Project to create jet fuel from biowaste gets federal funding boost
Industrial project based on innovative research could provide a supply of renewable fuel while creating a new market for Alberta agriculture…
Protein that blocks body’s ability to clear bad cholesterol identified
Researchers are now looking to develop a drug that will boost existing statin drugs to prevent heart disease…
Alberta not-for-profit runs cancer clinical trials around the world
Building on game-changing breast cancer trials, TRIO now testing drugs for breast, lung, ovarian, liver and gastrointestinal cancer…
Edmonton startup in race to develop lab-grown meat
Future Fields aims to become the premier supplier of growth media for the global cellular agriculture industry…
AI-based tool can detect bipolar disorder at earlier stages
New machine learning model spots subtle early signs, making it possible for psychiatrists to treat people sooner before symptoms get worse…
Agricultural and forestry waste fanning the flames of innovation
Product derived from agricultural and forestry waste has uses ranging from reclaiming wastewater to capturing carbon and decontaminating soil…
How Canada botched its campaign for vaccines
The proven determinants of scientific progress – collaboration, a plan, guaranteed funding, transparency – are nowhere to be found…
Pediatric heart transplant method allows for better outcomes
Blood-type-incompatible heart transplant surgery for infants under the age of two pioneered in Canada, now used worldwide…
Chemists discover new method of creating high-quality memory devices
When paired with a silicon chip, gallium and its alloys produce a powerful memory device capable of stable, accurate information storage…
How changing boreal forests could affect caribou
Researchers examine what logging, climate change and other factors mean for caribou populations…