Canada's commitment to Kyoto -- What will it mean scientifically? or Everything you always wanted to know about climate change and were afraid to ask. Andrew Weaver is one of the world's leading experts on climate dynamics, ocean circulation, and the role of the oceans in climate change and instability. He has been interviewed by […]
Dr. Thorleifson is a scientist with Natural Resources Canada who, over the past 12 years, has made major contributions to the science that supports diamond exploration. He was recently named a 1998/99 Distinguished Lecturer of the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum. Dr. Thorleifson will explain how diamonds were discovered in Canada. This is […]
Paul Corkum, National Research Council Canada Thursday, October 8, 1998 We listen to music read by laser light, our telephone conversations are carried on laser light, laser light reads the product codes when we shop and we all have friends who have had their eyes reshaped by lasers. What next? --- all optical operating rooms? […]
Elizabeth Cannon, University of Calgary Thursday November 5, 1998 There are currently millions of users of the satellite-based Global Positioning System (GPS) and the global market for GPS devices is expected to exceed $30 billion by 2005. To help capture more of these opportunities for Canada, the federal government has just launched a new Network […]
Pierre Bélanger, PRECARN Associates Inc., Ottawa Thursday, December 3, 1998 Come and learn how a nationwide research initiative is making Canada a leader in the development of systems that can perceive their own environments, reason, take action and dramatically extend human capabilities for many specialized tasks. Meet some of the award-winning products of this private-sectorBuniversity […]
Mary Anne White, Dalhousie University Thursday, February 11, 1999 The various ages of humanity - the Stone Age, the Bronze Age, the Iron Age - have been characterized by the materials they introduced. In this century, new materials have again changed the way we live, allowing the invention of the transistor, fibre optics for telecommunications, […]
Jeremy McNeil, Laval University Thursday, March 11, 1999 The negative impact of insect pests on the production of food and fibre, as well as on human health, is enormous. At present chemical insecticides are the most commonly used means of control. However, insecticide resistance, together with the undesirable ecological effects of insecticides on a wide […]
Keith Ingold, National Research Council Thursday, April 15, 1999 If you took a Vitamin E supplement this morning, this is a breakfast you shouldn't miss. Come and find out how vitamin E was discovered to be one of the most effective free radical fighters, and how free radical chemistry can also be used beneficially to […]
Paul Jay, Nortel Networks Thursday, May 27, 1999 Semiconductor technology has advanced at an impressive rate over the past 4-5 decades. Gordon Moore (now of Intel) observed over 30 years ago that silicon chip complexity was doubling every 18 months, a dependency now called 'Moore's Law'. This 'Law' has held constant since 1970 to the […]
Patrick Lee, University of Calgary Health Sciences Centre Thursday, October 21, 1999 Patrick Lee and his research colleagues at the University of Calgary are responsible for an amazing discovery - viruses that target and destroy cancer cells while leaving normal cells unharmed. Somehow these agents "called reoviruses" are able to hone in on characteristics that […]