06/15/2021
Great to be contributing to space health with this new project. Congratulations to my Aerospace Physiology Lab team and our collaborators at the University of North Dakota.
Canadian technology Bio-Monitor will be used in science experiments in space, led by the teams of Dr. Blaber from Simon Fraser University and Dr. McGregor from Ontario Tech University. Learn more: https://asc-csa.gc.ca/eng/iss/news.asp #20210615
Photo: Canadian Space Agency/NASA
02/24/2021
Glad to be part of this unique study. The lab is ready to go.
Government of Canada invests in first-of-its-kind research study on the health impacts of inactivity
Researchers seek to understand how to improve health of patients confined to bed rest—and for astronauts in space
12/28/2019
Two British companies confident of nuclear fusion breakthrough
Both groups have set ambitious goal of delivering working reactor by 2030
12/22/2019
For Canadian researcher, it's a microscopic Christmas
There was Tiny Tim, and then the Little Drummer Boy—but they had nothing on the microscopic gingerbread house believed to be the smallest in the world and unveiled Wednesday by a Canadian researcher.
12/12/2019
Hydrogen and Oxygen are important as rocket fuel.
Scientists find cheaper way to make hydrogen energy out of water
Hydrogen-powered cars may soon become more than just a novelty after a UNSW-led team of scientists demonstrated a much cheaper and sustainable way to create the hydrogen required to power them.
12/11/2019
Jeff Bezos's Blue Origin rocket makes 12th test flight
Blue Origin, the space company owned by Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, launched the 12th crewless test of its New Shepard rocket on Wednesday, pushing the first flights with passengers to 2020.
12/11/2019
New laser technique images quantum world in a trillionth of a second
For the first time, researchers have been able to record, frame-by-frame, how an electron interacts with certain atomic vibrations in a solid. The technique captures a process that commonly causes electrical resistance in materials while, in others, can cause the exact opposite—the absence of resi...
11/29/2019
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SNC’s Dream Chaser spacecraft can supply NASA’s space station – and become its own orbital platform – TechCrunch
Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) is in the process of developing ‘Dream Chaser,’ a reusable spacecraft designed to ferry cargo to the International Space Station, and bring it back to Earth, landing on a runway like the Space Shuttle. Today, the company revealed more about the Dream Chas…
11/27/2019
UBC Okanagan scientists to conduct astronaut fatigue experiment on simulated Mars
A group of scientists from three Canadian universities will soon head to a simulated version on Mars, albeit, in beautiful Hawaii....
11/25/2019
has arrived at the Vertical Integration Facility (VIF) where stands ready to receive its precious cargo this morning. The rocket and spacecraft are scheduled to launch Dec. 17 to the International Space Station.
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