Does Living Near High-Voltage Power Lines Cause Cancer?
STEM Explained
Learn about the risks of electromagnetic radiation near high-voltage power lines.
Stress and the Brain
Backgrounders
Stress is more than a feeling. Understanding the importance of stress can help you to manage it. It can even lead to an improvement in your mood and how you think!
Exploring Canada’s Particle Accelerators
STEM Explained
Particle accelerators have amazing applications - from growing food to making airplanes safe.
Immunity and Vaccination
Backgrounders
Learn about the history of vaccines and how vaccines trigger an immune response that keep us from getting some dangerous diseases.
Hallie Dau
Research Coordinator
Light Pollution
STEM Explained
Light can be a type of pollution. Learn about the damage it causes to people and living things as well as how you can prevent it.
Organ Transplantation
Backgrounders
Learn about organ transplantation - what it is, how it can save lives, how your immune system responds, and how the matching process works.
Martina Bona
Career Profiles
Process Discipline Specialist
Monica Gautam
Managing Director & Founder
Luc-Baudouin St-Cyr
Executive Director
How do alkaloids cause addiction?
STEM Explained
Alkaloids are found in some of the most addictive substances that humans consume. What are alkaloids, and how do they cause addiction?
Kendall Wyman
Emergency Receptionist & Veterinary Student
Osmosis and Its Role in Human Biology and Health
STEM Explained
Learn how and where osmosis takes place in the digestive system and excretory system and the role of osmosis in kidney dialysis.
Maria Quadir
Senior Regulatory Affairs Associate
Rosadelle Tirados
Biomedical Scientist