More than 50 years ago, the International Institute for Sustainable Development created a unique living laboratory for freshwater studies, in northwestern Ontario.
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10 research projects in B.C. seeking agricultural solutions
The Farm Adaptation Innovator Program – which began as a pilot in 2014, delivering $1.75 million in funding to 15 projects, involving more than 140 organizations and partners – is currently supporting a wide variety of applied research projects that are exploring solutions for crop resilience, soil health and water management issues. In collaboration with nearly 50 partners from government …
Read More »Taking action against wasteful labs
(via labconscious.com) Elicia Preston, research scientist and lab manager in the Genetics department at the Perelman School of Medicine/University of Pennsylvania, took action to reduce plastic waste in the laboratory by switching to glass petri plates. Data shared by the University of Cambridge Sustainable Labs and generated by the University of Edinburgh, based on usage and conversion factors sourced through …
Read More »Energy innovations that are changing our world
Biobatteries & e-skins Associate Professor Seokheun (Sean) Choi and his research team at Binghamton University, State University of New York, developed a bio-based paper battery that uses bacteria to produce power. On a piece of chromatography paper, a ribbon of silver nitrate is placed under a layer of wax to create a cathode, while conductive polymer is applied on a …
Read More »New RCMP forensic lab targets LEED Gold standards
Each year, the RCMP’s National Forensic Laboratory Services (NFLS) processes thousands of requests from police agencies across the country for forensic services, in areas such as biology (DNA), toxicology, trace evidence, anti-counterfeiting, and firearms and toolmark identification. These services play a vital role in criminal investigations. This summer, the RCMP took ownership of its new laboratory facility in Surrey, B.C., …
Read More »FEATURE: Biomedical selfies
On the road to extraordinary discoveries, a team of University of British Columbia chemists connected the dots this year, and arrived at what they refer to as “biomedical selfies” – using smartphones for clinical testing.
Read More »Canadian Light Source: Seeing the unseen
Boosting electrons to light speed, Canada’s synchrotron captures new knowledge in nanotechnology, micro-manufacturing, environmental science, agriculture and the health and life sciences
Read More »NEWSMAKER: Dr. Lewis Kay
Biochemist Lewis Kay spoke to us about his research and what science and hockey have in common.
Read More »The stem cell assembly line
STEMCELL Technologies is one of Canada’s leading providers of cell culture media for research purposes, including reagents, recombinant cytokines and other tools for the maintenance of cell cultures, as well as a number of tissue and stem cell types.
Read More »Discovery of adult neural stem cells
In 1992, a Canadian scientist, Dr. Samuel Weiss, from the University of Calgary, discovered neural stem cells in the adult brain.
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