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Scientists from around the world use our synchrotron for ground-breaking research in health, agriculture, environment, and advanced materials.

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Canadian Light Source @canlightsource.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
#ResearchInAction: Researchers from UBC and Agriculture and Agrifood Canada are using the CLS to study how corn, poplar, and hazelnut crops cope with too little or too much water, in the hopes of building more resilient farming systems. #climatechange #drought #flood INSERT LINK
Photo: PhD student Michael Bilek with sample of a root imaged at CLS.
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Canadian Light Source @canlightsource.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
USask researcher Andrew Grosvenor is using the CLS to develop a glass-based material for safely sequestering intermediate-level waste from small modular reactors (#SMR). INSERT LINK @usaskartsci.bsky.social #ResearchInAction
Photo: Two members of Dr. Grosvenor’s group, Khushveer Kaur (PhD student), left, and Apurva Sinha (Postdoc) at the VLS-PGM beamline.
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Canadian Light Source @canlightsource.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Life just got more difficult for those fighting antibiotic-resistant #superbugs - a Top 10 global public health issue. Researchers at @mcgill.ca @healthsciences.mcgill.ca have discovered enzymes that use a never-before-seen mechanism to confer resistance. bit.ly/48ZVXhv
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Canadian Light Source @canlightsource.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
A database designed by a CLS scientist is making it easy for researchers working in materials science, biology, chemistry, and environmental science to store, share, and use X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) data generated by synchrotrons. Full story: bit.ly/484Cg7e
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Canadian Light Source @canlightsource.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
#ResearchInAction: Researchers from McGill University are using the CLS to study #enzymes that let #bacteria destroy #itaconate, a small molecule our immune cells make when fighting bacteria. The team's findings could be used to design drugs that block those enzymes. bit.ly/4p5UBqq
Photo: Members of the research team, from left to right, Martin Schmeing (ball cap), Srobona Ghosh, Mike Tarry, and Anirudh Mantri.
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Canadian Light Source @canlightsource.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Synchrotron light shows fragments of lead left behind in hunted meat are far tinier than previously shown and present in concentrations exceeding levels set by human health agencies. bit.ly/3XEs2od #hunting #lead
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Canadian Light Source @canlightsource.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
#ResearchInAction: Researchers from UBC and Agriculture and Agrifood Canada are using the CLS to study how corn, poplar, and hazelnut crops cope with too little or too much water, in the hopes of building more resilient farming systems. #climatechange #drought #flood INSERT LINK
Photo: PhD student Michael Bilek with sample of a root imaged at CLS.
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Canadian Light Source @canlightsource.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
USask researcher Andrew Grosvenor is using the CLS to develop a glass-based material for safely sequestering intermediate-level waste from small modular reactors (#SMR). INSERT LINK @usaskartsci.bsky.social #ResearchInAction
Photo: Two members of Dr. Grosvenor’s group, Khushveer Kaur (PhD student), left, and Apurva Sinha (Postdoc) at the VLS-PGM beamline.
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Canadian Light Source @canlightsource.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Life just got more difficult for those fighting antibiotic-resistant #superbugs - a Top 10 global public health issue. Researchers at @mcgill.ca @healthsciences.mcgill.ca have discovered enzymes that use a never-before-seen mechanism to confer resistance. bit.ly/48ZVXhv
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Canadian Light Source @canlightsource.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Synchrotron light shows fragments of lead left behind in hunted meat are far tinier than previously shown and present in concentrations exceeding levels set by human health agencies. bit.ly/3XEs2od #hunting #lead
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Canadian Light Source @canlightsource.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
A database designed by a CLS scientist is making it easy for researchers working in materials science, biology, chemistry, and environmental science to store, share, and use X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) data generated by synchrotrons. Full story: bit.ly/484Cg7e
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Canadian Light Source @canlightsource.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
#ResearchInAction: Researchers from McGill University are using the CLS to study #enzymes that let #bacteria destroy #itaconate, a small molecule our immune cells make when fighting bacteria. The team's findings could be used to design drugs that block those enzymes. bit.ly/4p5UBqq
Photo: Members of the research team, from left to right, Martin Schmeing (ball cap), Srobona Ghosh, Mike Tarry, and Anirudh Mantri.
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Canadian Light Source @canlightsource.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
#ResearchInAction: Researchers from UBC and Agriculture and Agrifood Canada are using the CLS to study how corn, poplar, and hazelnut crops cope with too little or too much water, in the hopes of building more resilient farming systems. #climatechange #drought #flood INSERT LINK
Photo: PhD student Michael Bilek with sample of a root imaged at CLS.
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Canadian Light Source @canlightsource.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
#ResearchInAction USask researcher Andrew Grosvenor is using the CLS to develop a glass-based material for safely sequestering intermediate-level waste from small modular reactors (#SMR). INSERT LINK @usaskartsci.bsky.social
Photo: Two members of Dr. Grosvenor’s group, Khushveer Kaur (PhD student), left, and Apurva Sinha (Postdoc) at the VLS-PGM beamline.
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Canadian Light Source @canlightsource.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Life just got more difficult for those fighting antibiotic-resistant #superbugs - a Top 10 global public health issue. Researchers at @mcgill.ca @healthsciences.mcgill.ca have discovered enzymes that use a never-before-seen mechanism to confer resistance. bit.ly/48ZVXhv
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Canadian Light Source @canlightsource.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Synchrotron light shows fragments of lead left behind in hunted meat are far tinier than previously shown and present in concentrations exceeding levels set by human health agencies. bit.ly/3XEs2od #hunting #lead
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Canadian Light Source @canlightsource.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
#ResearchInAction: Researchers from McGill University are using the CLS to study #enzymes that let #bacteria destroy #itaconate, a small molecule our immune cells make when fighting bacteria. The team's findings could be used to design drugs that block those enzymes. bit.ly/4p5UBqq
Photo: Members of the research team, from left to right, Martin Schmeing (ball cap), Srobona Ghosh, Mike Tarry, and Anirudh Mantri.
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Canadian Light Source @canlightsource.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
#ResearchInAction: Researchers from UBC and Agriculture and Agrifood Canada are using the CLS to study how corn, poplar, and hazelnut crops cope with too little or too much water, in the hopes of building more resilient farming systems. #climatechange #drought #flood INSERT LINK
Photo: PhD student Michael Bilek with sample of a root imaged at CLS.
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Canadian Light Source @canlightsource.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
#ResearchInAction USask researcher Andrew Grosvenor is using the CLS to develop a glass-based material for safely sequestering intermediate-level waste from small modular reactors (#SMR). INSERT LINK @usaskartsci.bsky.social
Photo: Two members of Dr. Grosvenor’s group, Khushveer Kaur (PhD student), left, and Apurva Sinha (Postdoc) at the VLS-PGM beamline.
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Canadian Light Source @canlightsource.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
A database designed by a CLS scientist is making it easy for researchers working in materials science, biology, chemistry, and environmental science to store, share, and use X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) data generated by synchrotrons. Full story: bit.ly/484Cg7e
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Canadian Light Source @canlightsource.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Synchrotron light shows fragments of lead left behind in hunted meat are far tinier than previously shown and present in concentrations exceeding levels set by human health agencies. bit.ly/3XEs2od #hunting #lead
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Canadian Light Source @canlightsource.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Life just got more difficult for those fighting antibiotic-resistant #superbugs - a Top 10 global public health issue. Researchers at @mcgill.ca @healthsciences.mcgill.ca have discovered enzymes that use a never-before-seen mechanism to confer resistance. bit.ly/48ZVXhv
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Canadian Light Source @canlightsource.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
#ResearchInAction: Researchers from UBC and Agriculture and Agrifood Canada are using the CLS to study how corn, poplar, and hazelnut crops cope with too little or too much water, in the hopes of building more resilient farming systems. #climatechange #drought #flood INSERT LINK
Photo: PhD student Michael Bilek with sample of a root imaged at CLS.
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Canadian Light Source @canlightsource.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
#ResearchInAction USask researcher Andrew Grosvenor is using the CLS to develop a glass-based material for safely sequestering intermediate-level waste from small modular reactors (#SMR). INSERT LINK @usaskartsci.bsky.social
Photo: Two members of Dr. Grosvenor’s group, Khushveer Kaur (PhD student), left, and Apurva Sinha (Postdoc) at the VLS-PGM beamline.
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Canadian Light Source @canlightsource.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Life just got more difficult for those fighting antibiotic-resistant #superbugs - a Top 10 global public health issue. Researchers at @mcgill.ca @healthsciences.mcgill.ca have discovered enzymes that use a never-before-seen mechanism to confer resistance. bit.ly/48ZVXhv
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Canadian Light Source @canlightsource.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
A database designed by a CLS scientist is making it easy for researchers working in materials science, biology, chemistry, and environmental science to store, share, and use X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) data generated by synchrotrons. Full story: bit.ly/484Cg7e
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Canadian Light Source @canlightsource.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
#ResearchInAction: @usask.ca researcher Andrew Grosvenor and colleagues are using the CLS to develop a glass-based material for safely sequestering intermediate-level waste from small modular reactors. Learn more: bit.ly/48BfgeW @usaskartsci.bsky.social
Photo: Two members of Dr. Grosvenor’s group, Khushveer Kaur (PhD student), left, and Apurva Sinha (Postdoc) at the VLS-PGM beamline.
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Canadian Light Source @canlightsource.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Synchrotron light shows fragments of lead left behind in hunted meat are far tinier than previously shown and present in concentrations exceeding levels set by human health agencies. bit.ly/3XEs2od #hunting #lead
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Canadian Light Source @canlightsource.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
#ResearchInAction: Researchers from McGill University are using the CLS to study #enzymes that let #bacteria destroy #itaconate, a small molecule our immune cells make when fighting bacteria. The team's findings could be used to design drugs that block those enzymes. bit.ly/4p5UBqq
Photo: Members of the research team, from left to right, Martin Schmeing (ball cap), Srobona Ghosh, Mike Tarry, and Anirudh Mantri.
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Canadian Light Source @canlightsource.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
#ResearchInAction: Researchers from UBC and Agriculture and Agrifood Canada are using the CLS to study how corn, poplar, and hazelnut crops cope with too little or too much water, in the hopes of building more resilient farming systems. #climatechange #drought #flood INSERT LINK
Photo: PhD student Michael Bilek with sample of a root imaged at CLS.
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Canadian Light Source @canlightsource.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
#ResearchInAction When clay particles from oil sands clog reactors in oil refineries, it can cause shutdowns and raise costs. Simon Kwao and Ajay Dalai @usask.ca used CLS to study this process and hope to minimize the issue. Full story: bit.ly/4pkeNoR
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Canadian Light Source @canlightsource.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
#ResearchInAction USask researcher Andrew Grosvenor is using the CLS to develop a glass-based material for safely sequestering intermediate-level waste from small modular reactors (#SMR). INSERT LINK @usaskartsci.bsky.social
Photo: Two members of Dr. Grosvenor’s group, Khushveer Kaur (PhD student), left, and Apurva Sinha (Postdoc) at the VLS-PGM beamline.
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Canadian Light Source @canlightsource.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Take a tour of Canada's only synchrotron research facility! Located in Saskatoon, the CLS produces intensely bright light that scientists use to study materials at the molecular level. Over 1,000 researchers use the CLS every year. Get free tour tickets: bit.ly/3Y7pjU3
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Canadian Light Source @canlightsource.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Researchers at the Hospital for Sick Children and @utoronto.ca used special imaging techniques at the CLS to create a high-resolution, 3D map of curved fish spines, and noted they act very much like human spines as #scoliosis worsens. Full story: bit.ly/4nvOomR
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Canadian Light Source @canlightsource.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
#ResearchInAction: @usask.ca researcher Andrew Grosvenor and colleagues are using the CLS to develop a glass-based material for safely sequestering intermediate-level waste from small modular reactors. Learn more: bit.ly/48BfgeW @usaskartsci.bsky.social
Photo: Two members of Dr. Grosvenor’s group, Khushveer Kaur (PhD student), left, and Apurva Sinha (Postdoc) at the VLS-PGM beamline.
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Canadian Light Source @canlightsource.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
A database designed by a CLS scientist is making it easy for researchers working in materials science, biology, chemistry, and environmental science to store, share, and use X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) data generated by synchrotrons. Full story: bit.ly/484Cg7e
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Canadian Light Source @canlightsource.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
Life just got more difficult for those fighting antibiotic-resistant #superbugs - a Top 10 global public health issue. Researchers at @mcgill.ca @healthsciences.mcgill.ca have discovered enzymes that use a never-before-seen mechanism to confer resistance. bit.ly/48ZVXhv
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Canadian Light Source @canlightsource.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
Synchrotron light shows fragments of lead left behind in hunted meat are far tinier than previously shown and present in concentrations exceeding levels set by human health agencies. bit.ly/3XEs2od #hunting #lead
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Canadian Light Source @canlightsource.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
#DYK? 900 billion #electrons circulate in our storage ring during normal operations. ⚛️ #synchrotron #science #funfact
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Canadian Light Source @canlightsource.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
#ResearchInAction: Researchers from McGill University are using the CLS to study #enzymes that let #bacteria destroy #itaconate, a small molecule our immune cells make when fighting bacteria. The team's findings could be used to design drugs that block those enzymes. bit.ly/4p5UBqq
Photo: Members of the research team, from left to right, Martin Schmeing (ball cap), Srobona Ghosh, Mike Tarry, and Anirudh Mantri.
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Canadian Light Source @canlightsource.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
#DYK We have a crane that can carry 10 tonnes of equipment. When the CLS was under construction, it was used to install all of the major equipment around the rings. This image is from when we used the crane to lift an in-vacuum undulator for our CMCF beamline.
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Canadian Light Source @canlightsource.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
How big is our storage ring that holds the electron beam? You could fit the Leaning Tower of Pisa across it! 📏 #DYK #FAQ #synchrotron #science
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Canadian Light Source @canlightsource.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
#AroundTheCLS We use radio frequency (RF) cavities, like the one in this photo, to accelerate electrons with a high-energy boost. You'll find these in our linac, booster ring, and storage ring.
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Canadian Light Source @canlightsource.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Science rocks! 🎸Tour Canada's only synchrotron and learn how our ultra-bright light enables research in fields from medicine to advanced materials. Whether you're a science enthusiast or just curious, this is a chance you won't want to miss. 🚀 Free tours: bit.ly/3Y7pjU3
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Canadian Light Source @canlightsource.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
#ResearchInAction, Robert Scott’s team at @usask.ca is developing self-healing catalysts using palladium & platinum, that can regenerate during reactions, promising cleaner emissions & longer lifetimes for exhaust systems. @usaskartsci.bsky.social. Learn more: bit.ly/4ijUJzX
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Canadian Light Source @canlightsource.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
#ResearchInAction: Researchers from UBC and Agriculture and Agrifood Canada are using the CLS to study how corn, poplar, and hazelnut crops cope with too little or too much water, in the hopes of building more resilient farming systems. #climatechange #drought #flood INSERT LINK
Photo: PhD student Michael Bilek with sample of a root imaged at CLS.
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Canadian Light Source @canlightsource.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Curious what's behind one of Canada's largest science projects? Join a tour of the Canadian Light Source in Saskatoon, where scientists from across Canada and the world use intensely bright light to study materials at a molecular level! Free tickets: bit.ly/3Y7pjU3
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Canadian Light Source @canlightsource.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
#ResearchInAction When clay particles from oil sands clog reactors in oil refineries, it can cause shutdowns and raise costs. Simon Kwao and Ajay Dalai @usask.ca used CLS to study this process and hope to minimize the issue. Full story: bit.ly/4pkeNoR
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Canadian Light Source @canlightsource.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
#ResearchInAction A @vido.org research team used our BXDS-WLE beamline to study lipid nanoparticles for inhalable vaccines. This method could be more efficient for protecting against the flu or COVID-19. More: bit.ly/4p5rOlv @usask.ca
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Canadian Light Source @canlightsource.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
#ResearchInAction USask researcher Andrew Grosvenor is using the CLS to develop a glass-based material for safely sequestering intermediate-level waste from small modular reactors (#SMR). INSERT LINK @usaskartsci.bsky.social
Photo: Two members of Dr. Grosvenor’s group, Khushveer Kaur (PhD student), left, and Apurva Sinha (Postdoc) at the VLS-PGM beamline.
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