Canadian Light Source

McGill University researchers, with help from the Canadian Light Source at the University of Saskatchewan, discovered a new way to turn carbon dioxide (CO2) into methane and continuously use it as an energy source. Methane is produced in different ways, from burning of fossil fuels, to livestock and other agricultural practices, which can then introduce […]

The bacteria that causes pneumonia, meningitis and other infections is becoming drug resistant, but recent research at the Canadian Light Source on the USask campus is trying to come up with new ways to fight these germs. A University of Victoria project used the CLS to study proteins in this bacteria. Dr. Alisdair Boraston says […]

When you think of synchrotron research, advances in health sciences may come to mind, but the Canadian Light Source on the University of Saskatchewan campus has also defined agricultural science as one of its strategic priorities. CEO Robert Lamb says Saskatchewan is known for its agriculture so it only makes sense, although it hasn’t been […]