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Réduire les rejets de gaz à effet de serre émis par les industries sans nuire à leurs activités commerciales : ce n’est pas une utopie mais bel et bien un objectif concrétisable, comme le démontre un projet dirigé par le P r Louis Fradette. 10 tonnes de ...
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Illustration accompanying the Advanced Materials article by Professor Moutanabbir's team, which discusses how the spin state of a germanium electron could be modified by laser light (credit: Nanoscopic and Quantum Semiconductor Laboratory). While o ...
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In the not-too-distant future, each turbine-generator group linked to hydropower plants could have its own digital twin, to assess in real-time how quickly its components wear down. This is the Daniel-Johnson Dam, linked to the Manic-5 Generating Statio ...
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With its robot inspired by earthworms and snakes, a team at Polytechnique Montréal and the University of Manitoba (Mahdi Alaei, PhD student and Professor Nan Wu) is planning to provide space agencies and commercial planetary exploration companies with a ...
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The state of an individual's fine motor skills can be assessed after they perform a series of exercises that measure both reaction speed and gesture precision. (Photo : Martin Primeau) Clinicians will soon benefit from a new tool to measure neuromo ...
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Canadian mining companies hope to automate some of their ore drilling and hauling operations by 2030. (Photo : Agnico-Eagle) Within a few years, robots will replace humans in mines, for example, autonomously drilling rock or transporting ore to the surf ...
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Comment expliquer à divers publics les impacts de phénomènes hydrologiques d’une grande complexité affectant une région? La question est cruciale, car le succès de la gestion des ressources en eau dans une zone géographique donnée nécessite la participati ...
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Professor Moutanabbir's team is designing semiconductors that make "vision" possible in the SWIR and MWIR infrared ranges of the electromagnetic spectrum- where use is difficult, owing to less-suitable tools currently available. (Credit: ...
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The algorithm developed by the Polytechnique Montreal team in collaboration with the CHUM, analyzes CT and PET scans (among other images), to determine a prognosis for the patient. (Credit : Pr Samuel Kadoury) A group at Polytechnique Montreal is work ...
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In their laboratory simulator- one of kind in Canada- the Polytechnique Montréal team reproduces the conditions under which ice forms and ice jams build up (Photo : Professor Shakibaeinia' laboratory) Every spring (and sometimes even during winter ...
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Integrating machine learning algorithms into dental prosthesis design process could decrease design error frequency. (Photo : Laboratoire de recherche MAGNU) Artificial intelligence (AI) could soon find applications.... in our mouths!? A Polytechnique ...
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Mobile antennas in the 5G range are small, which makes them easy to integrate into electronic circuits; here they are on a millimeter-wave beamformer circuit. Newer 6G antennas will be even smaller. (Photo: Mohammad Sharawi) While "5G"- aka th ...
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The Falcon 10X business jet from French manufacturer Dassault is one of many new models that incorporate touch screens in the cockpit. The delivery of Dassault’s first planes is scheduled for 2025. (Photo : Dassault Aviation) In his Polytechnique Montré ...
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Polluantes, envahissantes, coûteuses… les autos ne nous simplifient pas toujours la vie. Et pourtant elles demeurent le mode de transport privilégié d’un grand nombre de ménages, même lorsque d’autres alternatives sont accessibles. Quelles perceptions s ...
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Before driving on our roads, each autonomous car will have to obtain a certification from Transport Canada, a step that’s only possible if cars are shielded from computer attacks. (Photo: Eschenzweig, license CC BY-SA 4.0). By putting in-car artificial ...
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For the training of artificial intelligence tools developed by HEC Montréal and Polytechnique Montréal, images of disasters used- including those generated by the passage of Hurricane Matthew in the West Indies in 2016. (PHOTO: Haiti Hit by Hurricane Ma ...
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By pairing a biosensor- like this one- with a bioreactor filled with cultured cells, Professor De Crescenzo wants to ensure that the quality of antibodies is monitored during the manufacturing process, rather than after its been completed. (Photo: Marti ...
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Les drones sont des plateformes robotiques prometteuses pour faire de l’exploration planétaire ou pour intervenir en urgence dans des zones difficilement accessibles. Cependant, ces conditions d’intervention présupposent l’absence d’infrastructure de comm ...
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In the Far North, melting permafrost is disrupting the lives of thousands in their communities. (PHOTO: Wojtek Gajek, Institute of Geophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences) At a time when the world is attempting to curb carbon emissions, the inhabitants o ...
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By exposing a gas to electric field, plasma, the fourth state of matter, is created. (Photo: Sean Watson) In a greenhouse on Montréal's North Shore, Stephan Reuter will soon be testing a device likely to accelerate plant growth, assist plants to ...
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