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November 1, 2005
Imagine a device that can create electricity, store nuclear waste, remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, bring the carbon cycle back into balance, and meet Canada’s Kyoto Protocol...
September 27, 2017
When it comes to the many ways artificial intelligence will shape the future, self-driving vehicles are likely to be among the most transformational. And the University of Toronto’s Raquel Urtasun is...
September 1, 2007
The beams from our headlamps are swallowed by blackness while sweat gathers on our brows as we trudge through the curving, descending rock tunnel more than two kilometers underground. We are heading...
June 24, 2009
Final question round at Carleton University
Isabel Deslauriers
What do you call a circular piece of DNA? What are the four forces that affect fermions? Name the large muscle that pushes on the...
August 3, 2012
The 2012 Summer Olympic Games is attracting thousands of athletes and spectators from around the world. And with each person transported to the Games comes a carbon footprint. But not for Team Canada...
September 22, 2010
How often do you use natural health products (NHPs) in your everyday life? You might take a vitamin or two and an omega-3 supplement. Or maybe you take a dose of glucosamine when your joints are...
January 27, 2015
Federal and provincial investments over the past decade or so have created such a strong research foundation that Canada is now garnering the attention of both research and industry partners from...
November 23, 2015
From the complex effects of weather patterns in outer space to the unexplored depths of the ocean to some of our most pressing issues in human health and all the atoms and electrons in between, the...
November 17, 2010
January 16, 2006
At a recent public event, as I was being introduced, the moderator referred to my research contributions as “humanitarian.” This generous remark struck me as odd. I had never viewed my work as a...