infocus #66 June 2022 37-year-old mystery is solved as ‘long-lost’ Fellow rejoins RMS!

SEM-TKD imaging of dislocation dynamics near a grain boundary and carbides in a Nickel-based superalloy. Various nanoscale features are readily observed: dislocation looping, arrays, interactions, etc. The RGB diodes automatically colour the picture in a psychedelic fashion. Image by Yuanbo Tang

The summer studentship carried out jointly with Diamond Light Source and the University of York aimed to explore and test the use of synchrotron X-ray Nanoprobe analyses for the study of archaeological remains.

I have been studying and photographing rocks under all sorts of microscopes for more than thirty years. I enjoy this part of my work as a geologist more than ever. A good optical microscope, with a well-trained eye, is still the essential tool for successful research in my field.