We're #hiring ! Apply now at lightsource.ca/careers to join our team. We're accepting applications for:
- Junior Software Developer
- Scientist (CMCF Beamlines)

#jobs #jobalert #scientist #software #science #research

#OnTheBeamlines : Researchers from USask AgBio U of Saskatchewan used BMIT-BM beamline to better understand how water enters and moves within lentil seeds. What they learn can help inform breeding of lentil varieties that can survive fall-dormant seeding.
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#lentils #agriculture

Using the CLS, researchers have demonstrated that a cover of soil, sand, and gravel effectively contains toxins from mine waste, potentially helping protect drinking water and prevent cancer #mining #environment #remediation Advanced Photon Source NSERC / CRSNG
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Anton Dmitrienko gave an excellent overview of indexing powder diffraction data at #CPDW17 ! Thanks to Proto Bruker ICDD CanadianLightSource Anton Paar Science UWindsor and OVPRI University of Windsor for supporting the 17th edition of this CNC_Crystals powder diffraction workshop! Day 1✔️

Watch this Let's Talk Science interview with CLS scientist Tyler Morhart, who tells us why he really likes working at the CLS & what his job in STEM is about.

🔎 bit.ly/3P2kmYV

#science #letstalkscience #science careers #STEM #synchrotron #STEM careers #jobmarket #STEM jobs

#OnTheBeamlines : Researchers from the Higgins Lab McMaster University McMaster ChemEng used SXRMB beamline to study a potentially greener method of producing ethylene, a gas used to produce plastics, detergents, antifreeze, and more. LINK

#catalysis #environment #ethylene

By May 17, submit your CLS@APS proposal for July-Dec 2024 using our new Rapid Access proposal or by Requesting Shifts against an existing Project in the CLS User Portal: bit.ly/4bfkvkv

Info about our partnership with Advanced Photon Source: bit.ly/3F1PJLV

📻 Ryan McKellar talks CBC Radio about a major discovery about Saskatchewan's first insect #fossils found in amber. Royal Sask Museum & University of Regina researchers found #ecological changes in #insects before the extinction of the #dinosaurs .

🔎 bit.ly/3UgTuaF

#history

Dr. Erica Pensini University of Guelph University of Guelph Engineering talks to CTV about how with the help of the CLS, her research team has learned more about an emerging pollutant in groundwater across the #Prairies , linked to fertility issues in #cattle .

🔎 bit.ly/49L3blY

#animalhealth #agriculture

Using the CLS, researchers from McGill University Chemical Engineering McGill have developed an innovative approach to improve the energy efficiency of carbon conversion, using waste material from pulp and paper production. bit.ly/3vRcYbV
#environment #electrocatalysis

#OnTheBeamlines : Rates of #MS on the prairies are among highest worldwide. Multiple Sclerosis Levin Lab & Research Chair U of Saskatchewan USask Medicine Dean researchers used Mid-IR beamline to explore how a drug they’ve developed affects a dysfunctional protein in the brain of people living with MS.

🔎 bit.ly/3ODXXRc

#BehindTheLight Wil Buell, CLS infrastructure analyst, has had a passion for great-tasting beer since his early 20s, when he discovered a whole wide world of interesting flavors besides the stuff his dad liked to drink. Rebellion Brewing Co SaskatoonHeadhunters

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New publication: Simple and Harmless Fabrication of Reduced Graphene Oxide-Based Transparent Conductive Film Using L-Ascorbic Acid as Reducing Agent Institut Teknologi Bandung 北海道大学
#advancedmaterials
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New paper: Hydrogen Spillover Is Regulating Minority Rh1 Active Sites on TiO2 in Room-Temperature Ethylene Hydrogenation
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Advanced Photon Source
#catalysis
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New publication: Higher-magnesium-doping effects on the singlet ground state of the Shastry-Sutherland SrCu2(BO3)2
#magnets #advancedmaterials
arxiv.org/abs/2404.15021

A team from Western University / Schulich WesternU has harnessed the bright light of the CLS to obtain highly detailed images of the structures in the inner ear responsible for transmitting sound signals to the brain. bit.ly/43iF6lb
#hearing #CochlearImplants MED-EL

Our facility typically runs 24 hours a day, seven days a week, and our synchrotron cannot run without at least two operators on duty. Learn about what it's like to be an #operator at Canada's only #synchrotron : bit.ly/3Wt1h6q
#BehindTheLight

#OnTheBeamlines : Erica Pensini University of Guelph Engineering University of Guelph used several beamlines at the CLS to help develop new methods for purifying contaminated #water in #aquifers using benign chemical compounds called amphiphiles. More: bit.ly/3QIAtuN
#environment #pollution #cleanwater

A new study by University of British Columbia and McMaster University researchers, enabled by our CMCF beamline, is paving the way for developing new drugs to treat infections that no longer respond to traditional antibiotics.
bit.ly/3JJGELN
#health #antibioticresistance #MRSA