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Top 5 Canadian R&D Projects to Watch | September 23, 2008
By Danny Bradbury
Canadian Light Source
www.lightsource.ca
Saskatchewan cheered when its synchroton opened. The system accelerates particles around a large ring at super-fast speeds to create intense beams of light. It has applications for everything from pharmaceuticals to oil and gas recovery.
CANARIE
www.canarie.ca
CANARIE is a research project focused on advanced network connectivity. A non-profit organization, it administers a high- speed 10Gbps wide area network stretching throughout Canada used for high-speed network research.
Neptune Canada
www.neptunecanada.ca
An 800 km ring of fibre optic cable off the Pacific Northwest coast will serve as a huge underwater observatory that will enable scientists to monitor ocean activities from the surface to underneath the sea floor. It will be completed next year.
Centre for Integrated Genomics
www.cigenomics.bc.ca
A joint venture between the BC Cancer Agency and the University of British Columbia, the Centre investigates new genomic technology while also focusing on the application of genomic research to the study of cancer.
CCGS Amundsen Canadian Icebreaker
www.amundsen.quebec-ocean.ulaval.ca/amundsenenglish.htm
Scientists converted the coast guard ship Sir John Franklin into a floating research vessel. One of three similar research vessels built since the seventies, it will help them break through the ice (while it’s still there) to study the oceanographic effects of climate change.
Read the full article: The reasearch race
Canadian Light Source
www.lightsource.ca
Saskatchewan cheered when its synchroton opened. The system accelerates particles around a large ring at super-fast speeds to create intense beams of light. It has applications for everything from pharmaceuticals to oil and gas recovery.
CANARIE
www.canarie.ca
CANARIE is a research project focused on advanced network connectivity. A non-profit organization, it administers a high- speed 10Gbps wide area network stretching throughout Canada used for high-speed network research.
Neptune Canada
www.neptunecanada.ca
An 800 km ring of fibre optic cable off the Pacific Northwest coast will serve as a huge underwater observatory that will enable scientists to monitor ocean activities from the surface to underneath the sea floor. It will be completed next year.
Centre for Integrated Genomics
www.cigenomics.bc.ca
A joint venture between the BC Cancer Agency and the University of British Columbia, the Centre investigates new genomic technology while also focusing on the application of genomic research to the study of cancer.
CCGS Amundsen Canadian Icebreaker
www.amundsen.quebec-ocean.ulaval.ca/amundsenenglish.htm
Scientists converted the coast guard ship Sir John Franklin into a floating research vessel. One of three similar research vessels built since the seventies, it will help them break through the ice (while it’s still there) to study the oceanographic effects of climate change.
Read the full article: The reasearch race
