Features

At the artificial intelligence tipping point

As technologies continue to evolve and their capabilities expand, it seems only a matter of time until the real impacts of AI begin to take hold By Sean TarryAs technological innovation continues to advance at bewildering speeds, the related capabilities of the tools we use and the computational power with which we work enhances significantly, impacting just about every aspect …

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Fighting a superbug with predictive computation

By harnessing the power of artificial intelligence, Canadian researchers have managed to target a potential treatment for a drug-resistant bacteria By Sean Tarry When it comes to medical discoveries that pose a significant impact on the future of research and innovation, few can be considered more important than the one recently made by McMaster University scientist Jonathan Stokes. Together with …

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The heart of the matter

Funding helping to advance study of rare genetic diseases By Sean Tarry When it comes to the study of rare genetic diseases, related research is often considered by those within the field of life sciences as high-risk, high-reward. And, although the pay-off that might result from making a breakthrough or discovery with respect to rare genetic diseases might be lucrative, …

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Fighting asthma and lung disease

Creating a human airway with 3D bioprinting By Dan Rubinstein, Carleton UniversityAbout 10 per cent of Canadians suffer from asthma, the most common chronic disease among children and one of the leading causes of hospitalization. Yet we don’t really know why asthma makes it so difficult to breathe, so current treatments only address its symptoms and are not a long-term …

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Holding the future in your hand

Handheld bioprinting is an innovation with huge potential, says Mohsen Akbari, a bioprinting engineer By Robert PriceThe problems associated with using bioprinting to treat injuries are well documented. You can’t print larger-scale tissues because of the inherently small printing capability of bioprinters. You need to grow tissues in a bioreactor before they can be used to treat an injury. And …

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Pick of the crop

MustGrow Biologics Corp’s plant-based technology platform is revolutionizing crop production  By Sean Tarry There are few things that pose a greater impact on the future health and wellbeing of the planet and people living on it than the quality of the crops being grown all over the world. Unfortunately, the pesticides and herbicides that have been used through the years, …

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Thinking inside the box

University of Saskatchewan Insect Research Facility promises new research into agricultural threats By Robert Price Sean Prager has been in love with bugs for a long time.  He began researching bugs during his undergraduate years at Clark University in Massachusetts in the early 2000s. Given a choice between studying fish and mosquitos, he chose mosquitos.  Today, Prager is an associate …

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Paper Dreams

Research into thinner-than-paper carbon-based electronics opens new ways of living in the world — and it isn’t science fiction anymore.

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