podcast
September 20, 2016
Episode one: Fiscal Armageddon
The first episode in a podcast series that traces the Canada Foundation for Innovation's unlikely origin story
video
January 13, 2017
How to prevent falls
Researchers at Simon Fraser University are analyzing how people fall with the aim of preventing injuries
article
December 21, 2016
It’s clear as glass
By integrating microscopic ducts into the glass that screens are made of, researchers have developed an amazing interface
article
December 21, 2016
Combating premature births
Births before 37 weeks are linked to early intrauterine inflammation. Researchers have developed a molecule that inhibits this.
article
December 20, 2016
For sex equality
Until now, experiments to understand chronic pain used mostly male mice. To scientists’ surprise, however, females react differently. Our way of understanding pain circuitry is changing...
article
December 20, 2016
Taming lightning
A physicist has mastered one of nature’s most impressive forces in his laboratory, setting the stage for multiple applications
article
November 28, 2016
Growing body parts from plants
Inspired by movies like Little Shop of Horrors and The Matrix, Andrew Pelling’s University of Ottawa lab is all about taking the most audacious ideas and turning them into reality
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October 12, 2016
Research builds my Arctic community
The research icebreaker CCGS Amundsen is a hub for research in natural, health and social sciences in Canada’s North