Ivan Semeniuk

The announcement comes as demand for access to space is expected to grow dramatically, with telecommunications providers around the world seeking to offer mobile broadband internet access via satellite

The world needs fusion more than ever. For those in the hunt to harness nature’s most tantalizing and challenging energy source, the question is no longer how, but how soon?

Treaty will provide countries with a legally binding mechanism for conserving species and ecosystems in international waters

A high achiever in many aspects of his life, he also competed as a high-jumper at the 1956 Olympics in Melbourne and was a trained pilot who served with the RCAF reserve

In the 1950s, a future U.S. president was one of hundreds who helped to clean up the world’s first serious nuclear accident. Canadian scientists are still unearthing insights from what happened next

Research is potential harbinger of more serious effects on fish populations in the future, as rising temperatures set up conditions for more intense algal blooms

The Human Cell Atlas’ overarching goal is to create a fine-grained picture of a healthy individual, along with an understanding of how that picture differs and changes throughout life - with the help of AI

Katalin Karikó of BioNTech and Drew Weissman of the University of Pennsylvania were named co-winners of this year’s Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

The program, funded equally by Parks Canada and the Nature Conservancy of Canada, will direct $30-million toward enabling the purchase, donation or recognition of private land for national parks

Canadian firm GHGSaT Inc., announced the successful launch of a satellite dedicated to quantifying carbon dioxide released by facilities

The high-profile CERC program was originally launched by the Harper government in 2008 to reverse Canada’s brain drain and attract top academics from around the world

How closely were you paying attention to new discoveries in AI, climate science, biology and space exploration? Test your knowledge to find out

Developing and testing a drug candidate can take years of effort and billions of dollars of investment. Any shortcut that AI can offer could be a game changer

Study shows that even a modest further increase in warming could translate into a major reduction in snowpack – the volume of snow that is present on the landscape

The discovery, which was reported for the first time in the journal Current Biology, opens a window into the early Carboniferous Period, an interval in plant evolution that is not well documented

Today, battery research is all about the future, yet the science retains a whiff of medieval alchemy

Environment Canada has put instruments on the CN Tower, among other locations, to get their most comprehensive look yet at how contaminants affect our health in the colder months

Migratory species pose challenges, because protecting them often requires co-operation across interational borders, between continents or even across hemispheres

If the government fails to act, it will be hard for Canada to make the most of the billions it has invested in its research resources or to plan for the future, advocates say

The prizewinners also take part in a speaking tour that includes meeting with students across Canada before attending a gala award banquet in Toronto in the fall