Leveraging the full potential of household waste- Inauguration of the Research Chair in Waste Recovery

June 15, 2017

Montréal – Viewing waste as a resource with true economic value is the key focus of the Research Chair in Waste Recovery at Polytechnique Montréal, inaugurated today in the presence of its partners: founding partner Ville de Montréal as well as the Ville de Laval and RECYC-QUÉBEC. The aim of the researchers is to identify strategies for treating household waste that will put as much of it as possible into “recovery loops,” in order to reduce landfill and one day achieve a final waste product that will account for less than 5% of weekly garbage.

Using chitosan to combat osteoarthritis and aging cartilage- A complex sugar that can reduce inflammation

June 14, 2017

Montréal - Crustacean shells, particularly from shrimp, have held the fascination of many researchers because once transformed, they produce chitosan, a biopolymer with remarkable attributes that could make all the difference in the treatment of osteoarthritis.

A stream of superfluid light

June 5, 2017

Montreal - Scientists have known for centuries that light is composed of waves. The fact that light can also behave as a liquid, rippling and spiraling around obstacles like the current of a river, is a much more recent finding that is still a subject of active research. The “liquid” properties of light emerge under special circumstances, when the photons that form the light wave are able to interact with each other.

Solutions for innovation and productivity improvements in the construction industry

May 17, 2017

TransMedTech Institute: Propelling Québec to the Forefront of Health Technology Innovation

April 24, 2017

Professor Sylvain Martel and his team at the Polytechnique Montréal Nanorobotics Laboratory win the 2016 Québec Science Discovery of the Year People’s Choice award

March 3, 2017

Huawei Canada selects Polytechnique Montréal for Industrial Research Chair in Future Wireless Technologies, a first for both Montréal and Huawei

February 10, 2017

Montréal — Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd., one of the world’s largest manufacturers of ICT and telecommunications equipment, has launched an innovative multi-year joint research venture with Polytechnique Montréal: the NSERC/Huawei Industrial Research Chair in Future Wireless Technologies, or Future Wireless Chair (FuWiC).