The only synchrotron in Canada, and one of the largest scientific infrastructure investments in our history, the Canadian Light Source is truly a site of innovation.
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They have enabled advancements in the fields of health, agriculture, energy, environment, and advanced materials, and have enabled the publication of over 6,000 scientific papers since the start of their operations.
The synchrotron is used to probe matter and analyze many physical, chemical, geological, and biological processes. Information obtained by scientists from these analyses can be invaluable and lead to many innovations that wouldn’t be possible without the CLS.