Dr. Ingrid Pickering, a professor and Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Molecular Environmental Science at the University of Saskatchewan, is appointed for a 5-year term. Full story
Researchers with Simon Fraser University and the University of Saskatchewan developed a material that stores up to 1,000 times more charge than current forms of printed electronics. Full story
Using the CLS, Western University researchers have discovered a protein that has the never-before-seen ability to stop DNA damage in its tracks. Full story
Researchers at the University of Toronto are using artificial intelligence to accelerate scientific breakthroughs in the search for sustainable energy. Full story
University of Alberta researchers used the CLS to find a way to solve the formation of dendrites—a cause of short-circuiting in lithium-ion batteries. Full story
Register by Sept. 20 to join us at the University of Waterloo (or online) for the CLS AUM on Oct. 22-25. About the event
Featuring messages from the Chair of our Board and our CEO, an overview of our last year, and science highlights, including 469 publications. Read the report
We installed our new electron source and have been getting the new linear accelerator ready to create a high-quality vacuum by testing and adjusting dozens of components. Keep up with the project
The 14th international Workshop on Accelerator Operations will take place Sept. 22-26, 2025 in Saskatoon. Save the date
- Mashindi, Victor; Terban, Maxwell W.; Meira, Debora Motta; Moreno, Beatriz D.; Morongoa, Prettier et al. (2024).?Elucidating the local structure and electronic properties of a highly active overall alkaline water splitting NixCo1-xO/hollow carbon sphere catalyst.?International Journal of Hydrogen Energy 80, 137-150.?10.1016/j.ijhydene.2024.07.122.??BXDS-WLE, BioXAS-Spectroscopy
- Bishop, Brendan A.; Ramachandran Shivakumar, Karthik; Schmidt, Jamie; Chen, Ning; Alessi, Daniel S. et al. (2024).?Rare Earth Element Speciation in Coal and Coal Combustion Byproducts: A XANES and EXAFS Study.?Environmental Science & Technology.?10.1021/acs.est.4c04256.?HXMA
- Ukoji, Nnanna; Rodriguez, Danny; Kuang, Huiyao; Desgreniers, Serge; Tse, John S. et al. (2024).?Structure and chemical bonding in high-pressure potassium silver alloys.?Communications Chemistry 7(1) .?10.1038/s42004-024-01245-9.?BXDS-WHE
- Jacobsen, G. M.; Lopes-Oliveira, V.; Laurindo, V.; Malachias, A.; Moreno, B. D. et al. (2024).?Magnetoabsorption and spin polarization inversion in GaAs/AlGaAs quantum wells.?Physical Review B 110(3) .?10.1103/physrevb.110.035417.?BXDS-IUV
- Cao, Y., Zhang, B., Song, X., Dong, G., Zhang, Y., & Chen, B. (2024). Polyhydroxybutyrate Plastics Show Rapid Disintegration and More Straightforward Biogeochemical Impacts than Polyethylene under Marine Biofragmentation.?Environmental Science & Technology.?https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.4c04639?Mid-IR
- Bishop, B. A., Ramachandran Shivakumar, K., Schmidt, J., Chen, N., Alessi, D. S., & Robbins, L. J. (2024). Rare Earth Element Speciation in Coal and Coal Combustion Byproducts: A XANES and EXAFS Study.?Environmental Science & Technology.?https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.4c04256?HXMA
- Shen, J., Huang, G., Yao, Y., Zhang, P., & Rosendahl, S. (2024). Thermodynamic assessment of Tetrabromobisphenol A (TBBPA) persistence over time in freeze-thaw aged biochar and its environmental significance.?Industrial Crops and Products,?221, 119255.?https://doi.org/10.1016/j.indcrop.2024.119255?Mid-IR
- Tu, J., Qin, L., Karunakaran, C., Wei, Y., & Peng, G. (2024). Lignin accumulation in cell wall plays a role in clubroot resistance.?Frontiers in Plant Science,?15, 1401265.?https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2024.1401265?Mid-IR
- Pu Chen, Tayla J. Van Oers, Elena Arutyunova, Conrad Fischer, Chaoxiang Wang, Tess Lamer, Marco J. van Belkum, Howard S. Young, John C. Vederas, and M. Joanne Lemieux (2024) JACS, DOI: 10.1021/jacsau.4c00508??CMCF
- Benedikt Golisch, Rosa Lorizolla Cordeiro, Alexander S.C. Fraser, Jonathon Briggs, William A. Stewart, Filip Van Petegem, Harry Brumer, 2024, The molecular basis of cereal mixed-linkage β-glucan utilization by the human gut bacterium Segatella copri,Journal of Biological Chemistry,?https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbc.2024.107625.?CMCF
- Kelley Emma H. , Osipiuk Jerzy , Korbas Malgorzata , Endres Michael , Bland Alayna , Ehrman Victoria , Joachimiak Andrzej , Olsen Kenneth W. , Becker Daniel P. Corrigendum: Nα -acetyl-L-ornithine deacetylase from Escherichia coli and a ninhydrin-based assay to enable inhibitor identification Frontiers in Chemistry, Volume 12.?DOI=10.3389/fchem.2024.1465797 BioXAS
