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Seven people wearing boots, disposable hairnets, and white lab coats, along with protective goggles, are gathered around a MilkyLab machine in a laboratory located in a basement bathed in light from a row of windows at the very top and all along the wall. Some of them are looking at their cell phones, others are smiling, and still others have approached the cheese-making machine and seem to be wondering how it works.
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Quebec

Could research give Canada's multibillion-dollar cheese industry better bite?

A small facility in a university basement brings big benefits for cheesemaking companies
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Nova Scotia

Jan Rainey is untangling the mysteries of spider silks

The Dalhousie University researcher is looking to create synthetic versions of spider's silk that have the potential to help heal damaged nerves and damaged hearts
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Transforming research instincts into a successful business (March webinar)

Part of our Future You webinar series. This webinar features a new generation of researchers who share their challenges and successes as they made the move from researcher to entrepreneur. Watch the video to gain insights and receive valuable tips on how to start your own business.
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Daniella Niyonkuru poses with line drawing illustrations around her.
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Ontario

Helping more young women choose engineering and computer science

Carleton University graduate, Daniella Niyonkuru, leads by example. As a successful computer engineer and devoted mentor, she is showing girls that a career in tech is within reach
Emmanuel Alabi poses with line drawing illustrations around him.
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Ontario

A better way to measure pain in children

PhD student, Emmanuel Alabi, is looking for a way to objectively rate pain to help those who can’t communicate
Floor to ceiling solar panels simulate a sunny day in a concrete research facility.
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Quebec

Off-the-wall energy for self-sufficient buildings

Concordia University researcher Andreas Athienitis’ thermal solar wall technology can provide enough heat and electricity to take whole buildings off the grid
Robert Godin sits inside a bright warehouse, playing one of the guitars made by his company, Godin Guitars. The shelves behind him are full of guitars.
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Quebec

Made to fit: technology helps musicians find the perfect guitar

Godin Guitars partners with McGill University to bring a dream to life
Graphic representation of radio transceiver hardware
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Quebec

Digital radio technology more reliable than Wi-Fi and Bluetooth

Researchers developed a new wireless transceiver that reduces our smartphones’ energy consumption
Still from video of two snow removal trucks being deployed
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Quebec

A safeguard against potholes

A new feat of engineering will prevent snowplough vehicles from damaging our roads
2 researchers being interviewed with one of them holding an enlarged replica of a molecule.
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Quebec

Improving treatment for blood diseases

A new molecule that stimulates the reproduction of stem cells will help treat a larger number of patients with blood diseases
Young man falling on a large purple mattress, wearing a helmet and protective pads, while researchers in the back of the falling laboratory monitor the impact of his fall on a computer.
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British Columbia

How to prevent falls

Researchers at Simon Fraser University are analyzing how people fall with the aim of preventing injuries
Tour guide and taxi driver, Bill Baker, poses in front of the synchrotron beamlines inside the Canadian Light Source
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Saskatchewan

Research builds my local community

Saskatoon cab drivers introduce visitors to their city’s pride and joy: the Canadian Light Source
Graduate student Ewald Cheung plays the violin in McGill University music hall.
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Quebec

Research builds my music community

Quebec music hub explores how musicians in large ensembles interact with each other, and also with their audience
A group of citizens posing for a photo in front of a city landscape.
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Alberta

Research builds our urban community

The University of Calgary teams up with its home city to improve wastewater treatment methods
Samantha Knapp holding two children.
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Ontario

Research builds my children’s community

Finding the genetic cause of her daughters’ illness was the key Samantha Knapp needed to tap into a community of parents going through the same thing