Read article: Diamond Light Source – when a tool becomes a gem
With an X-ray source 10 billion times brighter than the Sun, Diamond Light Source sheds light on materials conundrums from art conservation and ice-cream to data storage
Read article: Creating chemical images, solving industrial problems
How time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry is helping scientists understand commercial challenges in materials science
Read article: The twisted secret to snapping spaghetti strands into two
Mathematicians work out how to break noodles in two at long last
Read article: Diamond Light Source – where materials surrender their secrets
Join us for a video tour of the world's largest medium-energy synchrotron, as well as some of the world-class electron microscopy centres on site
Read article: Machines learn how to predict bioconcentrations
Neural networks bridge the gap between input data to determine the complex physical-chemical properties of organic molecules
Read article: Theory and simulations reveal why propagating cracks sometimes repel each other
Curious hook-like patterns explained by theoretical and numerical models
Read article: New knit theory could help make smart self-folding materials
Model describes how individual stiches in a knitted fabric behave when stretched
Read article: Tool tracks nanoscale clusters in cells
Statistical algorithm allows tracking of molecular nanocluster dynamics that were too fast for previous techniques to follow
Read article: Water proves to be electrically dead at interfaces
The first ever measurements of the dielectric constant of confined water reveal far lower values than previously expected.
Read article: Hybrid waveguide chip makes biomaterial imaging more accessible
Low-cost microfabrication of a new waveguide chip brings evanescent light microscopy to conventional light microscopes
