Research stories
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In CFI-funded labs and facilities across the country, researchers in all stages of their careers are making discoveries, supporting a robust innovation ecosystem and helping solve some of the world’s most pressing challenges.
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Ontario
Giving industry an additive manufacturing edge
Putting 3D printing power to work for civilian, military and dual-use applications
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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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British Columbia
Seeing the future in augmented reality
Maria Lantin at Emily Carr University of Art + Design creates environments that are enhanced by technology to predict how virtual realities will change how we interact with each other and the space around us
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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
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How remembering happens
Sheena Josselyn at Toronto’s SickKids hospital is figuring out how one memory triggers another, with important implications for treating things like post-traumatic stress disorder and schizophrenia
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Quebec
Forecasting future forest fires
Université Laval’s Steven Cumming uses sophisticated computer models to predict how a warming climate will influence forest fires in southern Quebec. The results aren’t what you might expect.
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British Columbia
Let them eat dirt
The University of British Columbia’s Brett Finlay demonstrated that microbes might protect children against asthma, more evidence that exposure to bacteria keeps us healthy
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Quebec
A safeguard against potholes
A new feat of engineering will prevent snowplough vehicles from damaging our roads
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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
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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
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Quebec
It’s clear as glass
By integrating microscopic ducts into the glass that screens are made of, researchers have developed an amazing interface
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Quebec
Combating premature births
Births before 37 weeks are linked to early intrauterine inflammation. Researchers have developed a molecule that inhibits this.
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Quebec
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...
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Quebec
Taming lightning
A physicist has mastered one of nature’s most impressive forces in his laboratory, setting the stage for multiple applications