McGill researchers using paper byproducts to clean the air
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Quick cooking chickpeas use microwaves - but not how you'd expect
Researchers from the University of Manitoba have developed a simple technique to speed up the time it takes to prepare chickpeas and lentils by exposing them to microwaves before cooking.
Tackling uranium mill effluent treatment with chemistry
“It’s been exciting to do some amazing science right in my backyard,” says Robertson. “I grew up in Saskatoon, knowing what the CLS was, and when I went to university it was kind of like this magical place that I had no idea how to use.”
Building a better whooping cough vaccine
Working towards a new vaccine for whooping cough, Rajendar Deora's lab harnesses synchrotron facilities.
Tracking breast cancer before it grows
A team of scientists led by University of Saskatchewan researcher Dr. Saroj Kumar is using cutting-edge Canadian Light Source techniques to screen and treat breast cancer at its earliest changes
Blocking African sleeping sickness' tiny culprit
A tsetse fly bites a girl. She becomes itchy, feverish, and her joints ache. Weeks later, she loses coordination and some sensation in her limbs. It becomes difficult to think, to sleep.
