Globally, 884 million people lack access to clean water. This is one of the greatest challenges facing humanity today. Indeed, many of our most significant societal challenges, such as famine, disease proliferation and political unrest, … Continue reading
Four Canadian research networks are receiving $49.7 million in funding from the federal government, through a competition for the Business-Led Networks of Centres of Excellence (BL-NCE) program. The research networks were awarded the funding to … Continue reading
Researchers at the University of Guelph have received $1.25 million in funding from BMO Financial Group. The financing goes towards the researchers’ work of turning crops into green products, as part of the university’s overarching … Continue reading
Scientists use synchrotron light to monitor mine-tailings site in Nova Scotia Amphibians living in an old mine tailings site near Upper Seal Harbour, NS, show high levels of arsenic after being tested using synchrotron light, … Continue reading
More than one billion people worldwide rely on fish as an important source of animal protein, states the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization. And while fish provide slightly over seven per cent of animal … Continue reading
University of Calgary scientists are investigating how Alberta-grown biomass, such as straw and wood leftover from agricultural and forestry operations, could be used to clean up chemical contaminants in water from oilsands operations. “It’s important … Continue reading
To support research and identify new ways to optimize oil recovery, the Research & Development Corporation of Newfoundland and Labrador (RDC) and the Hibernia Management and Development Company Ltd. (HDMC) are investing $1.635- and $1.7-million … Continue reading
Biotech applications are particularly susceptible to contamination. Some of the cells used in biotech processing are very sensitive to contamination from the outside; carrying cells from one batch to another too can be disastrous. So, … Continue reading
Hydrogen, the lightest element, can easily dissolve and migrate within metals to make these otherwise ductile materials brittle and substantially more prone to failures. Since the phenomenon was discovered in 1875, hydrogen embrittlement has been … Continue reading
The longstanding search for a room temperature superconductor is fueled by a tantalizing set of possible applications that sound like science fiction: infinitely long power lines that never lose energy, magnetically levitating trains, and incredibly … Continue reading
