Canadian Light Source (CLS) – Energy Northern Perspective

HXMA can be used to study the elemental local structure environment of materials in-situ and ex-situ, accommodating bulk and thin film samples

Using pancake stacks to make better electronics

9 March 2022 Editor Comments Off

Scientists are working to develop advanced electronics by taking inspiration from a breakfast favourite and stacking molecules like pancakes. Researchers from the University of Calgary (UCalgary), with help from colleagues at the University of Saskatchewan […]

Battery cyclers for running and testing batteries

Preparing for the next generation of batteries

15 December 2020 Editor 0

In the ongoing quest to build a better battery, researchers used the Canadian Light Source (CLS) at the University of Saskatchewan to identify the potential of using polymer composites as electrode matrices to increase the […]

Tristan de Boer, Patrick Braun, Ruhul Amin, Alexander Moewes and Amir Qamar outside the Physics building at USask

Designing energy efficient, high output, perfectly tinted LEDs

8 December 2020 Editor 0

Scientists have combined experimental data gathered at the Canadian Light Source at the University of Saskatchewan and theoretical data to build deep insight into two types of light emitting crystals for next-generation LEDs. “When we […]