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A Brief History of Diamond
Created by DiamondLightSource on Dec 2, 2010
Last updated: 12/02/10 at 07:12 AM
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HRH Queen Elizabeth II visits Diamond to formally open the facility.http://www.diamond.ac.uk/Home/Media/LatestNews/October2007.html
Diamond Light Source, a third generation medium energy synchrotron, goes into operation.http://www.diamond.ac.uk/dms/Images/news/Media-images/Aerial-view-of-Diamond-synchrotron/Aerial%20view%20of%20Diamond%20synchrotron.jpg
Construction begins on the facility at Diamond Light Source in Oxfordshire.http://www.diamond.ac.uk/Home/About/Facts.html
The world's first dedicated synchrotron light source (SRS) opens in Daresbury, UK. Image credit: STFC Daresbury Laboratorywww.srs.ac.uk
James Watson and Francis Crick suggest the "double helix" structure of DNA based on an X-ray crystallography image ("Photo 51") taken by Rosalind Franklin
The first synchrotron goes into operation in Woolwich, UK
Charles Barkla discovers that X-rays passing through gas can be used to determine the elements in the gas.
Wilhelm Roentgen discovers X-rayshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_Conrad_R%C3%B6ntgen