September 29, 2020 McMaster researchers collaborate on N95 respirator made and approved in Canada The Can95 Respirator is manufactured in collaboration with B.C.-based Vitacore Industries and researchers at McMaster’s Centre of Excellence in Protective Equipment Materials.
(Opens in new window) September 29, 2020 Brighter World Researchers create artificial lung to support newborns in respiratory distress The device, designed to be connected to a newborn’s umbilical cord, uses the existing power of the heart to drive blood through channels of a fine membrane whose structure resembles the lining of the lungs.
(Opens in new window) September 28, 2020 GLOBAL NEWS In the media: B.C. facility partners with McMaster Engineering to produce N95-equivalent masks A team of engineers, scientists and manufacturers from private industry and McMaster University have successfully created an N95 respirator made and approved for sale in Canada.
September 23, 2020 Simulating virus spread risk and campus reopening using network science Zoe Li and Wael El-Dakhakhni share the latest on their research project which digitally models cities to inform decision-makers in their reopening plans amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
September 14, 2020 In the media: How the pandemic has driven us to up our game in research and teaching Just as cholera gave rise to modern sanitation and the Spanish flu spawned public health, the battle to overcome COVID-19 will inevitably yield new and beneficial knowledge, writes Ishwar K. Puri.
September 11, 2020 McMaster part of new academia-industry partnership discovering materials using artificial intelligence The Alliance for AI-Accelerated Materials Discovery (A3MD) aims to support a suite of projects to accelerate the materials discovery process in Canada, with applications from renewable energy to smartphones.
(Opens in new window) September 10, 2020 Brighter World McMaster researchers receive provincial support for COVID-19 research Two McMaster researchers have received almost $700,000 in funding from the Province of Ontario to pursue projects that will help the province respond to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
(Opens in new window) September 4, 2020 THE WINDSOR STAR In the media: Pandemic opens up great green opportunities for Great Lakes A multimillion-dollar rehabilitation project now underway along the American bottom of the Detroit River is just a small example of the potentially huge benefits the Great Lakes region could enjoy through post-pandemic investments.
(Opens in new window) August 30, 2020 CHCH In the media: McMaster University researchers develop a 15 minute rapid test for SARS-COV-2 antibodies The at-home test can determine if someone has the antibodies for the strain of coronavirus that causes COVID-19.
August 28, 2020 McMaster researchers bringing to market invention to transport fragile vaccines without refrigeration The technology opens the doors for life-saving anti-viral vaccines to reach remote and impoverished parts of the world.
August 21, 2020 Five Mac Eng students share their summer research experiences Learn more about student projects that range from examining the short-term effects of COVID-19 on the climate, to generating an algorithm to detect coughs, to reducing energy in a wastewater treatment plant.
(Opens in new window) August 20, 2020 TVO THE AGENDA In the media: Economic Recovery Via the Great Lakes In Ontario, the Great Lakes Region is a massive economic engine. Dr. Gail Krantzberg discusses economic recovery via the Great Lakes.
