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Northern Bright Lights

Posted by michael on from the spf-5000 dept.

Gn0M3KInG writes "CBC Canada is reporting that the largest Canadian science project in 30 years, a $174 million synchrotron is about to be fired up in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan (Canada - duh!). This little device is capable of generating light millions of times brighter than the sun, and is the first of it's kind in North America. Looks like this could lead to some VERY cool research developments like creating better microchips, and watching living cells react to drugs (amongst others)."

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  1. Ay? by itwerx · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    (Canada - duh!)

    Er, shouldn't that be "Cana-duh!"...? :)

    Speaking of which, y'know how they came up with the name "Canada", right?
    Seems the early Europeans invaders, er, immigrants, were sitting around the campfire one night trying to come up with something easier to remember than all the funky names the locals used.
    After some time arguing they finally decided the best thing to do would be just put a bunch of letters in a hat and see what they pulled out.
    "C, ay?"
    "N, ay?"
    "D, ay?"

    (I heard that from a Canadian! So put down the flamethrower, ay? :)