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Materials for construction of the Optics Hutch have arrived; XAIRA construction works can now start! (25/06/2019)

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A just-finished Optics Hutch, dressed up for its first Open Day (16/07/2019)

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The Experimental Hutch, designed and built at ALBA, is being built (12/01/2020)

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The hutches get painted; the beamline is starting to get into shape (09/06/2020)

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XAIRA Front End installed in the tunnel (27/07/2020)

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Exterior view of the beamline, with the recently built control hutch (27/11/2020)

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XAIRA photon source installed in the tunnel (21/12/2020)

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The beamline optic elements are being installed (May-November 2021)

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The racks get populated (June 2022)

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Initial commissioning of our brand new detector with a radioactive source (01/07/2022)

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 XAIRA sees its first beam! The image shows the very first observation of the beam at the first fluorescent screen monitor (22/07/2022). See also the related piece of news.

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 In-house designed diffractometer (December 2023):

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First lysozyme data set! See related piece of news. (01/12/2023)

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