Diamond Light Source

Diamond Light Source is the UK’s national synchrotron science facility, located at the Harwell Science and Innovation Campus in Oxfordshire.

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🦠 Did you know that Mycobacterium tuberculosis has a surprising self-destructive behaviour? These bacteria produce toxins that damage their own DNA to halt their growth and evade the immune system.

Find out more below. ⬇
https://t.co/T9bGbsoIne

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📘 The 2023/2024 Annual Review of Diamond Light Source is available to read now, and reveals a challenging and successful year for its scientists and 14,000 users.

Read the Annual Review in its entirety here. ⬇ https://t.co/7RiqkLhaYs

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📽 Former Chair of Diamond Light Source's Industrial Science Committee, Malcolm Skingle CBE FMedSci, shares his insights and reflections on the remarkable changes and progress he has witnessed over the past two decades at Diamond in our most recent video. ⬇

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Malcolm Skingle reflects on his tenure as Chair of @DiamondLightSou's Industrial Science Committee (DISCo). Watch the video to hear his parting thoughts and insights as he retires from the role. https://t.co/XqogLnfoQd

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Malcolm Skingle reflects on his tenure as Chair of @DiamondLightSou's Industrial Science Committee (DISCo). Watch the video to hear his parting thoughts and insights as he retires from the role. https://t.co/XqogLnfoQd

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@chem_in_cells We're glad to hear you enjoyed your visit. 😁

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👐 Last week, in partnership with @RutherfordApLab we were delighted to welcome nearly 100 A-level students and their teachers to Diamond to find out about careers in engineering.

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Yesterday, we partnered with @diamondlightsource to inspire future engineers!

The students explored the power of solar energy, the structure of model cars, coding, a science careers fair, and toured the inside of the Diamond Light Synchrotron.

🔬🚗💻 #TomorrowsEngineersWeek

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📢Don't miss the penultimate #FaradayMasterclass of 2024, on X-ray powder diffraction for #BatteryMaterials at @DiamondLightSou

Register now🔗https://t.co/uH1jOK2XCf

Save the date for the final Masterclass of 2024:
📆 11/12/2024 at 2 PM on Machine Learning for #BatteryResearch

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‼ Inside Diamond - Public Open Day: Ballot Open!

Enter for the chance to visit the facility and see inside our particle accelerator.

📅 When: Saturday 15th March 2025

⏳ Enter by: Sunday 16th February 2025

Find out more and enter the ballot below.
https://t.co/oI49asHROE

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🔋⚡ Our latest science highlight delves into the mechanical factors affecting dendrite growth in solid-state batteries. This research could lead to safer, high-performance energy storage solutions.

Learn more here: https://t.co/eYWkg1ZLAg

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As Malcolm Skingle retires as Chair of @DiamondLightSou’s Industrial Science Committee (DISCo), we sit down with him to reflect on the transformative changes he’s witnessed over the past two decades. Read the full interview here: https://t.co/OLp4R0UCap

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🔬 New insights into the subcellular action of metallo-drugs.

Using SR nano-FTIR, researchers Diamond & @UnivdeCoimbra achieved high-res imaging & chemical analysis at the subcellular level, revealing how cisplatin interacts with subcellular regions.

https://t.co/AQ0VtjLSiF

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🤝Diamond wishes to congratulate Mark Thomson on his appointment as CERN's next Director General.

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Congratulations to @profmarkthomson, who will be the next Director-General of @CERN, the world's leading particle physics facility.

The UK is proud to be one of CERN's biggest backers. We look forward to even more breakthroughs under Mark's tenure.

https://t.co/ahZEKuwXTk

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🆕 💡 An update from Diamond's Impact, Corporate Communications and Engagement Team, with news on events, public and media engagement, and more, is available on our website. 👇

https://t.co/bupIzZ8EQJ

[Faraday Institution @FaradayInst]

Register for a 3rd in the series of Faraday Masterclasses 2024 focusing on utilising facilities at @STFC for #BatteryResearch!

Dr Sarah Day will focus on X-ray powder diffraction for #BatteryMaterials at @DiamondLightSou

Sign up ➡️ https://t.co/Jq7NngU8Tv

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🤝Following computational predictions which were validated by experimental studies, collaborative research at Diamond has led to the development of hierarchical cage molecules that adsorb gases like CO₂ and SF₆.

🔗➡Find out more here: https://t.co/wrwQ7WeACj

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Latest developments have seen the suspended sample achieve great stability.

Currently 6 Diamond beamlines are exploring this technology alongside interest also from @CanLightSource and @GeneralAtomics.

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⏪ A few months ago, you may have seen us share the work of Dr Peter Docker, R&D specialist at Diamond, and his work on creating an acoustic levitator used to suspend samples.

📽 In this video (yes, it is a video!) you can see how stable the sample is.

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👨‍💻 They also offer the potential for automation of sample delivery; traps filled with sample and processed down to the beam for data collection.

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