STEM Explained

Learn how new technologies are driving the cars of the future.

Learn about how wires are produced and used.

Learn how researchers from Amgen are developing new drugs for cancer.

Learn about why Canada is a world leader in nuclear technology.

Learn about a new material for spacesuits and the engineer who designed it.

Learn how people keep heavy equipment working in the most challenging conditions

Resource page including articles and career profiles related to physics and aerospace.

Learn how vaccines are developed, how they work and how some scientists in Canada are researching vaccines for COVID-19.

Viruses are not living things - so where did they come from? Scientists have proposed three different hypotheses.

Learn about the risks of electromagnetic radiation near high-voltage power lines.

Particle accelerators have amazing applications - from growing food to making airplanes safe.

To count tiny things like atoms and molecules, scientists use a measurement called the mole.

An in-depth look at how the Earth got its layers.

Learn how your brain recognizes faces and why you sometimes see them in places they don’t exist!

Physicists are a bit like chefs, except they’re trying to figure out the recipe for the universe.