Canadian Light Source

The Canadian Light Source (CLS) is a national research facility of the University of Saskatchewan and has been the flagship science facility on its campus for over 20 years. Scientists from across Canada and around the world use the facility to conduct research in health, agriculture, environment, and advanced materials. The CLS employs more than 250 people, including scientists, engineers, technicians, and administrative and business personnel.

The Canadian Light Source (CLS) is a national research facility of the University of Saskatchewan and has been the flagship science facility on its campus for over 20 years. The origins of the CLS can be traced back to the discovery of X-rays by physicist Wilhelm Rontgen in 1895. Synchrotrons made their debut in 1947, when a team of American scientists built the first machine and used it to observe the radiation it generated. By the 1970s, synchrotrons were developed to produce powerful X-rays capable of shining bright light on scientific experimentation. Early nuclear physics research at the University of Saskatchewan helped lay the groundwork for the CLS; the university was home to Canada's first betatron, established in 1948, and three years later doctors used the first Cobalt-60 therapy unit to treat cancer patients.

A national research facility and flagship science facility of the University of Saskatchewan.

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