Diamond Light Source and Harwell Science and Innovation Campus unveiled Fragments, three striking science-inspired sculptures located beside the campus cricket pitch, representing microscopic chemical fragments based on protein-ligand crystal structures discovered at Diamond during the COVID Moonshot Project.
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“Diamond Light Source and Harwell Science and Innovation Campus unveiled Fragments, three striking science-inspired sculptures, located beside the campus cricket pitch.”
— Diamond Light Source team
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Diamond Light Source
The UK's National Synchrotron Light Source
- Industry
- Research Services
- Location
- Didcot, GB
- Company size
- 830 employees
Diamond Light Source is the UK’s national synchrotron serving scientists and researchers from around the world. It is a not-for-profit joint venture funded by UK Research & Innovation (UKRI) and Wellcome. Diamond provides academic and industry researchers access to facilities that enable world-changing science. The machine generates extremely bright light that is directed into laboratories known as beamlines. Scientists use the light to find solutions to humanity’s most critical challenges, from health, food security and biotechnology to energy, climate change and advanced materials. Diamond is in the process of upgrading to a fourth-generation synchrotron, generating a brighter and more coherent light. This will provide enhanced imaging and analysis capabilities, helping the UK to remain at the forefront of scientific discovery.
Founded 2002