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$200k awarded to genomics researchers for developing technologies
November 11, 2011 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – The Ontario Genomics Institute (OGI) has announced the recipients of its SPARK program, which was launched in April this year to seed high-impact, high-risk technology development projects in genomics. Four researchers have received $50,000 each to put…
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Interferometer to reach space onboard the NPP meteorological satellite
October 27, 2011 by Lab Canada Quebec, QC – Instrument developer and manufacturer ABB says that one of its interferometers is at the heart of a key instrument for the National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System Preparatory Project (NPP). The satellite is the first of a…
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Young innovators are awarded by NSERC
October 24, 2011 by Lab Canada Ottawa, ON – The Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) has announced the winners of the 2011 Innovation Challenge Awards. The awards honour graduate students in the natural sciences or engineering who have demonstrated an entrepreneurial spirit…
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Researchers improve performance of next-gen solar cell technology
September 19, 2011 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – Researchers from the University of Toronto (U of T), King Abdullah University of Science & Technology (KAUST) and Pennsylvania State University (Penn State) have created the most efficient colloidal quantum dot (CQD) solar cell ever. The discovery…
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New technology recovers valuable minerals from waste rock
September 14, 2011 by Lab Canada Hamilton, ON – Researchers report the discovery of a completely new technology for more efficiently separating gold, silver, copper, and other valuable materials from rock and ore. The process uses nanoparticles to latch onto those materials and attach them to…
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$1.9M grant supports project to deliver colorectal cancer drug via magnetic resonance
September 13, 2011 by Lab Canada Montreal, QC – The Québec Consortium for Drug Discovery (CQDM) has granted $1.9 million in funding to Professor Sylvain Martel, director of Polytechnique Montréal’s Nanorobotics Laboratory, for his research project on colorectal cancer treatment. Professor Martel was the world’s first…
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Canadian Light Source spots speed bumps in graphene’s electron highway
August 15, 2011 by Lab Canada Saskatoon, SK -Using the Canadian Light Source, a research team led by scientists from the University at Buffalo have produced images of graphene showing how folds and ripples in the nanomaterial act as speed bumps for electrons, affecting its conductivity.…
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Research to explore anti-microbial food packaging
August 15, 2011 by Lab Canada Summerland, BC – Innovative Food Systems has received funding of $261,000 from Agriculture and Agri-food Canada (AAFC) to allow its researchers to explore new anti-microbial food packaging technology. The research will focus on adapting natural, known antimicrobial compounds into commercial…
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Researchers create more powerful ‘lab-on-a-chip’ for genetic analysis
August 8, 2011 by Lab Canada Vancouver, BC – Researchers at the University of British Columbia (UBC) have invented a silicone chip that could make genetic analysis far more sensitive, rapid, and cost-effective by allowing individual cells to fall into place like balls in a pinball…
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Cooperative programs to boost science and tech links with Brazil
August 8, 2011 by Lab Canada Brasília, Brazil – Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper today announced renewed funding for the International Science and Technology Partnership Program, as well as the development of a new bilateral Science and Technology Action Plan focused on innovation. He also said…
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$16M cancer research lab opens in Ottawa
August 8, 2011 by Lab Canada Ottawa, ON – The Ottawa Hospital Research Institute (OHRI) recently opened a new $15.8 million laboratory that is designed to accelerate the development and testing of new cancer therapies. “It typically takes more than a decade to turn a promising…
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Electron microscopy lab opens at NINT in Edmonton
July 25, 2011 by Lab Canada Edmonton, AB – With the opening of a new electron microscopy facility, Canadian companies looking to reap the benefits of nanotechnology now have access to some of the world’s best microscopy expertise and equipment, including an environmental transmission electron microscope…
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Pilot facility to make nano-material from wood and straw pulp
July 11, 2011 by Lab Canada Edmonton, AB – A new Edmonton-based pilot facility will be the first in Canada to produce the quality of nanocrystalline cellulose (NCC) that researchers need to fully explore all its potential applications. The $5.5-million pilot plant, created through a collaboration…
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New research facility recovers value from waste, lowers emissions
June 27, 2011 by Lab Canada Edmonton, AB – A sophisticated waste-to-biofuels research facility has officially opened its doors. The $12.5-million Advanced Energy Research Facility – a partnership between Alberta Innovates – Energy and Environment Solutions (AI-EES), the City of Edmonton, and waste-to-biofuels/chemicals company Enerkem –…
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Clean water technology projects receive $17M funding
May 30, 2011 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – Ontario’s provincial government has announced $17.1 million in funding for nine research and development projects in the water technology sector. “Ontario is supporting its water technology researchers and companies so they grow, expand and export water technology…
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Lignin demo plant produces lignan for research
May 13, 2011 by Lab Canada Thunder Bay, ON – FPInnovations in partnership with the Centre for Research and Innovation in the Bio Economy (CRIBE), Natural Resources Canada (NRCAN) and AbitibiBowater says it is now producing its first batches of operational lignin for Canadian researchers. Lignin…
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Understanding engineered nanomaterials
May 12, 2011 By Andrew W Salamon. Andrew Salamon is senior staff scientist with PerkinElmer, Analytical Sciences In recent years there has been ever-increasing activity and excitement within the scientific and engineering communities, driven heavily by government investment, about engineered nanotechnology applications. The US National Science Foundation has estimated that the global nanotechnology market could be worth…
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$400k fund launched to spark new genomics research ideas
April 18, 2011 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – The Ontario Genomics Institute (OGI) has launched a new $400,000 fund for high-impact, high-risk technology development research projects in genomics. The SPARK program will provide four awards of up to $50,000 annually over the next two-years to…
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Researchers create organic, non-toxic nanoparticle
April 4, 2011 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – A team of Princess Margaret Hospital (PMH) scientists have created an organic nanoparticle that is completely non-toxic, biodegradable and nimble in the way it uses light and heat to treat cancer and deliver drugs. The findings, published…
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$15M supports research projects in Atlantic Canada
March 28, 2011 by Lab Canada Wolfville, NS – Over $15 million is being provided to seven new research projects through the Atlantic Innovation Fund (AIF). The projects are as follows: Dr Kirk Hillier, Department of Biology, Acadia University, Wolfville. Project: Development of Pheromones for Management…
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Anti-cancer screening technology from U of T to be commercialized
March 28, 2011 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – The Ontario Institute for Cancer Research (OICR) says it is providing $500,000 in funding over two years for the commercialization of a new high-throughput screening technology directed at the discovery of anticancer drugs. The technology, Smart Well…
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$17M supports installation of advanced research cyclotron
March 7, 2011 by Lab Canada Saskatoon, SK – The University of Saskatchewan will soon be ordering and installing an advanced research cyclotron, and has received $17 million in funding from the provincial and federal governments. Saskatchewan’s provincial government is providing $10 million of the total,…
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Clean technology projects get $52M in funding
March 7, 2011 by Lab Canada Vancouver, BC – Sixteen clean technology projects are sharing a total of $52 million in funding from Sustainable Development Technology Canada (SDTC). “Investing in these new innovative technologies will have a direct impact on Canada’s productivity,” said Juergen Puetter, SDTC…
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$5M funding supports improved isotope production at CHUS
January 28, 2011 by Lab Canada Sherbrooke, QC – The Centre de recherche clinique Étienne – Le Bel (CRCELB) of the Centre hospitalier universitaire de Sherbrooke (CHUS) says it will receive $5 million in funding out of an $11 million project headed up by Advanced Cyclotron…
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$6M supports research to address isotope situation
January 26, 2011 by Lab Canada Vancouver, BC – An alternative medical-isotope production technology, which was proposed by TRIUMF, BC Cancer Agency, the Centre for Probe Development and Commercialization, and the Lawson Health Research Institute, is receiving $6 million in funding from the federal government.. The…
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Researchers awarded $2M to develop cleaner oilsands technology
January 18, 2011 by Lab Canada Saskatoon, SK – Funding of $2 million is supporting development of a new oilsands technology at the University of Saskatchewan Toxicology Centre. Led by environmental toxicologist John Giesy, the team is working with the International Petroleum & Environmental Recovery Company…
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Canada research chair wins international water award
November 8, 2010 by Lab Canada Quebec, QC – Rajeshwar Dayal Tyagi, Canada Research Chair in Bioconversion of Waste Water and Sewage Sludge into High-Value-Added Products, has won the International Water Association’s (IWA) 2010 Global Honour Award for Applied Research. Dr Tyagi, who holds his chair…
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Project delves into greener fuel cell material
November 1, 2010 by Lab Canada Kingston and Oshawa, ON – A researcher’s discovery of an inexpensive new material for potential use in hydrogen fuel cells at the University of Ontario Institute of Technology (UOIT), has been awarded $18,000 in additional development funding by GreenCentre Canada.…
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Tofu ingredient yields formaldehyde-free glue for plywood
September 29, 2010 by Lab Canada Madison, WI – In a real-life “back to the future” story, scientists today reported that the sustainable, environmentally friendly process that gave birth to plywood a century ago is re-emerging as a “green” alternative to wood adhesives made from petroleum.…
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Contract awarded for Mars exploration technologies
September 27, 2010 by Lab Canada Longueuil, QC – The Canadian Space Agency says it has awarded a contract valued at $6 million to MDA to develop a terrestrial prototype of a science rover for Mars exploration. MDA will design, build and test a semi-autonomous rover…
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$17M project aimed at developing biochips that sense pathogenic problems
September 13, 2010 by Lab Canada Ottawa, ON – A decade ago, in May 2000, Canada experienced its worst-ever E coli outbreak after the bacteria entered the water supply in Walkerton, ON, killing seven people and making more than 2,300 others sick. More recently, 22 Canadians…
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