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Automating Production at the World’s First Facility Making Omega-3 Oil from Marine Algae
Two international companies created the world’s first high-volume facility that manufactures omega-3 oil from natural marine algae.
Read More »40+ gamechangers & groundbreaking discoveries
From tackling cancer to climate change, we look at current discoveries and inventions, from Canada and around the world.
Read More »Alberta creates world’s largest continuous protected boreal forest area
Alberta’s government is planning a massive expansion to the Kitaskino Nuwenëné Wildland. Under the plan, 143,800 hectares of land will be added to over 160,000 hectares of protected boreal forests in northeastern Alberta. Almost all of the proposed expansion overlaps with a woodland caribou habitat and a small portion of the Ronald Lake bison herd range – both mammals that …
Read More »New applied science hub opens for research at Concordia University
The Applied Science Hub will be a major nexus of transdisciplinary collaboration, where industry actors, start-ups and entrepreneurs partner with our graduate students and faculty on next-generation research.
Read More »The business of bees
Several funding initiatives are working to ensure the health of Canada’s pollinators, an essential factor for farming success.
Read More »The UBC farm
Run by the Centre for Sustainable Food Systems, this research program probes the complexities of crop resiliency.
Read More »IISD Experimental Lakes Area: The world’s living freshwater laboratory
More than 50 years ago, the International Institute for Sustainable Development created a unique living laboratory for freshwater studies, in northwestern Ontario.
Read More »COMPANY PROFILE: XpertSea
Using artificial intelligence to optimize aquaculture, this Quebec-based company helps international fish farms become more viable and sustainable.
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 …
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