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Scientists use quantum mechanics to control biological process
September 6, 2006 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – In a cover article in Science last week, University of Toronto scientists say they have discovered that biological processes can be manipulated at the level of quantum mechanics – at the infinitesimal level of matter’s wave properties.…
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New renewable energy technology facilitates bio-oil production
August 21, 2006 by Lab Canada London, ON – New portable technology developed by University of Western Ontario researchers facilitates the production of bio-oils, which have many uses in the development of pharmaceuticals, alternative fuels and even cooking. Developed by Franco Berruti and Cedric Briens, chemical…
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Study offers environmentally friendly solution to oil industry needs
August 21, 2006 by Lab Canada Kingston, ON – Queen’s University researchers say they have devised a green chemistry solution to one of the oil industry’s biggest problems, in a cost-effective way. Their findings were published last week in Science. The study addresses the recurring problem…
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New technology will allow for flexible television and computer screens
July 31, 2006 by Lab Canada Montreal, QC – Organic light emitting diodes (OLED) are the technology used in making light emitting fabrics used in cell phones and televisions. The fabrication of flexible OLEDs has up to now been held back by the fragility of the…
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New lab tackles tainted groundwater with nanotechnology
June 28, 2006 by Lab Canada London, ON – A new research facility at the University of Western Ontario will help researchers improve groundwater through the use of technologies developed on the nanoscale. “There is considerable interest in pumping nanomaterials into the ground where they can…
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Funding supports commercial testing of mechanical ductile electrode polishing system
March 2, 2006 by Lab Canada Montreal, QC – Funding of $1.2 million has been awarded to mechanical engineering firm Surfasys, whose technology originates from the mechanical engineering research laboratory of Laval University. The funds will be used to test the commercial feasibility of a mechanical…
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Partnership to pursue new technology that allows higher filler content in papers
January 9, 2006 by Lab Canada Pointe-Claire, QC – Paprican, the Pulp and Paper Research Institute of Canada, and BASF have reached a four-year agreement for the further development and testing of a new patent-pending technology aimed at maximizing the filler content in papers made from…
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University of Alberta research creates world’s largest drug database
January 9, 2006 by Lab Canada Edmonton, AB – Until the 1980s, most of our knowledge about drugs and their targets could fit into a few encyclopedic books. But with the recent explosion in biological and chemical knowledge, that information is now scattered over thousands of…
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Study to use GIS technology to analyze changing marine ecosystems
January 2, 2006 by Lab Canada St John’s, NL – Researchers at Memorial University are taking a leading role in new fishery study GeoCod. The project will use geographical information systems (GIS) technology to provide a comprehensive and accurate analysis of changing marine ecosystems. The researchers…
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Canadian-made weather-measurement device to go to Mars
January 2, 2006 by Lab Canada Halifax, NS – Dalhousie University researchers are providing a scientific instrument that will be part of NASA’s Phoenix Mission to Mars. The Phoenix Mars Scout is set to blast off from Kennedy Space Center in August 2007 aboard a Delta…
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G8 Legacy funding assists golden eagle research in Kananaskis Country
October 7, 2005 by Lab Canada Calgary, AB – Suspicions that migratory golden eagles might be in trouble have led the G8 Legacy fund to support a long-term project that has been monitoring the annual movement of golden eagles through the Kananaskis valley for the past…
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University of Toronto tops rankings of Canadian research universities
October 3, 2005 by Lab Canada Philadelphia, PA and London, UK – Based on impact (or average citations per paper) and total citations, the University of Toronto is the “top performer” in multiple fields among Canadian research universities. This is according to the September/October issue of…
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Breakthrough brings optoelectronic devices on silicon closer to reality
September 19, 2005 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – The Canadian Institute of Photonic Innovations (CIPI) says that a team of scientists from the University of Toronto working in collaboration with colleagues at Friedrich-Schiller University Jena, Germany have developed a laser-processing technique that enables light waves…
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Switchable solvents make chemical manufacturing more environmentally friendly
September 12, 2005 by Lab Canada Kingston, ON – Researchers from Queen’s University and the Georgia Institute of Technology have discovered a new environmentally friendly way to make chemicals for pharmaceutical and other industries, such as plastics, pesticides, dyes and fragrances. The team, led by Queen’s…
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Meteoroids wreak havoc on weather patterns
September 12, 2005 by Lab Canada London, ON – New research shows that dust from meteoroids entering the atmosphere may play a larger role in affecting the planet’s weather than previously thought. In a study released in this week’s issue of the journal Nature, Peter Brown…
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Two-year extension for SCISAT mission
August 17, 2005 by Lab Canada Longueuil, QC – Canada’s ozone-layer-monitoring satellite SCISAT, launched two years ago on behalf of the Canadian Space Agency (CSA), will continue to operate for two more years. A fine example of Canadian space technology, this innovative, small satellite built by…
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Partnership to commercialize newly developed bean
August 8, 2005 by Lab Canada Saskatoon, SK – A whiter strain of pinto beans developed by researchers at the University of Saskatchewan is the subject of an agreeement recently signed by Saskatchewan Pulse Growers, Walker Seeds, the Crop Development Centre at the University of Saskatchewan…
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Clue to sudden climate change found in Arctic: study
June 27, 2005 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – The sudden deep freeze of the northern hemisphere that occurred 13,000 years ago has been traced to events originating in northern Canada, according to University of Toronto research. The findings could shed light on the future of…
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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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Newly developed reaction may speed drug production, reduce costs and waste
May 2, 2005 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – University of Toronto researchers have a developed a new chemical reaction that could greatly accelerate pharmaceutical production, while also cutting costs and toxic by-products. The reaction, designed by chemistry professor Mark Lautens and graduate student Eric Fang,…
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Hans Bethe, a titan of physics and conscience of science, dies at age 98
March 8, 2005 by Lab Canada Ithaca, NY – Nobel laureate Hans Bethe, the last of the giants of the golden age of 20th-century physics and the birth of modern atomic theory, and one of science’s most universally admired figures, died quietly yesterday evening at his…
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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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New school of biomedical engineering approved
February 25, 2005 by Lab Canada Hamilton, ON – McMaster University has established a School of Biomedical Engineering. The school, created jointly by the Faculties of Engineering and Health Sciences, will begin operating for the 2005/2006 academic year. The new biomedical school will bring together existing…
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Global light source website launched
February 25, 2005 by Lab Canada Saskatoon, SK – The Canadian Light Source (CLS) and 15 other facilities in the international light source community have launched a website devoted to news and information on the world’s accelerator-driven light sources (synchrotrons and free-electron lasers) and the science…
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Researchers shed light on formation of carcinogen in processed food products
February 14, 2005 by Lab Canada Montreal, QC – Furan, a potentially dangerous chemical, has been found by Health Canada and the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in processed foods, especially canned or bottled foods. A new study by McGill researchers Varoujan Yaylayan and graduate…
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Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal inaugurates polymer research lab
February 8, 2005 by Lab Canada Montreal, QC – Robert Papineau, Ecole Polytechnique de Montral’s Director General, together with Professor Pierre Carreau, Director of the school’s Centre de recherche en plasturgie et composites (Research Centre on Polymers and Polymer Matrix Composites – CREPEC), have officially opened…
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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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Discovery sheds new light on ancient temperatures
January 13, 2005 by Lab Canada Kingston, ON – A discovery by a team of Queen’s University scientists suggests that ancient earth was much colder than previously thought – a discovery that has broad implications for those studying the earth’s climate.<br><br>The researchers have discovered the mineral…
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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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Collaboration to focus on characterizing biocontrol organisms
January 7, 2005 by Lab Canada Edmonton, AB – The Alberta Research Council and International BioRecovery of North Vancouver have signed an agreement the research council’s scientists will characterize the nature of International BioRecovery’s biologically active soil fertility product. The partners say the collaboration has the…
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RhoxalPharma donates antibiotic drug worth $1 million to tsunami survivors
January 6, 2005 by Lab Canada Montreal, QC – As a part of a global humanitarian response, generic pharmaceutical company RhoxalPharma is making a major contribution to the relief effort to benefit the survivors of the tsunami disaster in Asia. The survivors of this tragedy face…
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