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Investing nearly £ 520 million, this synchrotron light source in the UK will be upgraded

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2023-09-27 13:56:59
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Recently, the UK's national synchrotron "Diamond Light Source" announced an investment of nearly £ 520 million ($648.3 million) to implement three new flagship beam lines and upgrade existing beam lines. This comprehensive upgrade will be delivered by 2030.

The Department for Science, Innovation, and Technology and the biomedical charity Wellcome jointly approved the facility upgrade project, with 86% of the £ 520 million funding from the UK government and 14% from the Wellcome Foundation.

The "Diamond Light Source" accelerator located in Oxford, UK is essentially a huge microscope that can generate light 10 billion times brighter than the sun. This light is directed to a laboratory called a beam line, where a series of scientific research fields are conducted.

Its power is 10000 times that of traditional microscopes. In addition to groundbreaking medical discoveries, it is crucial for studying a range of themes, including ancient paintings and fragments of fossils, while finding solutions to extend the lifespan of machinery such as engines and turbine blades.

The new fourth generation synchrotron will support a growing user base of researchers while maintaining the UK's world leading position in cutting-edge science.

The Diamond II upgrade, which lasts for several years, is part of the complete Diamond light source upgrade plan and will include an 18 month "dark period" where all beams will be inactive, followed by a period of time when new facilities will be fully launched, including three new flagship beam lines and many major upgrades to other beam lines. In addition to the "Diamond ii" program, it will also cover new devices that replace synchronous accelerator machines, enabling them to generate brighter light, as well as new computing hardware and software.

The advancement of accelerator technology means that Diamond II will provide opportunities for the scientific community in academia and industry to develop brighter beams and increased coherence within the large energy range of all our beam lines and additional beam lines, "said Adrian Smith, Chairman of the Diamond Light Source Board of Directors and Chairman of the Royal Society. In addition, Diamond Light Source's funding announcement states that the upgrade is expected to pave the way for material research and accelerated drug development, as well as provide real-time insights into advanced manufacturing and next-generation battery performance processes.

Source: OFweek

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