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Taking research to the next level with artificial intelligence

How researchers in Canada are turbo-charging their research with artificial intelligence to solve problems, from traffic jams to climate change to discovering new pharmaceuticals

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Ontario

Wildlife ecology done “in a good way”

Researcher Jesse Popp works alongside Indigenous communities to understand their most pressing questions about biodiversity and the plants and animals on the Land
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Manitoba

Tracking nutrients from the soil to your supper plate

By understanding how crops take up nutrients from the soil, University of Manitoba’s agronomy soil fertility expert Xiaopeng Gao aims to help farmers produce bigger yields of better grains — and do it more sustainably
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British Columbia

How Canada is at the forefront of unpacking the potential of DNA data storage

Could “DNA origami” offer a way to store some of the world’s 149 trillion gigabytes of information and help solve big data’s big storage problem? At UBC Okanagan, Will Hughes is exploring the possibilities.
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Quebec

Mining and metallurgy 4.0

A McGill University laboratory is developing simulation tools that will help the mineral industry fully enter the fourth industrial revolution
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British Columbia

Remaking connections through art(ifacts)

Kristen Barnett is leading an Indigenous archaeology lab that will help communities reconnect with rematriated items
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Quebec

Turbo-boosting pharmaceutical breakthroughs

Discovering a new drug can feel like hunting for a needle in a haystack. Ré Mansbach is developing AI-powered tools to streamline those searches.
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Ontario

Creating ethical AI

By probing the sociocultural risks of artificial intelligence, Lai-Tze Fan is helping create technologies with fairness built in
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Ontario

Using artificial intelligence to help highways hum

Could AI improve traffic flow, cut emissions and get you home sooner? Hao Yang thinks so.