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Technology helps detect reversible DNA changes in tumour tissue
August 8, 2005 by Lab Canada Vancouver, BC – Scientists at the BC Cancer Agency say they have created a way to detect and identify a type of cancer-causing change in DNA, which may lead to ways to reverse those changes with targeted therapies, described in…
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$4.55M helps to establish nanofabrication centre
June 30, 2005 by Lab Canada Boucherville, QC – Jacques Saada, Minister of Canada Economic Development and Minister responsible for the Francophonie, and Dr Pierre Coulombe, president of the National Research Council of Canada (NRC), have announced a contribution of $4.55 million for a joint project…
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$1.25M funding supports wireless research projects
June 30, 2005 by Lab Canada Vancouver, BC – Bell Canada and the University of British Columbia (UBC) have announced the details of the first five research projects funded by Bell University Laboratories. These projects will come together to form a new wireless laboratory in the…
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$43M integrated photonics prototyping and fabrication facility opens doors
June 13, 2005 by Lab Canada Ottawa, ON – The NRC Canadian Photonics Fabrication Centre (NRC-CPFC) recently opened in Ottawa. Photonics has a wide range of applications, primarily in the information technology sector, but is also enabling growth in many other sectors of the economy, revolutionizing…
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Partnership agreement for studying nanotechnology
May 30, 2005 by Lab Canada Montreal, QC – NanoQubec, CEA-Leti (Minatec) and the UAlbany College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering have signed a tripartite agreement linking the resources of each institution and their respective regions. The agreement is aimed at increasing the collaboration between the…
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Carbon dioxide storage and monitoring project gets $6.75M extra funding
May 30, 2005 by Lab Canada Regina, SK – The federal government is providing $6.75 of additional funding into research led by the Petroleum Technology Research Centre (PTRC). The funding will support the final phase of a project, located at EnCana’s enhanced oil recovery site in…
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$18.3M to fund counter-terrorism science and tech projects
May 4, 2005 by Lab Canada Ottawa, ON – Canada is investing $18.3 million in new projects by the Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Research and Technology Initiative (CRTI). Of that sum, $15.9 million will go into research, technology acceleration and technology demonstration projects, and $2.4…
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$50M supports quantum computing and nanotechnology engineering research
May 2, 2005 by Lab Canada Waterloo, ON – Ontario’s University of Waterloo says it has received another “magnificent” gift from Ophelia and Mike Lazaridis. The couple has donated $17.2 million in addition to a $33.3-million donation last year. The additional gift will fund three initiatives…
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Industrial research chair gets $3M to design new composite material technologies
April 27, 2005 by Lab Canada Montreal, QC – Funding of more than $3 million over the next five years will help Dr Franois Trochu and his team at Montreal’s Ecole Polytechnique to develop and commercialize new technologies for moulding lightweight composite materials for the automotive…
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Optical technology to provide more accurate cancer diagnosis and treatment
April 25, 2005 by Lab Canada Vancouver, BC – Researchers at the BC Cancer Agency have developed a new technology to provide more accurate visual diagnosis and treatment of certain cancers. Digital illumination provides precise, dynamic control of light intensity and wavelengths that allows better detection…
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UK government to test Canadian ozone sterilizer for effectiveness against prions
April 14, 2005 by Lab Canada Quebec City, QC – Britain’s Health Protection Agency has recently been awarded a grant of approximately C$710,000 by the UK Department of Health to study the effectiveness of Quebec-based TSO3’s ozone sterilizer for deactivation of prions. “The potential transmission of…
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Commitment gives more than $1M to two ethanol projects
April 11, 2005 by Lab Canada Nipawin, SK – Two projects that support ethanol research and development in the province’s ethanol industry are receiving more than $1 million under the Canada-Saskatchewan Western Economic Partnership Agreement (WEPA). Through the WEPA, the federal and provincial governments are providing…
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Research programs valued at $2.7M being launched in Alberta
March 17, 2005 by Lab Canada Edmonton, AB – Two new iCORE industrial research chairs have been awarded at the University of Alberta and the University of Calgary. The research chairs will focus on technology that can be used in a variety of areas, including designing…
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Innovation foundation unveils $24M in infrastructure support
March 14, 2005 by Lab Canada Victoria, BC – A total of 120 projects in 41 universities across the country have received funding support from the Canada Foundation for Innovation. “Canada’s researchers have made outstanding contributions to the development of innovation in this country,” says David…
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Synchrotron beamline to help track environmental contaminants
February 25, 2005 by Lab Canada Saskatoon, SK – A new hard X-ray microfocus beamline at the $174-million Canadian Light Source (CLS) synchrotron at the University of Saskatchewan promises to be a powerful tool in protecting the environment. Commissioning of the hard X-ray microanalysis for X-ray…
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Research park unveils strategic plan
February 25, 2005 by Lab Canada Sarnia, ON The University of Western Ontario Research Park (Sarnia-Lambton Campus) has launched a strategic plan to become a centre of innovation excellence by being the preeminent accelerator of industrial innovation and technology-based economic development. Local industrial expertise in the…
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$13M surface engineering and science centre opens
February 14, 2005 by Lab Canada Edmonton, AB – The University of Alberta has opened a $13-million integrated research facility for surface characterization and modification. The new facility is called the Alberta Centre for Surface Engineering and Science. The new centre has comprehensive lab capability and…
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Medicago announces research collaboration with Bayer CropScience
January 31, 2005 by Lab Canada Quebec City, QC – Medicago says it has entered into a product development agreement with Bayer CropScience in the field of plant-made pharmaceuticals. The goal of the collaboration is to assess the feasibility of using Medicago’s Proficia protein technology for…
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Manitoba puts $600,000 in research network for advanced materials
January 21, 2005 by Lab Canada Winnipeg, MN – Manitoba has extended funding by $600,000 to the ISIS (Intelligent Sensing and Innovative Structures) Canada Research Network to continue local research using advanced materials and sensing technologies to improve the construction and repair of transportation infrastructure. "Manitoba…
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Feds give $1.M for power research in Manitoba
January 21, 2005 by Lab Canada Winnipeg, MN – The federal government has earmarked $1.5 million over five years for two new NSERC Industrial Research Chairs in the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Manitoba. Manitoba Hydro is also sponsoring both chairs. The chairs will…
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Ontario unveils fuel cell research program
January 17, 2005 by Lab Canada Mississauga, ON – A new fuel cell innovation program in Ontario will provide $3 million in annual funding through 2007-08 with a focus on commercialization and moving products to the manufacturing stage. Fuel cells power vehicles, homes, offices, cell phones…
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Nanotechnologists’ new material harvests sun’s invisible rays
January 13, 2005 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – Researchers at University of Toronto have invented an infrared-sensitive material that is five times more efficient at converting solar energy than today’s best plastic solar cells. In a paper published on the Nature Materials website on January…
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ATS sponsors FIRST robotics competition
January 13, 2005 by Lab Canada Waterloo, ON – ATS Automation Tooling Systems has donated $50,000 in support of the FIRST Waterloo Regional student robotics competition which will be hosted by the University of Waterloo, March 24-26. The FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and…
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Brain imaging system developer wins US defense research contract
December 21, 2004 by Lab Canada Vancouver, BC – VSM MedTech, which develops magnetoencephalography (MEG) systems for functional brain imaging, says it has been awarded a research contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), the central research and development organization for the United States…
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Nanotechnology gets funding support in Quebec
December 13, 2004 by Lab Canada Montreal, QC – A non-repayable financial contribution of $724,500 has been made by the federal government to support the activities of NanoQuebec, an organization devoted to developing nanotechnology in Quebec. Nanotechnology has the promise of enabling the development of more…
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$2M hydrogen testing facility to target fuel cell innovation
November 11, 2004 by Lab Canada Vancouver, BC – The Honourable Stephen Owen, Minister for Western Economic Diversification and Minister of State (Sport), on behalf of the Honourable David L. Emerson, Minister of Industry and Minister responsible for the National Research Council (NRC), today opened the…
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New facilities to link research investments to commercialization
November 8, 2004 by Lab Canada Ottawa, ON – Work has begun at six new research and innovation facilities being funded by the National Research Council. Each of them has been mandated to increase the commercial value and economic benefits of federal investments in scientific research.…
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Rockwell Collins invests in nanostructures facility at Canadian Light Source
October 22, 2004 by Lab Canada Saskatoon, SK – Rockwell Collins says it has become the first international aerospace company to invest in the Canadian Light Source (CLS), Canada’s first synchrotron research facility owned by the University of Saskatchewan. Rockwell Collins Canada has provided $315,000 to…
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Angiotech obtains rights to polymer drug delivery patents
September 17, 2004 by Lab Canada Vancouver, BC – September 17, 2004 – Specialty pharmaceutical company Angiotech Pharmaceuticals says it is obtaining access to patents Guilford Pharmaceuticals had previously licensed from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and the Johns Hopkins University (JHU). Guilford will receive…
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$1M donated for innovation centre at McMaster
August 18, 2004 by Lab Canada Mississauga, ON – August 18, 2004 – Xerox Canada has given a $1 million gift to McMaster University toward the building of a new Centre of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, a first of its kind in Ontario. “This endowment is dedicated…
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New chief for ingenuity organization
August 18, 2004 by Lab Canada Edmonton, AB – August 18, 2004 – Dr Peter Hackett, an internationally recognized chemical physicist and research leader, has been appointed as president and CEO of Alberta Ingenuity. Dr Hackett will assume his position in October 2004. Dr Hackett will…
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