News tagged with diamond light source

Diamond light, brighter than the sun

It’s the size of five football pitches and generates light 10 billion times brighter than the sun. As the Diamond Light Source celebrates its tenth anniversary this year, Penny Bailey visits one of the ...

Physics / General Physics

created Feb 07, 2012 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (13) | comments 18 | with audio podcast

Tools of the trade: Diamonds are forever ... for focusing intense X-rays

(PhysOrg.com) -- Diamonds can add more than sparkle and style to X-ray experiments at the Linac Coherent Light Source.

Physics / General Physics

created Sep 22, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

British and Canadian synchrotrons sign agreement

Making the power of synchrotron light available to more businesses, building new experimental equipment and developing new capabilities are three of the areas of collaboration in a trans-Atlantic memorandum of understanding ...

Physics / General Physics

created May 31, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Diamond light illuminates process of silver decay in Catalonian altarpieces

Scientists from the Technical University of Catalonia in Barcelona have teamed up with Diamond Light Source to use a brilliant infrared microbeam to understand at the microscopic scale molecular processes ...

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

created Apr 22, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Nanoscale structures revealed on Diamond's latest beamline

On Monday 12th October, a team of scientists from the University of Bath became the first researchers to use the UK’s national synchrotron facility’s latest experimental station (I07). Designed for investigating ...

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

created Oct 15, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

How the 100th protein structure solved at Diamond impacts our understanding of how insects smell

New research announced today, Wednesday 30th September, by a team of leading scientists working with the UK's national Synchrotron, Diamond Light Source, could have a significant impact on the development ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Sep 29, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A Kinoform's Best Friend: Diamond Refractive Lenses for Nanofocusing

(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of Brookhaven and Argonne National Laboratory researchers has demonstrated a reliable path for sculpting an intricate x-ray focusing lens out of diamond. Their technique, which was ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Aug 03, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 2