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From Saturday, Oct. 5 through Monday, Oct. 7, the Downtown and Macdonald Campuses will be open only to McGill students, employees and essential visitors.

Researchers Hamidreza Abdolvand and Samantha Gateman are studying safe production and used fuel storage for small modular reactors Small modular reactors (SMRs) are considered the future of nuclear energy because they are smaller and more importantly, safer.

Each researcher selected has authored multiple papers which rank in the top 1 per cent by citations for their field(s) Office of Research Ten University of Waterloo faculty members have been named on the annual Highly Cited Researchers(TM) 2023 list from Clarivate.

Waterloo team takes on Battery Workforce Challenge to advance vehicle electrification By Nicola Kelly Faculty of Engineering A team from the University of Waterloo has won a place in the Battery Workforce Challenge.

Science, Health & Technology Lillienne Zen Bitumen, the sticky product from Alberta's oil sands, is normally burned as fuel or gets a second life as asphalt pavement.

As automobile manufacturers continue their pivot to electric vehicles (EVs), the days of the internal combustible engine are ending - and sooner than you think.

Simon Fraser University professor Vincenzo Pecunia has led a team of more than 100 internationally-recognized scientists in creating a comprehensive -roadmap- to guide global efforts to convert waste energy into clean power.

University of Toronto researcher  Nazir Kherani  and his collaborators at the startup  3E Nano Inc  have one goal: to design the perfect window.

A University of Toronto researcher has developed a new technique to help recycle the metals in lithium-ion batteries, which are in high demand amid surging global sales of electric vehicles.

Preparing for an online start to the winter term: for more information. Engineering research team tested coatings that were 1,000 times thinner than a human hair Researchers have discovered that using a thin-film coating of copper or copper compounds on surfaces could enhance copper's ability to inactivate or destroy the SARS-CoV-2 virus responsible for COVID-19.

Science, Health & Technology Lou Corpuz-Bosshart UBC researchers have created what could be the first battery that is both flexible and washable.