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Toxin detection as close as an inkjet printer
July 14, 2009 by Lab Canada Hamilton, ON – If that office inkjet printer has become just another fixture, it’s time to take a fresh look at it. Similar technology may soon be used to develop paper-based biosensors that can detect certain harmful toxins that can…
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Agricultural researchers get $13M to help fight virulent wheat stem rust
July 13, 2009 by Lab Canada Ottawa, ON – $13 million in funding is being provided to combat a newly spreading type of wheat stem rust by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. This strain of wheat stem rust, known as Ug99, was discovered in Uganda in 1999,…
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Genomic tools will help facilitate the shift to greener crop protection
June 29, 2009 by Lab Canada Langley, BC – A Genome BC research project will test the egg-laying capacity of predatory mites as a method of standardizing and improving biocontrol programs. Two-spotted spider mites are a continuing plague to growers in BC and around the world,…
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Study shows melamine in milk can be detected using NIR spectroscopy
June 4, 2009 by Lab Canada Milk powder is one of the most heavily regulated food products in China, and is becoming increasingly so in the rest of the world. Milk powder, especially when it comprises an ingredient of baby formula milk powder, has attracted considerable…
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Strategic research networks in forestry sector being sought
May 4, 2009 by Lab Canada Ottawa, ON – The Natural Scientific and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) say it is seeking scientific directors to play key roles in initiating and leading the development of four new NSERC strategic networks within the forest sector. The program funds…
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McGill researchers find new ways to manufacture nanotubes of controlled geometry, stiffness and porosities
April 13, 2009 by Lab Canada Montreal, QC – McGill researchers have succeeded in finding a new way to manufacture nanotubes, one of the important building blocks of the nanotechnology of the future. A team of researchers, led by Prof Hanadi Sleiman in collaboration with Prof…
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Researchers squeeze light out of quantum dots
April 6, 2009 by Lab Canada Montreal, QC – McGill University researchers have successfully amplified light with so-called “colloidal quantum dots,” a technology that had been written off by many as a dead-end. Over the past 15 years, repeated quantum dot research efforts failed to deliver…
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NINT researchers create single atom quantum dots
February 2, 2009 by Lab Canada Edmonton, AB – Single atom quantum dots created by researchers at the National Institute for Nanotechnology (NINT) and the University of Alberta make possible a new level of control over individual electrons, a development that suddenly brings quantum dot-based devices…
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New research network to focus on health of oceans
January 12, 2009 by Lab Canada St John’s, NL – A new network that was launched today will bring together 65 marine researchers from across Canada. The NSERC Canadian Healthy Oceans Network (CHONe) will be led by a Memorial University biological oceanographer Dr Paul Snelgrove.…
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Study shows ecosystem changes in lakes linked to climate warming
December 22, 2008 by Lab Canada Kingston, ON – Unparalleled warming over the last few decades has triggered widespread ecosystem changes in many temperate North American and Western European lakes, say researchers at Queen’s University and the Ontario Ministry of the Environment. The team reports that…
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Calgary researchers play key role in expanded space weather monitoring program
September 22, 2008 by Lab Canada Calgary, AB – The University of Calgary has a network of specialized digital cameras that record the northern lights above Canada each night. The network will now be used to enhance understanding of potentially dangerous bursts of radiation from the…
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Canadian scientists headed for Botswana to teach up-and-coming
August 12, 2008 by Lab Canada Burnaby, BC – Two of Canada’s top mathematicians are heading to Botswana this week to teach 25 Canadian and African grad students how to control the spread of infectious diseases using equations and formulas. The Canadian mathematicians – Dr Abba…
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$5M kick-off for international wine genomic project
July 21, 2008 by Lab Canada Penticton, BC – Genome BC has launched a new wine genomics research and development program called WineGen and is providing $5 million in funding support. The project involves researchers from Canada, New Zealand, and the US. It will be led…
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Nations agree on governance of global science gateway
July 14, 2008 by Lab Canada Ottawa, ON – The National Research Council of Canada (NRC) has joined a multilateral alliance to govern a quickly growing online access point to the world’s research information, called WorldWideScience.org. Officials representing 38 countries, including Canada, met on June 12…
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Study shows how buckyballs hurt cells
June 9, 2008 by Lab Canada Calgary, AB – A new study into the potential health hazards of the revolutionary nano-sized particles known as buckyballs predicts that the molecules are easily absorbed into animal cells, providing a possible explanation for how the molecules could be toxic…
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Digital art contest looking for artistic scientists, or scientific artists
March 7, 2008 by Lab Canada Calgary, AB – Genome Alberta, Genome Canada, and the 2008 International GE(3)LS Symposium have launched a digital art contest with a first prize of $1,000. The new realities of genomics have come face-to-face with a society that does not always…
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New process developed for capturing and storing gas
February 11, 2008 by Lab Canada Calgary, AB – A new process for capturing gas from the environment and holding it indefinitely in molecular-sized containers has been developed by a team of University of Calgary researchers, who say it represents a novel method of gas storage…
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U of T opens Centre for Research in Healthcare Engineering
February 11, 2008 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – A new collaborative Centre for Research in Healthcare Engineering (CRHE) opened in late January at the University of Toronto, a centre that will advance the expertise and knowledge in solutions that improve the efficiency and effectiveness of…
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$600,000 study looks at turning plant waste into biofuels
January 14, 2008 by Lab Canada Guelph, ON – The growing demand for ethanol has Canadian farmers harvesting corn kernels at a rapid pace, but the rest of the plant has been going to waste, until now. Three scientists from the University of Guelph have teamed…
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Heavy oil discovery could revolutionize oil sands production
December 17, 2007 by Lab Canada Calgary, AB – An international team that includes University of Calgary scientists has shown how crude oil in oil deposits around the world – including in Alberta’s oil sands – are naturally broken down by microbes in the reservoir. Their…
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Physicist teams with cancer centre to reduce treatment waits
November 26, 2007 by Lab Canada Windsor, ON – A University of Windsor physics researcher is working with a medical physicist at the Windsor Regional Cancer Centre (WRCC) to develop a new system to reduce the time that cancer patients have to wait for radiation treatments.…
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Cleaner, greener and more profitable process for refining copper
August 27, 2007 by Lab Canada Vancouver, BC – A researcher at the University of British Columbia, Dr David Dixon, has invented an environmentally friendly and cheaper way to produce high quality copper from low-grade concentrates, thus expanding potential copper reserves. The university has granted Bateman…
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Canadian researchers make significant contribution to global Brassica research community
August 5, 2007 by Lab Canada Saskatoon, SK – The National Research Council of Canada (NRC) and Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) say they have released the single largest number ever of DNA sequences for Brassica napus (canola) and related species. These sequences have been added…
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NRC scientists produce world’s most sensitive radio detectors to probe universe
April 23, 2007 by Lab Canada 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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Marine geophysicists probe sea floor in joint Canada-US venture
April 16, 2007 by Lab Canada 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…
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Ocean sciences network gets grant to set up observation system
April 9, 2007 by Lab Canada Victoria, BC – The Collaborative Oceans Information Network (COIN) Pacific is receiving a $20,000 grant from the government of British Columbia to explore new opportunities in oceans and marine observation and research projects. Spearheaded by the government of British Columbia…
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Medical researchers navigate wireless device inside artery
March 19, 2007 by Lab Canada Montreal, QC – Researchers in the NanoRobotics Laboratory of Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal’s department of computer engineering and institute of biomedical engineering say they have succeeded in guiding, in vivo and via computer control, a microdevice inside an artery, at…
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First comprehensive Canadian antibiotic resistance web resource launched
March 15, 2007 by Lab Canada Halifax, NS – The Canadian Antimicrobial Resistance Alliance (CARA) has launched a new web portal that is aimed at supporting and educating Canadian healthcare providers and researchers on the escalating issue of antimicrobial resistance, bacteria that are resistant to commonly…
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Potato research centre marks milestone
February 19, 2007 by Lab Canada Fredericton, NB – Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s Potato Research Centre (PRC) in Fredericton is offering nine promising new potato varieties to industry for further testing, as the centre celebrates the tenth anniversary of its accelerated release program. Each February, the…
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2006 wild bird survey concludes with no findings of highly pathogenic avian influenza
February 12, 2007 by Lab Canada Ottawa, ON – Canada’s second annual Wild Bird Survey for Avian Influenza (AI) has concluded with more than 12,000 birds tested and no findings of highly pathogenic strains of AI, including the Asian strain of H5N1. Samples for this year’s…
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Researchers floated in zero gravity aboard final Bordeaux flight
October 2, 2006 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – York University researchers floated in zero gravity last week, aboard an airplane modified to simulate weightlessness, in order to investigate why astronauts become disoriented in space, and what can be done about it. The research, funded by…
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