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Xerox researcher achieves 100th patent milestone
September 20, 2010 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – While Nan-Xing Hu was growing up in China, he remembers seeing his first photograph. It was a moment that kicked off a lifetime of trying to understand how things work, and ultimately led to one of the…
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Domtar and FPInnovations develop fibre-based nanotechnologies at new demo plant
July 19, 2010 by Lab Canada Montreal, QC – Domtar and FPInnovations have formed a new joint venture company to build what they say is the world’s first one metric ton per day commercial-scale nanocrystalline cellulose demonstration plant at the Domtar Windsor, Quebec pulp and paper…
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Nearly $31M supports isotope research at new lab
June 28, 2010 by Lab Canada Vancouver, BC – TRIUMF, Canada’s national laboratory for particle and nuclear physics which is located at the University of British Columbia, has received $30.7-million in provincial funding. The funding is for ARIEL (Advanced Rare IsotopE Laboratory), a $62.9-million project to…
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Physicist recognized as distinguished researcher
June 28, 2010 by Lab Canada Saskatoon, SK – John Tse, Canada Research Chair in Theoretical Materials Science at the University of Saskatechwan, was recently recognized with the University of Saskatchewan’s 2010 Distinguished Researcher Award. Based in the department of physics and engineering physics, Dr Tse…
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Researchers use metal crystal to organize organic materials, overcoming key stumbling block
June 21, 2010 by Lab Canada Montreal, QC – Although they could revolutionize a wide range of high-tech products such as computer displays or solar cells, organic materials do not have the same ordered chemical composition as inorganic materials, preventing scientists from using them to their…
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Research targets ice-free power lines
January 18, 2010 by Lab Canada Chicoutimi, QC – It was sheer coincidence that Dr Masoud Farzaneh established the NSERC/Hydro-Québec/UQAC Industrial Research Chair on Atmospheric Icing of Power Network Equipment (CIGELE) only a few months before the ice storm of January 1998. For weeks, images of…
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NRC-Magna joint R&D centre to develop composite technology for autos
December 21, 2009 by Lab Canada Ottawa, ON – Magna Exteriors and Interiors, an operating unit of Magna International, and National Research Council Canada (NRC) have formed a partnership to develop next-generation vehicles with lighter, more durable parts that are safer, affordable, environmentally friendly and fuel-efficient.…
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Biomaterials research program launches in Peterborough
October 26, 2009 by Lab Canada Peterborough, ON – A new groundbreaking laboratory and research program focused on the utilization of plant oils (lipids) to create new biomaterials has been created at Trent University. Called the Trent Biomaterials Research Program, it will be led by Dr…
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Nanotechnology centre gets next-generation electron microscopy facility
July 20, 2009 by Lab Canada Edmonton, AB – A new research and product development centre will house state-of-the-art Hitachi microscopes, the result of a partnership between the Alberta and federal governments and with contributions from Hitachi High-Technologies. The Hitachi Electron Microscopy Products Development Centre (HEMiC)…
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