Two researchers from Ontario’s Queen’s University (Canada) have published a paper about research which could lead to self-cleaning windows although other applications seem more likely in the ...

ARPICO (Society of Italian Researchers and Professionals in Western Canada) is offering a scholarship (deadline Mar. 31, 2014) for Canadian students according to its Feb. 14, 2014 announcement, ARPICO ...

I’ve often wondered where Canada is with regard to graphene research and commercialization. At least one of my questions has been partly answered by the formation of a new graphene foundation. from an ...

This entry was posted in Citizen Science, sscience education and tagged Advaith Siddharthan, Andrea Sforzi, Annie Robinson, Bry Ravate, Julie Newman, Laura Colucci-Gray, Nirwan Sharma, Poppy Lakeman ...

This is the final commentary on the report titled, (INVESTING IN CANADA’S FUTURE; Strengthening the Foundations of Canadian Research). Part 1 of my commentary having provided some introductory ...

An Oct. 17, 2016 Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) news release (also on EurekAlert) by Emily Chu describes research that could lead to long-lasting implants offering preventive health ...

Glorious, isn’t it? Since it’s Friday, I’ve decided to treat myself and write about collective nouns and animals. Here are more: a coalition of cheetahs a herd of chamois an intrusion of cockroaches ...

Thanks to the Nov. 7, 2011 posting on the Foresight Institute blog, I’ve found Petman, Last month we noted the impressive progress achieved by Boston Dynamics’ AlphaDog project to develop a robot ...

The game is described as follows: “The ice caps are melting, you have to rebuild them one water molecule at a time! Waterfall is a simple, fun, and highly addictive game that teaches you about ice and ...