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What is the world’s most limitless, underrated natural resource? That’s right – poop! Opening May 10 [2024], Oh Crap! Rethinking human waste is a surprising new exhibition at the Canada Science and ...
Apply Now! Check out the University of Waterloo’s 2024 WIN Summer School on Sustainable Nanotechnology webpage for a detailed daily agenda and more. Finally, good luck!
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 ...
These workshops will inform recommendations to the Government of Canada on how to boost public awareness of and foster trust in AI. The conversations will be grounded in an understanding of the ...
We’re excited to be a part of NIME 2023, launching in Mexico City this week! This research project involved experimenting with Spire Muse, a virtual performance agent co-developed by Metacreation Lab ...
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 ...
I have a couple of announcements. First, I finally took the plunge and started a Twitter feed here. Once I figure how to put some sort of click-through or even the feed onto this site I will do it.
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 ...
The goal of the Inclusive Audiences team is to increase professional and institutional capacity to effectively engage underserved and underrepresented audiences, including girls, bilingual audiences, ...
Fiber scientist Juan Hinestroza has been making the media rounds lately about nanotechnology-enabled textiles/clothing. From the August 2, 2011 article by Jill Colvin for DNAinfo.com, Imagine clothes ...
Ted Sargent, Canada Research Chair in Nanotechnology, University of Toronto, has been mentioned here a number of times regarding his work on solar cells. Here are a few of the mostly recent postings ...
Volcanoes are not often a topic on this blog, which is focused on emerging science and technology. However, stories featuring scientific information from unexpected sources has long been a fascination ...