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Before conducting its first test flight, Reaction Dynamics is testing its hybrid engine for efficacy and safety at a test site in Joliette (Photo: Reaction Dynamics) Three years after leaving Polytechnique Montréal, Bachar Elzein is preparing for the da ...
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An “optical nose” developed by Yves Alain Peter's team was tested earlier this summer at McGill University's Macdonald Experimental Dairy Farm. (Photo: Marc-Antoine Bianki) Just like Jeff Bezos and Richard Branson, Yves-Alain Peter's labo ...
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The swarm of rovers from Polytechnique's MIST Laboratory have mapped a site reminiscent of the Moon and Mars at the Canadian Space Agency. (Photo: Marcel Kaufmann) If you visit the Polytechnique Montreal campus over the next few days, it's ver ...
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Spatiotemporal Ultrasound Localization Microscopy can reveal a whole world hitherto inaccessible to medical teams. On the right, the image of a mouse brain without image processing, and on the left, after microbubbles localization (Photo: Chloé Bourquin ...
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Guaranteeing access to parks via active modes of transport fosters equity between citizens, regardless of age or income level, says Professor Geneviève Boisjoly. (Photo: Catherine Lacroix-Couture). Teleworking- a source of well-being? Not necessarily, a ...
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Before disappearing entirely from Montréal’s skyline, the “old” Champlain Bridge will reveal a few of its secrets. (Photo: JCCBI) In the shadow of the new Samuel-De Champlain Bridge, workers have been busy since last autumn dismantling its older sibling ...
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Charlotte Dubost (photo : Anne-Marie Lambert-Chevrier) When Charlotte Dubost decided on a rather unconventional subject for her Master’s degree in engineering, she approached a handful of professors on both sides of the Atlantic. The result? Polytechniq ...
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How does one explain to various groups of people how highly complex hydrological phenomenon affect a given area? It’s a critical question, since the success of water management in any location rests on those involved in water management being informed o ...
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Smile! You’re on camera – at the intersection. But it’s in the name of science and traffic safety. Professor Nicolas Saunier sets up video cameras at sensitive locations in terms of road safety, like intersections, and analyses the footage taken to assess ...
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Professor Lahrichi believes that the patient-treatment process will be transformed within 20 years. She is working on the use of data in real time to maximize material and human resources in hospitals. ...
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Are medical imaging machines more accurate than physicians in detecting a tumour? ...
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Many cities must deal with aging infrastructures. Public authorities don’t have the means to replace or massively upgrade antiquated infrastructures. So how to ensure the safety and sustainable management of these networks? ...
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It’s between three and eight microns in diameter but five to ten times stronger than steel or Kevlar: spider silk is an exceptional material. Just imagine all we could build with a fibre that has those properties! ...
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Artificial “noses” that can detect specific gases already exist. But they cannot determine with any certainty the different gases within a mixture. To resolve this issue, Professor Yves-Alain Peter, a microphotonics expert, took it upon himself to assembl ...
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Professor Fabio Cicoira and his team are dedicated to developing manufacturing processes for biocompatible organic electronic devices and to improving the performance of these printed circuits on flexible or stretch substrates. ...
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Did you know that a simple signature could reveal much about your health? In fact, the speed at which you sign your name is indicative of your neuromuscular state, Professor Réjean Plamondon’s work at Scribens Lab has shown. ...
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En les interrogeant avec quelques données associées à un individu, les algorithmes de type « forêt aléatoire » pourraient révéler toutes les informations manquantes à son sujet, de la même façon qu'on remplit la grille d’un Sudoku. (Image générée par ...
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Une intelligence artificielle (IA) a été associée à cette sonde de spectroscopie Raman développée à Polytechnique Montréal pour révéler quatre biomarqueurs qui pourraient rendre cet outil indispensable dans les salles d'opération pour bien circonscri ...
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Des équipes du Centre hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal (CHUM) et de Polytechnique Montréal ont développé la première application pour casque de réalité virtuelle qui permet de simuler différentes interventions chirurgicales sur la rétine de l’œil. ...
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La neuroprothèse développée par l’équipe de Montréal stimule le cerveau et la moelle épinière d’un sujet pour l’assister dans sa marche. Elle met à profit une IA pour que cette stimulation se fasse au bon moment et au bon endroit. (Image : Polytechnique ...
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