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It is the responsibility of David Rugg, a Materials Engineer at Rolls-Royce, to make the materials used in an aero engine stronger and lighter so the engines are more efficient and environmentally friendly. Rolls-Royce works with metallurgists from the University of Oxford who are using X-rays from the world's biggest microscope, the Oxford synchrotron, to probe metal components under stress and see how they deform. This allows them to modify the components to make them lighter and stronger. Includes a description of how the synchrotron generates X-rays.