A model of the Synchrotron (Click here to see the definition of Synchrotron)

   INTRODUCTION

Hi, my name is Aseem Sharma. I am a grade five student at Greystone Heights  School, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. My project is about Synchrotrons and Synchrotron light.   

I called my project "The Synchrotron: A Super Microscope" because a Synchrotron produces brilliant light (millions of times brighter than sunlight) which allows scientists to see the microscopic nature of matter, right down to an atomic level. Simply put, Synchrotron light is like a multi-purpose tool of science. Scientists from almost every field of science are using Synchrotron light to solve scientific mysteries and to make new innovations. For example, Biochemists Peter Agre and Roderic MacKinnon used a Synchrotron to study how water flows across cellular membranes, and how cells communicate. They won the 2003 Nobel prize in chemistry for their work. Click here if you want to know more about their work.

The information obtained by scientists using Synchrotron light can be used to help design new drugs, develop safer radiation therapies, clean-up mining wastes, build more powerful computer chips, make tastier chocolates and the list goes on and on and on.
 

As you browse through my website you will find out lots more about Synchrotrons and amazing applications of Synchrotron light, which was initially thought of as  a nuisance (loss of energy) from electron beams and upsetting calculations in physics. The  use of  Synchrotron  light  in research has benefited everyone from new born babies to big mining companies and many more. Keep on browsing to find out how !