The Synchrotron View

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0120090316Fragments of the comet Wild-2 are examined under the dazzling light.

Science enthusiast Dave Dodd visits the UK's biggest and brightest experimental facility

0220090317Science enthusiast Dave Dodd visits the UK's biggest and brightest new experimental facility, the Diamond Light Source.

Conservation scientists bring samples of pigment from watercolourist Turner's studio and the walls of Pompeii. Something is turning the brilliant red colour to a grimy black, but what is it?

Conservation scientists examine pigment from Turner's studio and Pompeii.

Science enthusiast Dave Dodd visits the UK's biggest and brightest experimental facility

0320090318Unusual iron deposits are implicated in both Parkinson's and Alzheimer's disease.

Science enthusiast Dave Dodd visits the UK's biggest and brightest experimental facility

0420090319Exploring the mysteries of earthworms.

Science enthusiast Dave Dodd visits the UK's biggest and brightest experimental facility

0520090320A sample cell is loaded with hydrogen and then squashed with unimaginable force.

Science enthusiast Dave Dodd visits the UK's biggest and brightest experimental facility