Canadian Light Source
Canadian Light Source is a research center that is part of the pulse of the water sector. Here we bring together everything it publishes on Smart Water Magazine: its news, its blogs and the events it takes part in.
Protecting northern water supplies from toxic metals in thawing permafrost
Water released by permafrost contains uranium, arsenic in levels unsafe for drinking.
Scientists use AI to find a cheaper way to make green hydrogen
Researchers at the University of Toronto are using artificial intelligence to accelerate scientific breakthroughs in the search for sustainable energy. They have used the Canadian Light Source (CLS) at the University of Saskatchewan (USask) to confirm that an AI-generated "recipe" for a new catalyst offered a more efficient way to make hydrogen fuel. To create […]
Researchers develop reusable ‘sponge’ for soaking up marine oil spills
Oil spills, if not cleaned up quickly and effectively, can cause lasting damage to marine and coastal environments. That's why a team of North American researchers are developing a new sponge-like material that is not only effective at grabbing and holding oil on its surface (adsorption), but can be reused again and again—even in icy […]
Modifying water’s structure as low-energy method for removing pollutants
Researchers from the University of Guelph (U of G) and scientists from the Canadian Light Source (CLS) at the University of Saskatchewan (USask) are developing low-energy strategies to purify polluted water. “We’ve been looking at the purification of surface water, groundwater and wastewater,” says Erica Pensini, Associate Professor in the School of Engineering at U […]