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Electrical power lines near a home

Does Living Near High-Voltage Power Lines Cause Cancer?

STEM Explained

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

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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!

Beamline Assembly at TRIUMF

Exploring Canada’s Particle Accelerators

STEM Explained

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

Infant receiving a vaccination

Immunity and Vaccination

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Learn about the history of vaccines and how vaccines trigger an immune response that keep us from getting some dangerous diseases.

Hallie Dau

Hallie Dau

Research Coordinator

Hallie Dau is a Research Coordinator for the University of British Columbia.
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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.

Human organs for transplantation

Organ Transplantation

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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

Martina Bona

Career Profiles

Process Discipline Specialist

Martina Bona is a Process Discipline Specialist for Jacobs Engineering.
Monica Gautam

Monica Gautam

Managing Director & Founder

Monica Gautam is the Managing Director & Founder of Compass Medical Affairs Consulting Inc.
Photo de Luc-Baudouin St-Cyr devant une murale de bande dessinée

Luc-Baudouin St-Cyr

Executive Director

Luc-Baudouin St-Cyr is an Executive Director at Meals on Wheels.
Field of tobacco plants, which are a source of nicotine

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 au travail à la clinique vétérinaire

Kendall Wyman

Emergency Receptionist & Veterinary Student

Kendall Wyman is an Emergency Receptionist & Veterinary Student at Atlantic Veterinary College.
Human kidney cross-section

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

Maria Quadir

Senior Regulatory Affairs Associate

Maria Quadir is a Senior Regulatory Affairs Associate for Amgen Canada.
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Rosadelle Tirados

Biomedical Scientist

Rosadelle Tirados is a Biomedical Scientist for the National Health Service.