Students and researchers at NSCAD University are changing the way audiences view movies. Equipped with the newest equipment, and guided by enthusiastic mentors, tomorrow’s cinematic geniuses are pioneering the integration of new media technologies into the big screen experience at Cineflux: NSCAD’s Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Emerging Cinema and Media Arts. Established through the […]

If craniofacial development research doesn’t exactly ring a bell, Dr. Tamara Franz-Odendaal, Associate Professor of Biology at Mount Saint Vincent University, is happy to explain. “We study how skulls develop and how cells organize themselves to create the shapes of skulls we see today. For example, an elephant skull is different than a mouse skull […]

A closer look beneath the shallow waters off Nova Scotia’s coast may soon be generating a new wave of economic opportunities. A recent investment of $798,906 by the Nova Scotia Research and Innovation Trust – with matching support from the Canada Foundation for Innovation – is helping Nova Scotia Community College (NSCC) researchers capture a […]

A research effort to turn wood waste into a filter for cleaning water or industrial emissions could make Cape Breton a commercial hub for environmental initiatives. Dr. Stephanie MacQuarrie, an Assistant Professor of Organic Chemistry at Cape Breton University (CBU) is working with a local company to develop a “green” filter that can absorb toxic […]

When individuals with quadriplegia are surveyed on the function they would most like to recover, hand function is always rated at the top of the list – higher than walking or bowel control. The mechanism that allows individuals to adjust their grasp to hold an item is frequently disrupted in spinal cord injuries.  In some […]

A research team at the Nova Scotia Community College (NSCC) is working on an early warning system looking for areas of stress in the province’s coastal waterways. Funded by the Nova Scotia Research and Innovation Trust and the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency, the Coastal Water Quality Prediction System measures water quality impacts in key areas […]

When a small group of clinicians and researchers decided to apply for funding to help crack the code of some rare regional genetic diseases back in 2005, they had no idea what their efforts would lead to. Nearly ten years later, the pioneers of Atlantic Medical Genetics and Genomics Initiative (AMGGI) can point to countless […]

Parents of sick kids know all too well the feeling of being powerless to help their children. When the illness is rare, it can be even more difficult as families face countless visits to a plethora of doctors, the so-called ‘diagnostic odyssey’ to determine what’s wrong. Those lucky enough to identify the rare disease are […]