Diamond BERRIES project approved

The Diamond Light Source has received confirmation of £81.5M in UKRI funding for its flagship project, Diamond-II. This will enable the construction five new beamlines, including the Beamline for X-ray Raman Scattering and pink-beam XES (BERRIES) whose champion is Physics of Quantum Materials research group member and the Head of Physics and Astronomy at Kent, Silvia Ramos. Silvia chairs the 13-strong User Working group that proposed this beamline and that will oversee the delivery of this £15M project over the next decade. BERRIES is expected to make a big impact on both academia and industry, in several scientific areas important to the UK’s research priorities, such as chemistry and catalysis, energy materials and nuclear waste management, among others. Follow the links to read more about this important development.