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Fighting Kidney Cancer at the Molecular Level
Kidney disease, says Dr. Sandra Turcotte, is “un peu sournois,” a bit sneaky. Most people with a kidney tumour don’t realize it’s there until the disease has progressed to an advanced stage. By the time they see blood in their urine or experience back pain, the cancer has usually become so advanced that surgery to remove the entire kidney is the only…
Feeding NB’s Growing Energy Demands with “Nuclear Batteries”
Since COVID, New Brunswick’s population has surged, and so have its energy needs. New technologies, like AI and electric vehicles, are also increasing demand on the power grid, and that pressure is only going to intensify in coming years. With NB Power predicting an electricity shortfall as early as 2028, Dr. Olga Palazhchenko’s work on…
Quantum Sensors Could Reveal New Opportunities in Defence, Mining, and More
Sensors are all around us-in cars, smartwatches, banking machines, automatic doors, and washing machines. At a grander scale, industrial sensors also play a key role in defence systems and in tools used by civil engineers and environmental scientists. For example, to run surveillance and weapons systems, the military relies on sensors embedded in drones, vehicles,…
Reading Riverbeds for Signs of Water Pollution in Northern NB
It’s no secret that Northern New Brunswick has been lagging behind the rest of the province in economic growth. New money flowing into the region through ACOA, NB Power, and private investors is giving the region a promising boost. As a prime example, the Belledune Port Authority is on a mission to become a power-hub…
Powering Up New Technologies and Student Change-Makers
Off-roading is one of New Brunswick’s most-loved outdoor activities, and it’s also of the most dangerous. A conventional engineer interested in reducing the number of off-roading accidents might pick one vehicle feature-say brakes or seatbelts-and try to make it safer. But Dr. Kush Bubbar is not your typical engineer. As head of the System Level…
Elegant Solutions to an Agricultural Crisis: A Université de Moncton Startup Addresses the Declining Bee Population
The humble honey bee plays an indispensable role in New Brunswick’s agricultural sector. And with global warming, the 10,000 or so bees kept in provincial hives are at increasing risk of being wiped out by disease. This vulnerability puts most of the province’s crops in jeopardy too, since without bees serving as pollinators, most of…