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82 83 Investigating a sample of Moon rock on beamline B16, recovered during the Apollo Missions. The investigations helped to improve understanding of the Moon’s ancient volcanic systems and active geological processes here on Earth. ​ (Image: Andrew Brookes) A view of a sample being studied inside the 3D printed vacuum vessel of beamline VMXm.​As part of a larger collaboration grant from Wellcome that has been awarded to The Rosalind Franklin Institute, with partners MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology (MRC LMB) and Diamond, Diamond is developing a brand new instrument called HeXi (a Hybrid electron – X-ray instrument). HeXi will be embedded in the VMXm beamline and will combine and build upon state-of-the- art technologies from electron and X-ray fields to create brand new scientific opportunities for structural biology and drug discovery. (Image: Andrew Brookes)