Diamond Light Source Photographic Exhibition

40 41 Diffraction is one of the many techniques used at Diamond to understand the structure of the various samples brought for study. Each spot represents the location of atoms inside a sample, for example a drug compound.​ (Image: Diamond Light Source) A view looking along one section of the main machine – this sequence is repeated 24 times to make up the half kilometre storage ring. This is where the special light is created for use by researchers the world over. (Image: Andrew Brookes)