Le stérilet de cuivre est une des méthodes contraceptives les plus efficaces, mais ses effets secondaires découragent parfois son utilisation. Une équipe multidisciplinaire tente de nouvelles approches.
Read More >>Firefighters’ protective clothing degrades over time and new research now shows why, pointing the way toward making a dangerous job safer.
Read More >>From people to plants, Newfoundland and Labrador tends to breed hardy varieties. That includes a relatively recent transplant – the sea buckthorn.
Read More >>À l’échelle cellulaire, les sucres font plus que satisfaire la gourmandise : ils sont à la base de nombreuses interactions entre cellules. Une équipe de l’Université de Montréal a développé une méthode pour mieux les étudier.
Read More >>Tiny medical robots made of polymers derived from cellulose could one day travel through your body, delivering drugs, transporting cells, and taking biopsies. That’s the ultimate goal of Hamed Shahsavan, a chemical engineer at the University of Waterloo.
Read More >>Automated drug-checking uses robotics to detect highly potent substances like carfentanil, which can be lethal even in small amounts.
Read More >>Biomolecules from snails could one day be harnessed to fight a fungus that kills tens of thousands of people a year.
Read More >>La mélanine, le pigment qui protège notre peau des rayons du soleil, est étonnamment difficile à étudier. Mais une méthode développée par des chercheurs de l’Université McGill pourrait percer ses mystères.
Read More >>Safely deep freezing, thawing and transplanting cells for regenerative medicine is a challenge. PanTHERA CryoSolutions hopes to change that with the release of its first ice recrystallization inhibitor.
Read More >>Chlorinated paraffins, a class of chemicals banned a decade ago for their cancer-causing effects, have been found in a wide range of household products in Canada, according to researchers at the University of Toronto.
Read More >>A molecule found in seaweed can promote vascular cell growth and prevent blood clots in the lab, providing early promise of better outcomes in patients undergoing heart bypass surgeries.
Read More >>As most of us know by now, the tradeoff of the ease and speed of rapid antigen tests is low sensitivity. But now a team of chemists from York University has figured out how to reduce false negatives without making the test overly difficult for home use.
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