As the world deliberates on climate change at the United Nations conference in Paris later this month, the Marine Environmental Observation Prediction and Response Network (MEOPAR) looks to keep ocean acidification, “the other CO2 problem,” squarely in their focus. Read more.

Automobile research isn’t only about making more and better vehicles for less. As the AUTO21 Network of Centres of Excellence (NCE) has discovered, it’s also about saving more young children from death and disability, reducing crime and reducing our reliance on oil. Read more.

The number of people travelling by air is projected to grow about 4.8% per year over the next 20 years but that increased traffic is making airports noisier. The Green Aviation Research and Development Network (GARDN) has responded with a national effort to design Canadian-made planes that are among the quietest in the world. Read more.

Canada has embarked on a bold and proven approach to turn the country’s $6-billion investment in basic health research into successful and well-managed companies that attract investment, generate profits and create jobs for Canadians. Read more.

Canada has dramatically transformed its approach to water research over the past 15 years and that’s turning out to be a good thing for municipalities facing astronomical costs for infrastructure upgrades and tough standards for drinking water and wastewater management. Read more.

Kelly Kay never thought of herself as a researcher. Yet, thanks to a unique training program offered by the Technology Evaluation in the Elderly Network (TVN), the Executive Director of the Seniors Care Network now finds herself finishing a two-year research fellowship and setting her sights on a Ph.D. Her goal is to help her organization, and others like it, better understand how technology can improve the care of seriously ill, frail elderly people, and provide better support for their families and caregivers. Read more.

Made-in-Canada bio-coal is competing to supplant traditional coal currently used for heat and power in much of the world. This novel renewable energy source comes as a growing number of jurisdictions, including Ontario, ban construction of traditional coal-fired power plants and impose strict regulations and restrictions on existing facilities. Read more.

Canadian patients are poised to be among the first globally to receive safe, cutting-edge and rigorously tested stem cell therapies for cancer, Type 1 diabetes, heart disease, stroke and many other chronic illnesses. That’s thanks to a 14-year national initiative to accelerate the clinical use of early-stage research and make Canada the go-to country for patient trials. Read more.

The winners of prestigious science prizes given out to some of Canada’s top researchers include innovators who have made important contributions to NCE-funded networks and centres. The annual awards from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) are bestowed for a wide range of world-class achievements by Canadian researchers that boost discovery, training and innovation in Canada. His Excellency the Right Honourable David Johnston, Governor General of Canada, honoured the winners at a ceremony at Rideau Hall on February 17. Read more.

Women from Ontario and Quebec will continue to be among the world’s first to have a breast biopsy taken by a robotic surgeon that can trace its technological pedigree to the Canadarm and International Space Station. The made-in-Canada technology promises to be less time consuming and more accurate than current manual procedures and can be operated by a radiologist remotely, ensuring equal access to surgical care across all of Canada. Read more.