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Queen impressed by massive Diamond
Last week Queen Elizabeth II opened the UK's new national synchrotron facility, Diamond. Based in the Oxfrodshire countryside, Diamond is the largest science facility to be built in the UK in 40 years. It was funded largely by the UK government, but with a significant contribution from the Wellcome Trust.
Seven experimental stations went into operation at its launch:
Extreme conditions beamline for studying materials under intense temperatures and pressures.
Materials and magnetism beamline set up to probe electronic and magnetic materials at the atomic level.
Three macromolecular crystallography beamlines for understanding the structure of complex biological samples, such as proteins.
Microfocus spectroscopy beamline able to map the chemical make-up of complex materials, such as moon rocks and geological samples.
Nanoscience beamline capable of imaging structures and devices at a few millionths of a millimetre.
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