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From 1965 to 2021, the E.W.R. Steacie Memorial Fellowships were awarded annually to recognize early stage academic researchers in the natural sciences and engineering and to enhance their research capacity so that they could become leaders in their field and inspire others. The E.W.R. Steacie Memorial Fellowships were rebranded as the
Hongbo Zeng zooms down to the molecular level to understand the forces that make objects slip, grip, squeeze, slide and stick. The insights he gains from his up-close examinations are telling us a lot about how we can build better materials and improve the performance of our natural resource…
Dwight Seferos wants us to rethink our concept of batteries. The University of Toronto researcher’s expertise in synthetic chemistry enables him to develop new materials from novel resources, like vitamins, so he can create power-storing plastics that are safer, environmentally friendly and less…
We are on the verge of a new era in which robotics and artificial intelligence will play a very important—and very personal—role in our lives. Autonomous vehicles, robot helpers and opinionated computer programs are poised to make transportation, health care and even fashion choices effortless and…
We often think of focusing our attention as a personal decision, a small act of willpower that trains our thoughts and actions on a specific task. In reality, our brains are feeding us little bits of stored information—past experiences, logical deductions, desires—to help us focus on what is…