Research & Development
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Ethanol is key to a low-carbon future, says Conference Board
A new report says emissions from the use of ethanol are as much as 60 per cent lower than those from gasoline. Minimum ethanol requirements in transportation fuel are already mandatory in many jurisdictions
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NASA’s Cassini spacecraft meets fiery end in skies above Saturn
The probe, which left Earth 20 years ago, burned up in Saturn’s atmosphere a billion miles from home after more than a decade investigating the ringed planet and its moons
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Half of Canadians trust self-driving cars, finds DesRosiers survey
Acceptance of self-driving technology was greatest with younger respondents and those with higher incomes, but the variance between provinces tells another story
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Have diesel cars reached the end of the road?
German automakers and industry experts aren’t writing diesel off yet, but between scandals and emissions regulations, buyers remain leery
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Self driving boats: The next tech transportation race
Engineers in the U.S., The Netherlands, Scandinavia and East Asia are racing to build fully autonomous ships. There are technological and regulatory hurdles ahead, but developers are chugging along at full steam
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Feds invest $3.7M in waste heat project at Ontario ethanol plant, greenhouse
The emissions-saving project will use a new technology to take advantage of industrial waste heat and carbon dioxide to improve tomato yields
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A dark matter of fact: Canadian telescope to unlock the secrets of the universe
CHIME, a revolutionary new telescope located near Penticton, B.C, will allow scientists to study deep space using radio waves. The $16-million project is a collaboration between the federal government and Canadian universities
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Prototype of the Avro Arrow found at bottom of Lake Ontario, search crews say
The expedition team imaging the lakebed in search of fighter jet relics says they have tracked down one of the three-metre models dating to the 1950s
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NFL pumps up its data tracking with RFID chips in game balls
The RFID tags are similar to the technology used in logistics and manufacturing operations around the world to wirelessly track and communicate numerous data points throughout the supply chain
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Several Canadian cities think they have a shot at landing Amazon’s US$5B HQ2
Amazon says any city hoping to score the HQ2 investment will have to meet some key criteria: a prime location, access to mass transit, proximity to an international airport and ability to attract top tech talent