"Large scale facilities like synchrotrons and neutron sources offer a wealth of opportunities for the study of matter in its broadest sense by a wide range of experimental techniques diffraction, scattering, spectroscopy and imaging, all related to the scientific activities of the International Union of Crystallography (IUCr). It is therefore justified to describe the relation between IUCr and the large scale facilities as a perfect marriage."
"The great impact of synchrotron radiation on crystallographic science is visible both in relatively new areas like structural biology that has been revolutionized by the use of synchrotron radiation and in well-established crystallographic methods like powder diffraction which have obtained a completely new life."