'Super-scope' opens for business
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The biggest science facility to be built in the UK for 30 years - the Diamond Light Source synchrotron - has opened its doors for business.
The vast machine, which covers the area of five football pitches, generates intense light beams to probe matter down to the molecular and atomic scale.
The South Oxfordshire-based facility will be used by many fields, including medicine and environmental science.
Researchers have now commenced their experiments at its 'beamline' stations.
Gerhard Materlik, chief executive of Diamond, said: 'The first users possess an extensive knowledge of synchrotron science and bring a range of research projects to Diamond, from cancer research, to advancing data storage techniques, to unravelling the mysteries of the Solar System.'
The biggest science facility to be built in the UK for 30 years - the Diamond Light Source synchrotron - has opened its doors for business.The vast machine, which covers the area of five football pitches, generates intense light beams to probe matter down to the molecular and atomic scale.
The South Oxfordshire-based facility will be used by many fields, including medicine and environmental science.
Researchers have now commenced their experiments at its 'beamline' stations.
Gerhard Materlik, chief executive of Diamond, said: 'The first users possess an extensive knowledge of synchrotron science and bring a range of research projects to Diamond, from cancer research, to advancing data storage techniques, to unravelling the mysteries of the Solar System.'
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