Diamond Light Source

Diamond Light Source (or Diamond) is the UK's national <a href="/facts/Synchrotron_light_source/WgtcYLjP">synchrotron light source</a> science facility located at the <a href="/facts/Harwell_Science_and_Innovation_Campus/adClIU2e">Harwell Science and Innovation Campus</a> in <a href="/facts/Oxfordshire/dc4jQkHB">Oxfordshire</a>. 
Its purpose is to produce <a href="/facts/Synchrotron_light/mTsSKmRz">intense beams of light</a> whose special characteristics are useful in many areas of scientific research. In particular it can be used to investigate the structure and properties of a wide range of materials from <a href="/facts/Proteins/Jxmagu3E">proteins</a> (to provide information for designing new and better drugs), and engineering components (such as a fan blade from an aero-engine) to conservation of archeological artifacts (for example <a href="/facts/Henry_VIII/LFgGAjh0">Henry VIII</a>'s flagship the <a href="/facts/Mary_Rose/CCdE2Wav">Mary Rose</a>).
There are more than 50 light sources across the world. With an energy of 3 GeV, Diamond is a medium energy synchrotron currently operating with 32 <a href="/facts/Beamline/vrfaEtFt">beamlines</a>.

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Diamond Light Source