06 June 2011: Concrete slabs are laid over the tunnel of I13, Diamond’s X-ray Imaging and Coherence beamline, sealing in the beam pipe, which carries the X-rays 250m from their source to the experimental hutch. Due to go online later this year, I13 is designed for hard X-ray imaging on the micro- and nano-length scale. High spatial resolution is achieved by imaging either in real space or by inverting (diffraction) data acquired in reciprocal space. The range of scientific applications will be very wide, covering such diverse areas as biomedicine, materials sciences, geo- or astrophysics.

