In Canada, 3,000 to 4,000 people are living with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), a disease that remains incurable.

University of Northern British Columbia (UNBC) Master of Science (M.Sc.) student Carly Walters studies how warming temperatures and other environmental factors affect rainbow trout survival in British Columbia’s Stellako River.

Shawn Lewenza, a professor in the Faculty of Science and Technology at Athabasca University, has developed a patent-pending technology that could revolutionize the way oil sands companies monitor contaminants in tailings ponds. The technology could ultimately improve the process of cleaning up this wastewater.

Long before autonomous machines began to reshape modern agriculture, Dr. Danny Mann was exploring what many in the field had overlooked: while much of the research around automation was focused on advancing machinery, Dr. Mann was interested in the people behind the machinery.

At the top of the home page on her website, Cuiying Jian, a professor of mechanical engineering at the Lassonde School of Engineering, boldly declares that “carbon is cool!”

Bilingualism provides many cognitive and social advantages, including enhanced complex skills such as problem solving and multitasking. In today’s interconnected world, being able to communicate in multiple languages is increasingly an asset.

Researchers at the University of Waterloo’s Institute for Quantum Computing have created a new material that can capture light and control the location of its absorption with unprecedented precision.

Imagine helping a friend carry a couch from one room to another and somehow pivoting it around tight corners without scraping the walls. How is it that the two of you move as if you share the same mind?

New research out of the University of New Brunswick (UNB) may make aluminum smelting more efficient and sustainable while also creating a source of green, zero-carbon fuel and supporting sectors that rely on aluminum materials.