, is used to examine the molecular and atomic composition of samples; from proteins to engineering components and many more. Scientists from around the world use Diamond, based in Oxfordshire, to discover more about their samples than they would ever be able to in a laboratory.

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