Science & Technology

A major national research initiative on the future of Canadian and global water resources features leading McMaster researchers from several disciplines.

Working under some of the world's harshest conditions, McMaster students are documenting the changing world, one snow, water and ice sample at a time.

Researchers at McMaster University have developed a new way to purify carbon nanotubes - the smaller, nimbler semiconductors that are expected to replace silicon within computer chips and a wide array of electronics.

Cranston's research work explores the use of trees and materials from nature and how to reuse them in a wide range of sustainable and renewable products.

17-year-old Emma Mogus is making headlines for her innovative assistive technology that enables people with disabilities to direct a computer mouse with their tongue.

Manish Verma, an Associate Professor at the DeGroote School of Business, has received NSERC funding to further his research involving rail safety and the overland movement of dangerous goods.

More than one hundred McMaster researchers, graduate students and postdoctoral fellows have received a total of $15.7M from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council.

Sunscreen's UV-blocking power could get a major boost from the addition of an all-natural waste product from the pulp and paper industry.

It is a galactic challenge, to be sure, but Gwendolyn Eadie is getting closer to an accurate answer to the question that has defined her early career in astrophysics: what is the mass of the Milky Way?