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2010 Synergy Awards highlight university-industry partnerships
November 8, 2010 by Lab Canada Ottawa, ON – The recipients of the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC)’s 2010 Synergy Awards for Innovation have been announced. The awards recognize university-industry research and development collaborations that lead to new products. This year’s recipients…
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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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National clean energy research fuelled with $25M funding
April 19, 2010 by Lab Canada Calgary, AB – Alberta’s provincial government is providing $25-million provincial for a University of Calgary-anchored, nation-wide research network that will bring together more than 100 experts to advance clean energy development in Canada. The funding to Carbon Management Canada will…
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Wind energy research project gets $6.5M in funding support
February 22, 2010 by Lab Canada Gaspé, QC – The Wind Energy TechnoCentre has received $6.5 million in funding from the federal government to equip two wind turbines and a test cell with the instrumentation needed to carry out research and development on wind energy in…
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Researchers from Sherbrooke produce technetium 99m with a cyclotron
January 20, 2010 by Lab Canada Sherbrooke, QC – Researchers at the CHUS’s Centre de recherche clinique Étienne-Le Bel (CRCELB) and the Université de Sherbrooke, in collaboration with Advanced Cyclotron Systems in Vancouver, have demonstrated that technetium 99m can be produced using a cyclotron. Diagnostic testing…
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Genomics to provide more effective treatment options for mining wastewater
November 16, 2009 by Lab Canada Vancouver, BC – Companies that are faced with the challenge of cleaning up toxic wastewater from mining operations will soon have more reliable bioremediation options. New research from Genome BC will harness the potential of microbes naturally present in mine…
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