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McMaster expands Forest Nature Preserve and launches first-of-its-kind climate research station

The additional 14 acres of ecologically significant land includes the Carbon Sink Forest and the Urban Environmental Monitoring Station, which measures greenhouse gas.
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Rubber reborn: McMaster startup converts tire waste into sustainable solutions

Mike Brook’s Neopara Materials combines a novel ingredient with tire rubber to create new materials - like hockey pucks.
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From forgotten potato farm to research and conservation forest preserve

Get to know the origin story of McMaster Forest Nature Preserve - a place for ecologically sensitive teaching, research and recreation.
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World Water Day: McMaster researchers advance global water solutions

Meet some of the researchers exploring ways to conserve water, safeguard waterways and protect aquatic life.
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Full circle: Researchers turn food waste into energy, use the process water to grow food

Researchers from the faculties of Engineering and Science are teaming up to convert agricultural food waste into energy-dense solid fuel, then use the water left over from the process as an eco-friendly pesticide and fertilizer.
A close-up image of a yellow charging cord plugged into a blue electric vehicle.

Analysis: Will your electric car burst into flames? A solid-state battery would reduce the risk

Replacing the flammable liquid in EV batteries with a solid electrolyte would reduce the risk of spontaneous combustion from damaged or overheated batteries, writes Taiana Emmanuel Pereira.
The front of an electric bus, plugged in to charge.

Canada could affordably electrify every transit bus fleet in the country, study shows

Fully electric bus fleets across Canadian transit systems are not only affordable and possible, they would reduce greenhouse gas emissions by more than 92 per cent, the study shows.
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McMaster joins nuclear not-for-profit Conexus

McMaster is the first academic institution to join as part of the organization’s new Research Reactor Membership category.
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Bird observatory taking flight at McMaster Forest Nature Preserve

With help from Planetary Health Seed Fund, McMaster's observatory will join a network across North America monitoring migratory birds.
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Four planetary health research projects awarded $320,000 in seed funding

The new grant supports two-year interdisciplinary projects focused on living labs, energy pathways, nuclear energy and medicine, and energy transition and electrification. 
Thomas Kanitz Rasmussen at a glacier in Perú

An international presentation in a language you don’t speak? ¡No hay problema! for ISci undergrad

'Good science doesn't just happen in English.' Thomas Kanitz Rasmussen impressed international experts with his research and Spanish presentation at a conference in Perú.
A person works in the McMaster Nuclear Reactor.

McMaster and Conexus partner to enhance radiation monitoring inside CANDU reactors

Professors Carmel Mothersill and Soo Hyun Byun will lead the project to develop advanced radiation detection instruments for nuclear power plants and investigate the health and environmental effects of low-level radiation.