- ray ▁micro sc opy ▁techniques ▁applied ▁synchron ously ▁with ▁a ▁switching ▁time ▁of ▁ 0 . 1 ▁seconds . ▁The ▁first ▁users ▁of ▁the ▁beam line ▁are ▁expected ▁in ▁ 2 0 2 0 . ▁ ▁Case ▁studies ▁ ▁On ▁ 1 3 ▁September ▁ 2 0 0 7 , ▁scient ists ▁from ▁Card iff ▁University , ▁led ▁by ▁Professor ▁Tim ▁W ess , ▁found ▁that ▁the ▁Diam ond ▁syn ch ro tr on ▁could ▁be ▁used ▁to ▁discover ▁hidden ▁content ▁of ▁ancient ▁documents ▁by ▁ill um ination ▁without ▁opening ▁them ▁( pen etr ating ▁layers ▁of ▁par ch ment ). ▁ ▁In ▁November ▁ 2 0 1 0 ▁the ▁Journal ▁Nature ▁published ▁an ▁article ▁detail ing ▁how ▁scient ists ▁Go ede le ▁Ma ert ens , ▁Stephen ▁H are ▁& ▁Peter ▁Ch ere pan ov ▁from ▁Imperial ▁College ▁London ▁used ▁data ▁collected ▁at ▁Diam ond ▁to ▁advance ▁the ▁understanding ▁of ▁how ▁H IV ▁and ▁other ▁retro vir uses ▁inf ect ▁human ▁or ▁animal ▁cells . ▁The ▁find ings ▁may ▁enable ▁improvements ▁in ▁gene ▁ther apy ▁to ▁correct ▁gene ▁mal functions . ▁ ▁In ▁June ▁ 2 0 1 1 ▁an ▁international ▁team ▁of ▁scient ists ▁led ▁by ▁Professor ▁So ▁I w ata ▁published ▁an ▁article ▁in ▁the ▁Journal ▁Nature ▁detail ing ▁how ▁using ▁Diam ond ▁they ▁had ▁successfully ▁solved ▁the ▁complex ▁ 3 D ▁structure ▁of ▁the ▁human ▁Hist am ine ▁H 1 ▁re ceptor ▁protein . ▁Their ▁discovery ▁opens ▁the ▁way ▁for ▁the ▁development ▁of ▁‘ third ▁generation ’ ▁anti