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Alberta
Greener fuels for a better future
Research associate, Luis Alejandro Coy, is making a name for himself globally by developing nanocatalysts for more environmentally friendly oil upgrading
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Ontario
Houses that hold up in a hurricane
A state-of-the-art research facility at Western University has found that a few dollars can make our homes much safer in extreme storms
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Ontario
Intelligent cars change everything
Once the domain of traditional robotics, the future of self-driving cars now lies in artificial intelligence, where Canadian researchers like Raquel Urtasun have serious clout
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Saskatchewan
It’s all in the algorithm
Making machine learning more affordable by tweaking how the machine interacts with the data sources that teach it
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Quebec
What if your stove could learn your bad habits?
How artificially intelligent devices could make living at home for longer a safer option for seniors
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Ontario
Finding new markets for monkey bars
Lambton College labs help develop the next generation of playground equipment to give a southwestern Ontario company a boost into the adult fitness market
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Alberta
Making regenerative therapies reality
The University of Alberta’s Cell Therapy Manufacturing facility will take new therapies for diabetes and cancer from the hypothetical to the viable