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Epidemics by the Numbers McMaster researcher David Earn uses math to build model epidemics. And what he’s finding out may help us deal with the real thing. More... |
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Food Fight The battle lines keep shifting in the struggle to keep our food safe. An advanced facility at the University of Guelph helps researchers find new ways to fight. More... |
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Sparking Sustainable Steel Electric arc furnaces produce new steel from scrap metal. Now Gordon Irons at McMaster University wants to make a good thing work even better. More... |
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Diagnosis on the Dot Quantum dots are really, really small. But University of Toronto scientist Ulli Krull is showing how they’ll make a really big difference in diagnosis. More... |
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A Force of Nature The atomic world is a strange place. But researchers like Raymond Laflamme at the University of Waterloo want to harness the forces of the quantum realm to build a new kind of computer. More... |
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Small Change The capacity to work with materials at the scale of nanometers has taken a research facility at the University of Western Ontario in some unexpected directions. More... |
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In Search of the Switch Asthma afflicts at least 12 percent of Canadian children. But Firestone Institute researcher Paul O’Byrne is looking for a way to “turn off” the disease in tomorrow’s kids. More... |
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Honey, I Shrunk the Lab The revolution that reduced room-sized computers to tiny chips is being repeated in biology. In the hands of researchers like Richard Oleschuk at Queen’s University, microfluidics promises to transform medicine and medical research. More... |
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A (Very) Close Look at Paint Nano-scale polymer research at the University of Toronto is creating more environmentally-friendly ways to colour our world. More... |
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Giving Evolutionary Theory Some Extra Bite The Australian redback spider mates in a strange way. But for Maydianne Andrade of the University of Toronto, the odd behaviour may help unlock a deeper understanding of how evolution works. More... |
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