Tag: british columbia
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Ottawa must improve research funding – or risk losing the innovation race
Consider a breakthrough in machine learning that revolutionized voice and image recognition, a drug that turned AIDS from a death sentence into a manageable disease, or a biotechnology sector with revenues in the billions that employs thousands of people. These three very different achievements share a common origin: They each stem from discovery research conducted…
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Innovation is thriving in British Columbia / Canada
Minister Bains concludes successful three-day tour of B.C., announces funding for local innovative businesses VANCOUVER, March 15, 2017 /CNW/ – Innovation is thriving across Canada, from developing clean energy technologies for creating alternative sources of fuel, to enhancing pharmaceutical discovery processes for combatting major diseases, to modernizing communications systems that will increase public transit safety.…