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Building a brighter future for Africa with the African Light Source

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Africa is the only habitable continent that is not yet host to a light source — an important tool across disciplines. Scientists from the Executive Committee of the African Light Source Foundation discuss work towards building an advanced light source in Africa, and what remains to be done.

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  1. Physics & Astronomy, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK

    Marcus C. Newton

  2. Department of Mechanical Engineering Science, University of Johannesburg, Auckland Park, Johannesburg, South Africa

    Simon H. Connell

  3. European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, Grenoble, France

    Edward P. Mitchell

  4. TriSEED Consultants, LLC, Hillsborough, NC, USA

    Sekazi K. Mtingwa

  5. Department of Physics & Astronomy, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, USA

    Prosper Ngabonziza

  6. African Physical Society, Accra, Ghana

    Lawrence Norris

  7. The South African Nuclear Energy Corporation SOC Ltd (Necsa), Pretoria, South Africa

    Tshepo Ntsoane

  8. School of Life Sciences, Keele University, Keele, UK

    Daouda A. K. Traore

  9. Institut Laue-Langevin, Grenoble, France

    Daouda A. K. Traore

  10. Faculté des Sciences et Techniques, Université des Sciences, des Techniques et des Technologies de Bamako (USTTB), Bamako, Mali

    Daouda A. K. Traore

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Newton, M.C., Connell, S.H., Mitchell, E.P. et al. Building a brighter future for Africa with the African Light Source. Nat Rev Phys 5, 74–75 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s42254-022-00534-3

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