Sustainability
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U of T electrolyzer converts CO2 to ethylene at record rate
Researchers’ enhanced device produces valuable chemicals from captured CO2 10 times faster than current technology.Read more → -
Federal government provides millions to cut plastic food, construction waste
Environment Minister's plastics innovation challenge rewards Canadian companies working to recycle waste plastics.Read more → -
Making Waves
St. Catharines-based engineering firm ensures tugboats’ power systems navigate the Great Lakes safely.Read more → -
Report: Improving recycling of Canada’s plastics will require ‘radical changes’
Consulting firms’ study finds Canada throws out billions of dollars of plastic every year.Read more → -
GM of Boeing Canada Winnipeg to keynote DEX Expo Winnipeg
Amy May, GM of one of Canada’s largest aerospace companies, will speak to issues critical to all manufacturers.Read more → -
David Saint-Jacques preparing for liftoff earlier than originally planned
The fate of the Canadian's voyage had been in question after a Soyuz rocket failure last month, but now he will blast off more than two weeks earlier.Read more → -
McMaster researchers develop “smart surface” that repels and accepts specific substances
The nanotechnology could prove useful in allowing the body to accept medical implants with less risk of infection or rejection.Read more → -
Ashored Innovations creates ropeless trap to help with marine animal entanglement
It's a two-pronged system they refer to as Modular Ocean Based Instrument (MOBI) and the Automated Tracking and Location Aggregation System (ATLAS).Read more → -
Editorial: O Pioneers, an ode to the life and times of Rethink Robotics
It would be easy to take Rethink’s sudden closure as an indication that cobots are more hype than substance yet all other indicators say otherwise.Read more → -
Festo acquires pneumatic components manufacturer Fabco-Air
Acquisition marks the latest in a series of investments aimed at expanding Festo’s North American sales base.Read more →
