CANDLE Synchrotron Research Institute

The Center for the Advancement of Natural Discoveries using Light Emission, more commonly called the CANDLE Synchrotron Research Institute, is a research institute in Yerevan, Armenia. CANDLE is a project of 3 gigaelectronvolts of energy, a third generation synchrotron light source for fundamental, industrial and applied research in biology, physics, chemistry, medicine, material and environmental sciences.

Center for the Advancement of Natural Discoveries using Light Emission
Synchrotron Research Institute

CANDLE Synchrotron Research Institute
Type	Public
Established	2010
Director	Prof. Vasili Tsakanov
Location	Yerevan , Armenia 40°13′21″N 44°33′10″E
Affiliations	Ministry of Education and Science of Armenia
Website	candle.am

The government of Armenia allocated an area of 20 hectares near the town of Abovyan for the center's projects.^[1]