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Learn more about a researcher from University of Alberta who invented a mask with salt crystals that helps kill bacteria. Watch here…

A University of Alberta researcher wins an innovation award for developing a mask that is coated in salt — whose crystals serve as nasty spikes to destroy droplets.  Listen here…

We talk to Nikkie To​ – recipient of the Mitacs Award for Outstanding Innovation — Masters and a recent Master of Inclusive Design graduate at OCAD Listen here…

 Dr. Ilaria Rubino, Recent PhD graduate from the department of chemical and materials engineering at the University of Alberta & winner of the Mitacs Award for Outstanding Innovation – International.  Listen here…

As a record number of Canadians head outside to take in fun, safe activities amid the COVID-19 pandemic, a UNBC professor is being recognized for her innovative work to conserve critical northern lands and key outdoor recreation areas that up until now have been flying under Canada’s conservation radar. Read more…

Ottawa, ON — From a cancer treatment breakthrough and a face mask shown to kill both viruses and bacteria, to a first-of-its-kind battery to boost the performance of electric cars and pioneering software to advance quantum computers, seven up-and-coming researchers and a trailblazing company are being recognized for their game-changing achievements in Canadian research. Backed […]

Interview with Pamela Wright, recepient of 2020 Mitacs Award for exceptional leadership and John Hepburn, CEO. Listen here…

By Camille Bains Salt that crystallizes with sharp edges is the killer ingredient in the development of a reusable mask because any COVID-19 droplets that land on it would be quickly destroyed, says a researcher who is being recognized for her innovation. Read more…

By Camille Bains Salt that crystallizes with sharp edges is the killer ingredient in the development of a reusable mask because any COVID-19 droplets that land on it would be quickly destroyed, says a researcher who is being recognized for her innovation. Read more…

By Denise Ryan Pamela Wright, an environmental scientist at the University of Northern B.C., feels optimistic despite declining mountain caribou herds and the threat of climate change Read more…

By Elisabetta Bianchini In the midst concerns about surgeries and treatments being impacted by the stress COVID-19 is having on Canada’s health care system, a Canadian researcher is being recognized by Mitacs for engineering cancer-killing viruses to treat breast and ovarian cancer. Read more…

By Lynn Desjardins A new salt coating can be applied to medical masks to kill viruses and bacteria before they penetrate, and a researcher at the University of Alberta has earned an award for her work developing it. When airborne droplets land on the mask the salt dissolves, but then the liquid evaporates and the […]