OTTAWA, Aug. 29, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Canada’s researchers dedicate their time and energy to better understand and address issues relevant to Canadians. Having the right research tools and facilities in place means researchers are ready to develop an intervention program to prevent childhood obesity or to explore how to lower carbon emissions by transforming agricultural waste into new products. Canada’s researchers need and deserve the best equipment and facilities to pursue ambitious ideas, to respond to environmental and health issues and to engage with research leaders from around the world.
Investments in Atlantic Canada’s ocean-based economy have helped address challenges that impede economic growth and social development across the region and especially on Cape Breton Island, such as water pollution from abandoned coal mines and food insecurity. To support this new economy, researchers at Cape Breton University will establish a lab to develop technologies such as small-scale water treatment devices that will increase access to clean drinking water, improve the health and well-being of remote and First Nations communities and enable equitable social development on Cape Breton Island.The decarbonization of the Quebec and Canadian energy sectors is leading to the development of innovative materials such as high-performance ceramics and high-entropy alloys (metals made up of three or more elements) in which to store renewable energies. A research program at the Université de Sherbrooke aims to develop and study these ceramics and alloys to help address the potential environmental impacts of their extraction, production, use and end-of-life. The results will not only improve Canada’s renewable energy storage capacities but will contribute to their sustainable development.
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