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February 17, 2016

Exploiting high speed light for super slow science
London, UK (SPX) Feb 17, 2016
Scientists at the world's premier science conference - the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) annual meeting - will this year be discussing the advances enabled by the UK's pioneering Long-Duration Experiment facility (LDE). Unmatched anywhere in the world, the LDE allows scientists to closely study the atomic and molecular behaviour of matter under different conditions and over a period of two years. Based at the UK's synchrotron science facility, Diamond Light Source, the ... read more

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