(Opens in new window) April 2, 2024 The Conversation Canada Analysis: New electrochemical technology could de-acidify the oceans – and even remove carbon dioxide in the process
March 26, 2024 Entrepreneurship takes centre stage at McMaster’s Research to Start-up event Researchers, students, entrepreneurs and industry professionals gathered for talks and panel discussions that highlighted the multifaceted ways McMaster supports, stimulates and champions innovation and entrepreneurship.
March 21, 2024 Nearly five million dollars in NSERC Alliance Grants support three McMaster Engineering quantum projects Quantum research at Mac Eng is getting a boost thanks to a Government of Canada investment through the National Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) Alliance Grants.
(Opens in new window) March 5, 2024 Brighter World Researchers teach AI skin-cancer diagnosis tool to see colour McMaster researchers, including Wael El-dakhakhni, led the development of a deep-learning algorithm that integrates diverse skin tones and characteristics.
(Opens in new window) March 1, 2024 The Conversation Thermal networks: The missing infrastructure we need to help enable carbon-free heating James Cotton discusses how a thermal network can reduce our carbon emissions and heat our homes and other buildings using using heat generated from clean sources.
(Opens in new window) February 8, 2024 Brighter World Nanoscale research might help convert CO2 waste into usable products Chemical Engineering Professor Drew Higgins, above, and postdoctoral fellow Ahmed Abdellah used extremely powerful magnification equipment to study at a nanoscale how synthetic materials that catalyze and convert carbon dioxide break down.
(Opens in new window) January 12, 2024 The American Society of Mechanical Engineers In the media: Designing better concrete for SMRs McMaster Engineering researcher Ousmane Hisseine and colleagues are developing a stronger, denser material that can protect small modular reactors and the engineers who work on them.
(Opens in new window) December 15, 2023 Brighter World Humanities and Engineering researchers team up to address climate change impact on Black communities Ingrid Waldron and Zobia Jawed are creating workshops that will help racialized community members recognize the ways in which climate change affects their lives, and empower them to act.
(Opens in new window) December 11, 2023 BIOCANRX In the media: Where Are They Now: Landon Steenbakkers BioCanRx provides researchers with access to funding, expertise, training and biomanufacturing facilities and is a leader in the translation, manufacture and adoption of cancer immunotherapies.
December 1, 2023 McMaster University one of twelve teams competing in the Battery Workforce Challenge hosted by the U.S. Department of Energy and Stellantis The Battery Workforce Challenge is a new three-year student competition that will challenge universities and vocational schools from across North America to design, build, test and integrate an advanced EV battery pack.
(Opens in new window) November 16, 2023 THE GLOBE AND MAIL In the media: Ottawa’s research ‘superchairs’ aim to delve deep into Arctic warming, biosensors and more Niko Hildebrandt, a world expert in developing biosensors for medical diagnostics, joins McMaster University after working at universities in Germany, France and South Korea.
November 16, 2023 McMaster welcomes new Canada Excellence Research Chair in biosensing and molecular diagnostics World-renowned biosensing expert, Niko Hildebrandt, will build a multidisciplinary research team focused on developing breakthrough methods with applications in clinical diagnostics, environmental protection and food safety.
