Open letter to PM and Minister about NSERC Fellowships

We are writing to you as scientists and engineers working in Canada. We respectfully request that your government increase funding to graduate student trainees and postdoctoral scientists funded by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC). Concomitant investments have not been made to some of Canada’s best trainees in science and engineering, many of whom now live below the poverty line.

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How microwaves could help fight COVID-19

When the pandemic started Khashayar Ghandi, a materials chemist at the University of Guelph, had already been experimenting with using microwaves to kill bacteria and other pathogens. So he decided to see if the technique could work on the virus as well.

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