Editing Canadian Light Source (section)

==Science==
[[Image:Evan Hardy presentation.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Students from [[Evan Hardy Collegiate]] presenting their data at a seminar at CLS]]
[[Image:REIXS beamline.jpg|thumb|right|250px|The REIXS beamline with CLS scientist Feizhou He]]

An international team led by [[University of Calgary]] professor Ken Ng solved the detailed structure of [[RNA polymerase]] using X-ray crystallography at the CLS. This enzyme replicates itself as the [[Norwalk virus]] spreads through the body, and has been linked to other [[supervirus]]es such as [[hepatitis C]], [[West Nile virus]] and the [[common cold]]. Its duplication is responsible for the onset of such viruses.<ref name="Norwalk">{{cite web |url=http://www.canada.com/calgaryherald/news/city/story.html?id=865bf07a-f32f-4a35-b970-ed3f26068e72 |title=U of C researcher cracks Norwalk code |date=20 March 2008 |accessdate=27 July 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140625091024/http://www.canada.com/calgaryherald/news/city/story.html?id=865bf07a-f32f-4a35-b970-ed3f26068e72 |archive-date=25 June 2014 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref>

CLS scientist Luca Quaroni and University of Saskatchewan professor Alan Casson used infrared microscopy to identify [[biomarker]]s inside individual cells from tissue associated with [[Barrett's esophagus]]. This disease can lead to an aggressive form of cancer known as [[esophageal adenocarcinoma]].<ref name="Barrett">{{cite web | url=http://phys.org/news163563060.html|title=Researchers Shed Light on Esophageal Disease| date= 8 June 2009 | accessdate=27 July 2012}}</ref>

Researchers from [[Lakehead University]] and the University of Saskatchewan used the CLS to investigate the deaths of [[Royal Navy]] sailors buried in [[Antigua]] in the late 1700s. They used X-ray fluorescence to look for trace elements such as lead and [[strontium]] in bones from a recently [[excavation (archaeology)|excavated]] naval cemetery<ref name="Navy">{{cite web| url=http://www.innovationanthology.com/news.php?id=782| title=Synchrotron reveals tales told by old bones| date=30 April 2012| accessdate=28 July 2012| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140502000917/http://www.innovationanthology.com/news.php?id=782| archive-date=2 May 2014| url-status=dead}}</ref>

Scientists from [[Stanford University]] worked with CLS scientists to design a cleaner, faster [[battery (electricity)|battery]]. The new battery charges in less than two minutes, thanks to a newly developed [[carbon]] [[nanostructure]]. The team grew nanocrystals of iron and nickel on carbon. Traditional batteries lack this structure, mixing iron and nickel with conductors more or less randomly. The result was a strong chemical bond between the materials, which the team identified and studied at the synchrotron.<ref name="Battery">{{cite web | url=http://phys.org/news/2012-07-cleaner-faster-battery.html|title=A cleaner, faster battery| date= 9 July 2012 | accessdate=28 July 2012}}</ref>

A team led by the [[Politecnico di Milano]], including scientists from the [[University of Waterloo]] and the University of British Columbia, found the first experimental evidence that a [[charge density wave]] instability competes with superconductivity in [[high-temperature superconductors]]. They used four synchrotrons including the REIXS beamline at CLS.<ref name="Super">{{cite web| url=http://www.lightsource.ca/media/media_release_20120712.php| title=Synchrotrons help bring superconductors out of the cold| date=13 July 2012| accessdate=28 July 2012| archive-date=19 August 2012| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120819171448/http://www.lightsource.ca/media/media_release_20120712.php| url-status=dead}}</ref>

Using the X-ray spectromicroscopy beamline, a research team led by scientists from the [[University at Buffalo, The State University of New York|State University of New York, Buffalo]] produced images of [[graphene]] showing how folds and ripples act as [[speed bump]]s for electrons, affecting its [[Electrical resistivity and conductivity|conductivity]]. This has implications for the use of graphene in a variety of future products.<ref name="Graphene">{{cite web| url=http://www.labcanada.com/news/canadian-light-source-spots-speed-bumps-in-graphenes-electron-highway/1000541035/| title=Canadian Light Source spots speed bumps in graphene's electron highway| date=15 August 2011| accessdate=27 July 2012| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110926053251/http://www.labcanada.com/news/canadian-light-source-spots-speed-bumps-in-graphenes-electron-highway/1000541035/| archive-date=26 September 2011| url-status=dead}}</ref>

A collaboration between the [[University of Regina]] and the [[Royal Saskatchewan Museum]] has been investigating [[dinosaur]] [[fossil]]s at the CLS, including "Scotty," a [[Tyrannosaurus]] found in Saskatchewan in 1991, one of the most complete and largest T-rex skeletons ever found. They looked at the concentration of elements in bones to study the impact of the environment on such animals.<ref name="Barbi">{{cite web | url=http://thechronicleherald.ca/canada/46870-professor-uses-new-technology-shed-light-dinosaur-bones|title=Professor uses new technology to shed light on dinosaur bones | date= 28 December 2011 | accessdate=27 July 2012}}</ref>