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May 28, 2007 by
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London, ON – The federal government is providing $136,582 in funding for two projects that will help the honey bee industry address unexplained losses in the bee populations. Over $105,000 is being provided to test methods to control the infestation…
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May 28, 2007 by
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Vancouver, BC – Nexterra Energy has received $720,000 in funding from Natural Resources Canada (NRCan), the National Research Council Canada Industrial Research Assistance Program (NRC-IRAP) and Ethanol BC to support a product development program to directly fire boilers and lime…
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May 28, 2007 by
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Lethbridge, AB – The Alberta Terrestrial Imaging Centre (ATIC) at the University of Lethbridge is receiving $2.7 million in funding from the federal government. The funding, to be allocated in two stages, will allow the centre to research the potential…
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May 18, 2007 by
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Waterloo, ON – Prime Minister Stephen Harper has unveiled his government’s new national science and technology strategy. Providing a broad overview of the government’s plans, the announcement was made during a visit to the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics on…
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May 18, 2007 by
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Harbin, China – New research into plant and animal traits and new opportunities to commercialize technologies may take root from the exchange of ideas between agricultural biotechnology researchers on two continents. A joint Alberta-China workshop on May 17 and 18…
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May 18, 2007 by
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Quebec, QC – Physics professor Yvon Fortin is this year’s recipient of the Michael Smith award. He is a widely recognized popularizer of science with 30 years of teaching experience as a physics professor at the College Francois-Xavier-Garneau. He was…
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May 18, 2007 by
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Ottawa, ON – Twenty-six research projects in Ottawa are receiving a total of $3.4 million in funding from the federal govenrment. The funding announced will support projects such as evaluating biodiesel use in agricultural equipment, adapting cropping systems to climate…
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May 14, 2007 by
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Victoria, BC – A sea-floor laboratory that will help researchers study important environmental issues such as climate change, earthquakes, fish conservation and energy sources is receiving $1 million in funding from the British Columbia government. The University of Victoria Ocean…
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May 14, 2007 by
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Ottawa and Seattle – Telbec/ – In a letter released today and addressing all Canadian governments – provincial, territorial and federal – 1,500 highly respected scientists from more than 50 countries around the world call for protection of Canada’s boreal…
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May 14, 2007 by
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Boucherville, QC – Sandoz Canada annousays it will invest $80 million in its Boucherville facilities to meet demand for its generic sterile injectable pharmaceuticals continues. In addition to more than 100 new positions created in 2006, 100 additional jobs will…
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May 14, 2007 by
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Guelph, ON – An Ontario manufacturer is receiving $2.48 support from the provincial government to create an industrial research and development centre of excellence project. The company, Skyjack, is a division of Linamar Corporation’s industrial group and manufactures mobile aerial…
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May 8, 2007 by
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Toronto, ON – A total of 78 new cancer research grants across the country, totalling $47.2 million, have been awarded by the Canadian Cancer Society. “Thanks to the generosity of Canadians, we are able to fund some of the best…
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May 7, 2007 by
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Ottawa, ON – Researchers at the University of Ottawa Heart Institute (UOHI) have identified a piece of the DNA sequence that boosts a person’s susceptibility to heart disease by up to 40% regardless of other established risks such as cholesterol,…
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May 7, 2007 by
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Toronto, ON – Ontario Centres of Excellence (OCE) has signed an agreement for joint technical, scientific and technology transfer activities with the Institute of Photonic Sciences (ICFO) in Catalonia, Spain. The goal of the agreement is to stimulate innovation and…
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May 7, 2007 by
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Quebec City, QC – Biotech company DiagnoCure says it has secured the worldwide rights to two molecular tests for colorectal cancer and an option to a CLIA-certified US service laboratory to commercialize molecular cancer diagnostics tests. The two tests for…
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May 4, 2007 by
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Vancouver, BC – Biochemicals developer Lignol Energy says that its subsidiary, Lignol Innovations has been awarded grants of up to $994,620 from the Alberta government and the National Research Council (NRC), to support the ongoing development and commercialization of its…
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April 30, 2007 by
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Longueuil, QC – As part of an international effort to send a manned mission to Mars, Canadian Space Agency recently announced an opportunity to develop mission concepts. The concepts are intended to define the role Canada might play and the…
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April 30, 2007 by
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Ottawa, ON – A demonstration plant that turns garbage into clean energy is receiving $4 million in funding from the Ontario government The demonstration plant, operated by the Plasco Energy Group in Ottawa, uses a sealed system to break down…
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April 30, 2007 by
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Toronto, ON – Northern Nanotechnologies is receiving $250,000 of pre-seed investment through Ontario Centres of Excellence’s Commercialization program. The nanomaterials company’s key innovation is a patent-pending, scalable, and cost effective method to custom design nanomaterials for a wide range of…
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April 30, 2007 by
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Halifax, NS – The Nova Scotia government is granting $100,000 to Petroleum Research Atlantic Canada, a research assocation, to explore the use of electromagnetic imaging technology to help find oil and gas deposits in offshore Nova Scotia. “Electromagnetic imaging technology…
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April 27, 2007 by
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Toronto, ON – A total of $103.1 million was awarded this week to 35 research projects across Ontario. The funding is through the province’s research infrastructure program, and provides support for lab space, equipment and computer software. The funding leverages…
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April 23, 2007 by
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Vancouver, BC – The British Columbia government says it is earmarking $25 million for the Centre for Drug Research and Development to advance new drug therapies and medicines from the discovery stage to commercialization. The centre will use the funds…
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April 23, 2007 by
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Kingston, ON – Queens physicist Dr Art McDonald and his team of scientific the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory (SNO) have won another prestigious international award for their groundbreaking discoveries about the nature of matter and the structure of the universe. This…
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April 23, 2007 by
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Victoria, BC – The National Research Council of Canada says it has designed and built the most sensitive and precise radio detector ever built for millimeter-wavelength operation. The Band 3 millimeter-wavelength radio receiver promises to revolutionize studies of the cold…
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April 23, 2007 by
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London, ON – The University of Western Ontario has received a $5-million gift that will help build an engineering research facility dedicated to investigating climate change and the environment. The gift from the Lassonde Family Foundation will support the construction…
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April 23, 2007 by
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Charlottetown, PEI – The University of Prince Edward Island (UPEI), the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA), and PEI’s provincial government are launching projects designed to generate cutting-edge research, commercialization, and professional development opportunities. The funding will allow the Prince Edward…
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April 23, 2007 by
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London, ON – Researchers from the Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry at the University of Western Ontario, working with a group from Edinburgh, have discovered a way to kill the cystic fibrosis superbug, Burkholderia cenocepacia. The investigators, under the…
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April 23, 2007 by
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Edmonton, AB – Entrepreneurs and small to medium-sized enterprises across Alberta will have greater access to technology commercialization and innovation support services as a result of $2.6 million in funding from the Alberta government. The funding will support services including…
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April 23, 2007 by
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Chester, NJ and Montreal, QC – Molecular Biometrics, a privately held metabolomics company, says it has opened a research and development facility in Montreal. “It was a propitious time to set-up a research facility in Montreal to further develop our…
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April 17, 2007 by
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Chalfont St Giles, UK – GE Healthcare, part of General Electric Company, says it has acquired Wave Biotech, a supplier of disposable manufacturing technologies for the biopharmaceutical industry. The acquisition will allow GE Healthcare to expand its offerings to include…
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April 16, 2007 by
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Calgary, AB – An engineering researcher at the University of Calgary will receive a $2.5 million award to commercialize electrical engineering and biomedical research. One of the key projects of Dr Michal Okoniewski and his team is a micro-scale chip…
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April 16, 2007 by
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Toronto, ON – A team from the University of Torontos marine geophysics group is participating in a joint project to create the worlds largest cable-linked sea floor observatory on the Pacific Ocean floor. Located in the northeast Pacific off the…