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A shining light for African science

14 Jan 2016
Taken from the January 2016 issue of Physics World

Sekazi Mtingwa calls for physicists to get behind African plans to build the continent’s first ever light source

Participants at the First African Light Source Conference and Workshop that was held in Grenoble, France, in November 2015
First African Light Source Conference and Workshop. (Courtesy: ESRF)
Light sources such as synchrotrons or free-electron lasers have been among the most transformative s

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Sekazi Mtingwa is a retired accelerator physicist, sits on the African Light Source committee and is principal consultant at Triangle Science, Education & Economic Development, US
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