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Revolutionizing pain medication: Preventing addiction and side effects
Stephen Vanner, president of pHarm Therapeutics Inc., and Christoph Stein, inventor and co-founder, discuss a new class of analgesics for pain caused by tissue injury and inflammation.
Ultrananocrystalline diamond coating (UNCD™): Revolutionizing surface engineering
Unique, low-cost ultrananocrystalline diamond (UNCD™) coating is facilitating new generations of industrial products, high-tech devices, medical devices, and prostheses.
Appreciating biodiversity science: Why biodiversity should be a big science
Professor F. Guillaume Blanchet from Université de Sherbrooke posits the importance of treating biodiversity science as a big science to reach the goals set during the COP15 on biodiversity.
Enhancing marathon safety: The role of low-dose aspirin in cardiac arrest prevention
Arthur J. Siegel, Medical Director at MGH Internal Medicine Associates, Belmont, MA, USA tells us how low-dose aspirin can support primary prevention of marathon-related cardiac arrest in middle-aged men with coronary atherosclerosis.
Agriculture: Harnessing AI for healthier soils
David Green, Executive Director, and Maite Caballero, Senior Researcher from The U.S. Sustainability Alliance, argue that AI technologies pave the way for healthier soils in agriculture.
Moving past animal experiments to understand human neurological disease
Richard J. Miller, PhD, Professor Emeritus of Pharmacology at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, says that the belief monkeys and other animals are essential for performing translationally useful research for human neurological disease is outdated and incompatible with 21st-century science.
Understanding and supporting neurological conditions among the incarcerated
Samuel Han and Audrey Nath discuss neurological conditions among the incarcerated, who they argue are a medically underserved population.
RNA and DNA flipons in health and disease
Flipons are the next step in DNA research. What they are, their role in DNA and RNA coding, their impact on medical science, and their relation to the immune system are discussed here.
Reshaping the discourse on women’s voices in metal music
Lori Burns, Professor at The University of Ottawa, walks us her research on reshaping the discourse on women’s voices in metal music.
Dementia prevention: Raising awareness about dementia and risk reduction
We hear from Dr Anthony J. Levinson, who is part of an academic group developing evidence-based online resources to complement dementia prevention strategies and support care partners.
Exposure to Libby Amphibole: The clinical picture of autoimmune disease
Karen Lee Morrissette and Jean C. Pfau from the Center for Asbestos-Related Disease discuss the clinical presentation and complexity of the autoimmune disease progression among those exposed to Libby Amphibole.
The future of dentistry: Exploring the latest advancements in dental imaging
Advancements in dental imaging over the past two decades have been remarkable, such as cross-polarization OCT; Yihua Zhu and his team at the University of California, San Francisco, have been investigating different diagnostic imaging methods.
A music and mental health research clinic
The University of Ottawa Institute of Mental Health Research at The Royal details the context and challenge of a music and mental health research clinic.
A crisis in workplace mental health injuries… And in work itself
Dr Mélanie Dufour-Poirier, Associate Professor at the University of Montreal’s School of Industrial Relations, discusses opportunities to safeguard employees’ mental health injuries and wellbeing through union involvement.
Sex-based labour market segregation and women’s perceptions of entrepreneurship
Here Professors Tonoyan, Strohmeyer, and Jennings investigate sex-based labour market segregation and women's perceptions of entrepreneurship.
The gender stereotyping of entrepreneurship
Professors Jennings and Tonoyan distill prior research and chart avenues for future research.
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Reducing data volume in big data: Parallel processing based data filtering techniques
Professor Shikharesh Majumdar from Carleton University examines reducing data volume in big data, focusing on parallel processing based data filtering techniques.
Harnessing AI for enhanced learning: Insights from the robotics academy
How technology is tailoring personalised learning experiences for the AEC sector.
Canadian workers at risk: Removing barriers to treatment for public safety professionals (PSP)
Gregory S Anderson, from Thompson Rivers University and Helen Dragatsi, from Government of Canada speak to us about removing barriers to treatment for Canadian workers at risk.
Impacts to address sexual violence in Canada and internationally
Shaheen Shariff, Ph.D. is James McGill Professor and Project Director of iMPACTS, which focuses on addressing sexual violence in Canada and internationally.
